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**inhitoemits** · 09-21-2012, 04:13 PM

Great rant Mr nice guy!
Maybe you could make changes to the rules so every member has to make at least, say 20 posts before ANY links are accepted by the system. Reckon this would discourage spammers.
Or Making it for Aussie/Brit/Ex-Pat sounds good too. But how would you know where someone is from exactly?

Hi Catherine,

I'm sure there's a way to change the post count before links can be added and it's a good way to go forward. There are powers higher than myself at AT who are more clued up on this sort of thing than I am. The problem, unfortunately, is that we could end up having to delete 20+ posts instead of the 5 or 6 that most spammers put up. Got to be worth a try though.

I'd hate to have to be too exclusive and I'm sure the forum owners would feel the same. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of overseas posters are here for the link juice. That wouldn't be a problem if there were contributions but the crap that they post only serves to drive away the good posters who have something of relevance to say.

As for location, our mod panels display IP addresses which can be loaded into several websites to reveal the location (the one I use gives me the town or city as well as the country). We're winning the war against the Indian linkbuilders and they've slowed down to a trickle. It seems as if it's Singapore and Philippine week at the moment.

I promise you they won't last...

09-21-2012, 04:13 PM	#3
inhitoemits Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	Great rant Mr nice guy! Maybe you could make changes to the rules so every member has to make at least, say 20 posts before ANY links are accepted by the system. Reckon this would discourage spammers. Or Making it for Aussie/Brit/Ex-Pat sounds good too. But how would you know where someone is from exactly? Hi Catherine, I'm sure there's a way to change the post count before links can be added and it's a good way to go forward. There are powers higher than myself at AT who are more clued up on this sort of thing than I am. The problem, unfortunately, is that we could end up having to delete 20+ posts instead of the 5 or 6 that most spammers put up. Got to be worth a try though. I'd hate to have to be too exclusive and I'm sure the forum owners would feel the same. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of overseas posters are here for the link juice. That wouldn't be a problem if there were contributions but the crap that they post only serves to drive away the good posters who have something of relevance to say. As for location, our mod panels display IP addresses which can be loaded into several websites to reveal the location (the one I use gives me the town or city as well as the country). We're winning the war against the Indian linkbuilders and they've slowed down to a trickle. It seems as if it's Singapore and Philippine week at the moment. I promise you they won't last...
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