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Postby Doc Sigma » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:44 pm

New users are given a status which prevents them from posting anywhere but Airport. After making an appropriately human-written introductory post, a mod/admin moves them into the General Users (or whatever) group.

Might help with the spambots.

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Re: Idea

Postby Segovia » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:48 am

Sounds good if it's even possible.

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Re: Idea

Postby Maggot Brain » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:51 am

I'm already here, so go for it.

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Re: Idea

Postby Google [Bot ] » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:03 am

NO.

I don't want DC to be one of those arrogant websites that makes a big deal about posting in the "welcome" board.
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Re: Idea

Postby osprey » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:31 am

Can this version of PHPBB not do captcha? Or are the bots getting around it?
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Re: Idea

Postby Google [Bot ] » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:55 am

it has a captcha, it's just default, unlike jason's old one
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Re: Idea

Postby MuffinSticks » Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:42 am

This sounds like an excellent idea to me. But maybe that's because I'm not going to have to be bothered to approve everyone that joins. It'll work beautifully though.
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Re: Idea

Postby Muninn » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:02 am

I don't want DC to be one of those arrogant websites that makes a big deal about posting in the "welcome" board.
You're just scared you'll be forced into the 'new members' group, never to be able to post outside of Airport, Boogle [Dot].

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Re: Idea

Postby Foxchild » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:33 pm

Not a horrific idea. Better captcha is a better option, but this would at least limit where this stuff showed up.
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Re: Idea

Postby Doc Sigma » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:55 pm

Yes, a smart CAPTCHA would be the best solution... but if that's not possible, then yeah. If we're worried about becoming "one of THOSE boards", maybe make a new board which ONLY newbies (and modmins) can see, where they just need to post a simple "I am a human" message.

Of course, this might be a lot of work for a problem which probably isn't as bad as I'm imagining...

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Re: Idea

Postby Google [Bot ] » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:20 pm

Yes, a smart CAPTCHA would be the best solution... but if that's not possible, then yeah. If we're worried about becoming "one of THOSE boards", maybe make a new board which ONLY newbies (and modmins) can see, where they just need to post a simple "I am a human" message.

Of course, this might be a lot of work for a problem which probably isn't as bad as I'm imagining...
basically, a complex verification system. I'm still against this -_-
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Re: Idea

Postby Foxchild » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:30 pm

basically, a complex verification system. I'm still against this -_-
Err... why? making some profit off of all the sales the spambots are generating from here?
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Re: Idea

Postby nickspoon » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:42 pm

Interesting idea, and probably also doable in phpBB3, but I am a little uneasy about forcing people to post a welcome post before they can do anything else.

I'll look it over at some point when I'm less tired.
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Re: Idea

Postby Google [Bot ] » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:43 pm

please don't make people introduce themselves... it's hella lame.
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Re: Idea

Postby MuffinSticks » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:59 am

What's so lame about making a thread and saying "Hey guys, I'm new activate my account pliz."
It's not like you have to tell everyone your favorite color.
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