Submitted by gum on
Since this small forum allows anonymous posting, we get hit with quite a bit of spam everyday, and we've tried many ways to filtering them out... So lately I've noticed that perhaps it's filtering out valid user submissions, or causing error messages, which is not good!
So I've been wondering, should we keep it open to anonymous posting, or restrict posting to only registered users? Any opinions?
Also, hopefully the spam filtering is more intelligent now, and no longer blocks normal people from posting. I've also removed the reply notify feature since it was causing some problem (do people actually use that?)
Of course, this could just be that we're too overly self-conscious, and no one actually bothered to post here in the first place... har har!...orz
I say leave it open for
booomer replied on Permalink
I say leave it open for anonymous posting for now (even though those ads are annoying). Perhaps if there are more people posting and participating, you can make it register only for posting at a later time?
I agree.
Mister Erik Bir... replied on Permalink
This man's booomer's right. It might not the time yet for registered posting. Members are what we need, and it's a problem more serious than spam. It's useless if no one posts in registered mode. It gives an air of death. But I have to admit, when spammers post, it gives me a sense of false hope that new members have arrived.
Maybe a poll will do it? But then again, a poll won't work unless there are people voting on it. And I predict such a poll here will only get 10 voters.
P.S.: But if we have as much members as Beast's Lair and this site crumbles under the pressure, it's another thing entirely. So let's keep it balanced and get a new server if that happens.
A poll will probably garner a
gum replied on Permalink
A poll will probably garner a grand total of 3-4 votes haha ;P
I'll leave the anonymous posting for now and see how it goes.
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