• 10-15-2008, 04:08 PM
    LiNuX
    New Users: Posts are now Moderated
    Any new members from this point forward cannot start posting on this forum and have their post published right away. It has to go through moderation by LiNuX - it is a good spam prevention method. Stop it before it happens. We had to do something similar this last December because of all the spam posts - very common during the Holiday Season.

    This time, I will be moderating Posts, not Members themselves. If you are a new member, and you are reading this, feel free to post as much as you want, they will not show up unless they are fully approved. After 10 approved posts and 24 hour probation period after registration, you will not be placed in the moderation queue any longer.

    I would recommend that if older members here refer new members, to give them this information.

    This may or may not be permanent. Depends on where spam goes from here on out.

    Note: This is only for Illegal Spam!

    Questions? Comments? Concerns? Post here.

    ~LiNuX
  • 10-15-2008, 07:15 PM
    Kiss
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    Finally, I hate looking at it, especially the ones say "porn" or "sex" Ewww!
  • 10-15-2008, 07:17 PM
    Jaykub
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kiss View Post
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    Finally, I hate looking at it, especially the ones say "porn" or "sex" Ewww!
    I would like to second that
  • 10-15-2008, 07:43 PM
    Riku-Nara
    was this really such a big deal?
    I mean, doesn't the forum have a system that just replaces any post with link into a "i have been stopped by the spam mod" message?
  • 10-15-2008, 07:47 PM
    LiNuX
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Riku-Nara View Post
    was this really such a big deal?
    I mean, doesn't the forum have a system that just replaces any post with link into a "i have been stopped by the spam mod" message?
    yea but some people are idiots, the other day we had the same guy posting like 50 times and got blocked all 50 times - gets annoying, and im fast at moderating and i hope that it will stop so i can turn it off again

    like i said, i had to moderate users last december, it worked, i turned it off in January and there was no problem, it started again in october, hoping i can turn it off by November and it'll be back to normal

    and since we are on this subject, I just banned another spammer, 2 spam posts, so it works
  • 10-16-2008, 12:01 PM
    GF Eric
    I say its a great idea cause last few times I been on when my internet was working on my computer I had some people spamming up a storm in the morning time. Oh yeah by the way Linux sorry I lost my connection that day you were IMing me.
  • 10-17-2008, 12:53 AM
    diablo
    glad i joined early :D
  • 10-18-2008, 12:36 AM
    Blackbird
    I guess that feel really annoying while spammers posts useless think so this is good :)
  • 10-20-2008, 07:38 PM
    rukisuto
    I think this is a great idea.
    Especially since it's only with the new members C:
  • 10-20-2008, 08:57 PM
    Trunks
    Thank god, I think I banned the same guy like 30 times. I probably have the record for most bans in one day lol.
  • 10-20-2008, 10:30 PM
    LiNuX
    note: to moderators - you can moderate posts and threads as well by going to your moderator panel
  • 10-27-2008, 12:37 PM
    wifi
    lol kiss :-P i hop ethis works to get rid of the spam :D
  • 10-27-2008, 03:19 PM
    conman1000
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LiNuX View Post
    note: to moderators - you can moderate posts and threads as well by going to your moderator panel
    This should be fun. :D
  • 12-08-2008, 10:53 AM
    LiNuX
    Taking this a step further, all profile posts made by new users are moderated, it seems some people are still stupid enough to go around advertising there. Makes me sick. So all new users will have to suffer for the little group of idiots on the internet that cannot read.

    If you think I'm talking to you, you do not belong on Gamers Forum. Have to learn to read rules before you expect any respect.

    ~LiNuX
  • 12-08-2008, 03:33 PM
    Trunks
    Yep, someone sent me an advertisement as a profile message a couple days ago.

    It seems like spam went up from before. I don't remember seeing as many threads that just have the "No Links allowed...." in it.
  • 12-08-2008, 04:11 PM
    LiNuX
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Trunks View Post
    Yep, someone sent me an advertisement as a profile message a couple days ago.

    It seems like spam went up from before. I don't remember seeing as many threads that just have the "No Links allowed...." in it.
    it spikes during the christmas season lol, same thing happened last year and I was moderating posts last year as well, probably going to have to wait for mid January to turn it off - its ridiculous, people are using the holidays to make money by breaking rules, that's pathetic as well
  • 12-08-2008, 04:37 PM
    Trunks
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LiNuX View Post
    it spikes during the christmas season lol, same thing happened last year and I was moderating posts last year as well, probably going to have to wait for mid January to turn it off - its ridiculous, people are using the holidays to make money by breaking rules, that's pathetic as well
    If vB allows you too, you should make it so if someone uses a link when there post count is to low, it automatically gives them an infraction and deletes the post. Along with sending them a private message about it. My guess is you would probably need to make it from scratch. I don't know of any script that does that.
  • 12-08-2008, 04:40 PM
    LiNuX
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Trunks View Post
    If vB allows you too, you should make it so if someone uses a link when there post count is to low, it automatically gives them an infraction and deletes the post. Along with sending them a private message about it. My guess is you would probably need to make it from scratch. I don't know of any script that does that.
    no mod exists for that - its kinda complicated, it notices the post as spam, infracts the user, and deletes the post AND THEN sends a PM, that's a major modification lol, I'm not sure if people want to touch it cuz if anything goes wrong, they all stop working, posting, infraction system, and even pm

    and I am no good at making things from scratch for vB, especially Mods, they are usually written in XML - i mean, I haven't even completed a good template yet lol...but i may go into vb modifications in the future - i just never really looked too much into it
  • 12-08-2008, 04:50 PM
    Trunks
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LiNuX View Post
    no mod exists for that - its kinda complicated, it notices the post as spam, infracts the user, and deletes the post AND THEN sends a PM, that's a major modification lol, I'm not sure if people want to touch it cuz if anything goes wrong, they all stop working, posting, infraction system, and even pm

    and I am no good at making things from scratch for vB, especially Mods, they are usually written in XML - i mean, I haven't even completed a good template yet lol...but i may go into vb modifications in the future - i just never really looked too much into it
    I never messed with vB a lot, so I can't help you lol. You already have the part where it notices the post as spam, you would just have to add on the other 3 things. It would be handy to have, could probably sell it to other forums if it was made well enough.
  • 12-08-2008, 04:55 PM
    LiNuX
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Trunks View Post
    I never messed with vB a lot, so I can't help you lol. You already have the part where it notices the post as spam, you would just have to add on the other 3 things. It would be handy to have, could probably sell it to other forums if it was made well enough.
    lol yeah...sell licenses lol, Super Spam Blocking Thingamajig - would be nice

    but it is still very complicated, I am just happy vB has moderation system built in, I am going to look for a few more member management and spam stopping mods after my finals...and see if they can help over the break
  • 12-08-2008, 05:03 PM
    Trunks
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LiNuX View Post
    lol yeah...sell licenses lol, Super Spam Blocking Thingamajig - would be nice

    but it is still very complicated, I am just happy vB has moderation system built in, I am going to look for a few more member management and spam stopping mods after my finals...and see if they can help over the break
    Well, I will see what I can do. I'm not making in promises on it. I could even turn in it as a computer science project.
  • 12-08-2008, 05:44 PM
    LiNuX
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Trunks View Post
    Well, I will see what I can do. I'm not making in promises on it. I could even turn in it as a computer science project.
    lol i could probably do the same as well..but meh..vB has a lot of parts and creating modifications can be tricky unless you understand it fully, but if you can make us something, I'll make you a mod!

    :twitcy:
  • 12-08-2008, 06:14 PM
    Henchy
    sounds like a good idea to me!
  • 12-10-2008, 01:22 PM
    EpsilonX
    sounds like it'd turn a lot of people away.
  • 12-10-2008, 02:46 PM
    LiNuX
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EpsilonX View Post
    sounds like it'd turn a lot of people away.
    the point is that we want to turn away spammers, they don't read the rules anyway and we stop them before they make their mark on the forum, and like i said before, this usually happens during the holidays and hopefully I won't have to keep doing it past january
  • 01-09-2009, 12:27 PM
    LiNuX
    thread being unstickied due to new mod - info found in this thread: No Links, Images, or Emails before 10 posts - Gamers Forum

    thank you all for the support during the moderation periods of Gamers Forum.

    ~LiNuX

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