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    • MrWyrm
      MrWyrm administrators last edited by

      Can I kill him yet?

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      • kris_davison
        kris_davison last edited by

        I can’t report spam via the mobile version of the forum.

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          A Former User last edited by

          I can’t report spam via the mobile version of the forum.

          Is that something we can change?

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          • MrWyrm
            MrWyrm administrators last edited by

            I don’t like the mobile skin. It’s better with the responsive design version.

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            • wrapper
              wrapper Moderators last edited by

              Perhaps we should change the introduction system?. A new member has to post once in Newbies and have a member of Staff confirm you seem to be a real person?

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              • kris_davison
                kris_davison last edited by

                id be happy with that. :)

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                  panoramix Regular Member last edited by

                  Yep. Only confirmed, admin-answered users should post in non-newbie sections.

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                  • MrWyrm
                    MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                    I looked at this previously, there is a rating system for spammer, I’d wondered if perhaps the ‘could be spam’ group should have to be admin approved. From what Bush was saying, he had tried it originally, but there were far too many false positives. The solution might be to have everyone’s first post on the moderation queue, but my concern would be that when this place gets busy there will be a lot of work to do, whilst the level of spam probably won’t increase.

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                      panoramix Regular Member last edited by

                      That’s why we need to get the selected high performer dudes here now. When the damn pump starts, we’ll have this forum flooded with average-level newbies. We’ll need 5 mods just to deal with them.

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                      • MrWyrm
                        MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                        We have more than five mods now. :)

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                        • kris_davison
                          kris_davison last edited by

                          But remember the flood of guys last December during the last pump it could be even worse?/better? More anyway.

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                          • MrWyrm
                            MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                            The spam here is a drip, it’s constant but not very much. A huge increase in users won’t increase the drip of the spam, if anything it makes it smaller by percentage. If we need more moderators, we need them to regulate trolls and facilitate debate without descending into trollish flaming. The last thing I think we need is to hinder people from getting involved so I’d discourage a disproportionate response to a small problem.

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                            • kris_davison
                              kris_davison last edited by

                              Sounds reasonable I think there a plenty people now for the spam we are getting. It does not last very long.

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                                Guest last edited by

                                {spam}

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                                • MrWyrm
                                  MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                                  that’s just taking the piss!

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                                    Palad1n last edited by

                                    Omg… Don’t understand why it is needed.

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                                    • MrWyrm
                                      MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                                      Omg… Don’t understand why it is needed.

                                      What’s this then?

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                                        shadowhh32 Regular Member last edited by

                                        is it just me or are people having issues with getting past verification?

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                                        • MrWyrm
                                          MrWyrm administrators last edited by

                                          is it just me or are people having issues with getting past verification?

                                          There are not many members who have signed up today who haven’t got past validating. It’s a really low percentage, so I’m not worried. It’s possible the confirmation e-mail has been incorrectly flagged as Spam. I’ll take a look.

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