Mark Lanctot;407257 Wrote: > (after solving the CAPTCHA) > > > > You know, I find the new moderate posts settings are catching a lot of > them before they post. I found 3 or 4 over the weekend, each trying to > post 3 or 4 threads. That's a lot of spam the users will never see. > > It seems the big spam times are Friday and Saturday nights, with minor > spikes weeknights in the wee hours. > > I really think you could capture 99.9% of the spam if: > > 1. All posts from new users were moderated until X posts are achieved. > Keep X a secret and change it once in a while. > > 2. After X posts are achieved, keep any new user posting URLs or > containing URLs in their signature on moderated status until Y posts > are posted. Again, keep Y a secret and change it once in a while.
Both of those are implemented currently ... the only question is, what are the X and Y values. We'll discuss that today and see what we choose. -- Matt Wise ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Wise's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61462 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
