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rizla_king

Forum unusable this morning.

Silk

Interesting that Martins Blog Appearances has been hit ...it seems to be deliberate as others all around it are untouched.


I wonder at what point MSE are going to understand they need to remove posting rights of newbies before the first post is approved ?

rizla_king

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eYSuPKP3Y

Robin9

MSE statistics

38,608, 138 posts ; 1,423, 184

Spammers are certainly good for the statistics aren't they !!!

jamei305

Silk wrote: »

I wonder at what point MSE are going to understand they need to remove posting rights of newbies before the first post is approved ?

Moderation of user's first post is what's needed. In the meantime an auto-block of any IP using Korean characters in their first post would help.

Former_MSE_Andrea

Hi everyone!

I've posted on this thread

To answer the question of moderating first posts we can't do that for a few reasons

a) For legal reasons we don't moderate
b) Over 300 people join the forum every day
c) We encourage newbies to join and join in saving money straight away eg in Forum giveaways, debt-free challenges etc.

Thanks for the suggestions though, we are reading and noting them!

fermi

At least 4 or 5 new ones joined in the last 5/10 mins.

Silk

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

a) For legal reasons we don't moderate

What legal reasons ?
Lots of forums use the system of first posts having to be approved.
Posting on a forum is a privilege not a legal right isn't it ?

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

b) Over 300 people join the forum every day

And out of the 300 how many make their first post that day ?
Even if it was 300 posts per day it only takes a few seconds glance to see if it was spam

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

c) We encourage newbies to join and join in saving money straight away eg in Forum giveaways, debt-free challenges etc.

And at the same time you are encouraging the spammers to post by making it easy for them to do so because there are no basic restrictions in place.
I can't see a spam ridden forum being an incentive to attract new members and it certainly drives away regular members.

Mandelbrot

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

b) Over 300 people join the forum every day

Do you mean 300 people?
Or simply 300 usernames - some of them generated automatically prior to spamming?

torbrex

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Hi everyone!

I've posted on this thread

To answer the question of moderating first posts we can't do that for a few reasons

a) For legal reasons we don't moderate
b) Over 300 people join the forum every day
c) We encourage newbies to join and join in saving money straight away eg in Forum giveaways, debt-free challenges etc.

Thanks for the suggestions though, we are reading and noting them!

Good to see that you are on top of the problem and doing something about it by taking notes.

I have known factory managers getting the sack for that much effort.