My Video Collection threads

[Loss]

If you see them posted here from someone you've never heard of, DO NOT OPEN THEM. Apparently, we have spambots that are somehow creating accounts and then posting porn. Don't want to get anyone in trouble if they're viewing this place at work. This has happened twice this week so I'm sure it will happen again. I'm trying to catch/delete them very quickly, but just be aware.

[jdw]

The admin side of the boards should have two features:

 

(a) people can't post without being registered users

 

( registration has to be manually approved by the Admins

 

I know at tOA we have both. I've been pretty hard on throwing the spambots out (get them every day), and in not approving those I don't know. Considering not a single person has shown up in my e-mail to complain about not getting approved, I tend to think I've made correct calls.

 

I've seen other boards with auto-approval, and it lets the spammers in just long enough to cause problems.

 

 

John

[Loss]

This is probably going to be a necessity. I hate having to do it, but better this than the board getting shut down or someone losing their job because an -- ahem -- unsuitable picture is posted on the board.

[jdw]

Treat is as a must. There are just too many spammers/spambots out there.

 

The one thing you'll want to do is clean out (delete) the spammers every week or so. Members Lists on sights that don't clean them out ended up getting useless. SC has 2000+ "members", but the overwhelming majority of them are spammers/spambots. 47+ of the 58 "pages" of the Member List are people who've never posted, and most of those are spam registrations.

 

I know most people might ignore Member Lists, but I tend to use them to find people to PM or find their posts.

 

 

John

[goodhelmet]

This is all new to me. Until the other day, I had never heard of a spambot.

[pantherwagner]

SC has 2000+ "members", but the overwhelming majority of them are spammers/spambots.

 

I thought that's why we are here.