We have turned off unregistered posting in this forum!

[Piratecat]

Previously, Meta was the only forum where an unregistered person could post. That means it has been getting the lion's share of the spam. Since our email addresses are readily apparent here, and since authentic registered posters only show up occasionally, we've turned off the unregistered posting in an attempt to stem the influx of Xanax and pr0n ads.

 

[DaveMage]

Thank you.

They were getting quite annoying.

 

[Piratecat]

We agree. My own general routine was to read our email, delete the Reported Post notices, open up the Meta forum, ban the username if possible, copy the url, delete the post, open up a template on the admin panel, paste the url into a blacklist, and then go back and confirm for other moderators that spam was removed. Anything that reduces those tasks is a fine, fine thing.

 

[Dog Moon]

Well, since I just noticed that there's new spam from a registered person [which unfortunately means the spam won't be ending...], a question came to mind. Is it easier to remove the spam if it's from a registered person than if the spam was from an unregistered name?

 

[Nightfall]

down with pron!! up with...well the other stuff!

 

[BOZ]

having that feature does have a useful purpose though, so it would be good to have it return in the future. do you plan to turn it off for awhile (a few weeks, a month, whatever) and then test it again to see if the spammers have given up?

 

[Nyaricus]

just reported two new posts with spam.

Bad engrish and spelging in those threads :\

 

[Bront]

having that feature does have a useful purpose though, so it would be good to have it return in the future. do you plan to turn it off for awhile (a few weeks, a month, whatever) and then test it again to see if the spammers have given up?

Spammers never give up

 

[Dog Moon]

Spammers never give up

Sad but true. Saw a spammer register just to spread the spam.

 

[Umbran]

having that feature does have a useful purpose though

In theory. In practice, it was rarely used. Far more often, folks chose to e-mail mods or admins, whose addresses are readily available. Given that the workaround seems to be the preferred communication channel, we aren't losing much.