spam measures
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:00 pm
Looks like spam is getting to be a problem on this forum. Some measures you might consider:
- Require all users with less than X approved posts to be moderated. Can be a turn off to legitimate new players.
- Block all posts that have more than three or four links. Most spam messages are link fests.
- Require some form of verification that the poster (or account creator) is human. captcha's are bad because they discriminate against blind or visually impaired humans. Putting in a simple arithmetic question works very well. I cut spam down to zero (and it has remained at zero for two years) on one forum with such a trick, and never had any complaints from users.
- Require all users with less than X approved posts to be moderated. Can be a turn off to legitimate new players.
- Block all posts that have more than three or four links. Most spam messages are link fests.
- Require some form of verification that the poster (or account creator) is human. captcha's are bad because they discriminate against blind or visually impaired humans. Putting in a simple arithmetic question works very well. I cut spam down to zero (and it has remained at zero for two years) on one forum with such a trick, and never had any complaints from users.