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| In an Attempt to Help Curb Spam, I think Smartphone Thoughts Should: |
| Require New Users to be Approved by the Admins |
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| Require New Users to be Moderated for their First 5 Posts |
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| Limit the Number of Forum Posts in a Given Time Range (1 Post for Every 5 Minutes) |
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| All Of the Above |
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| I Don't Like These Ideas, Try Something Else |
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| No Changes Please |
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| Spam - What's the Big Deal with Canned Meat? |
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sojourner753
Smartphone Intellectual
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| Kirkaiya wrote: |
wow - i should really read all the responses through to the end before posting, since everything I just wrote above was already posted with better spelling by other people
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Great minds ... yada yada yada ... 
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Jerry Raia
Contributing Editor
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Rocco Augusto
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thats how it starts. first a site, then the whole internet, then the pacel post carriers then the telcom systems and the morse code/telegram systems then the third graders games of telephone and next thing you know we ban fire so the spammers cant send smoke signals. it never ends i tell you!
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Jerry Raia
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Next we'll have to cut the string between the cans!
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Kris Kumar
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Joined: 02 Jul 2003
Posts: 4267
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
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What are you guys talking about! Mike, can these two get a vacation?
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Mike Temporale
Managing Editor
Joined: 07 Jul 2003
Posts: 8577
Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| Kris Kumar wrote: |
| What are you guys talking about! Mike, can these two get a vacation? |
I don't know. I'll have to split them off into their own thread if this keeps up. 
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Rocco Augusto
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:03 am Post subject: |
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| Jerry Raia wrote: |
| Next we'll have to cut the string between the cans! |
oh no! they'll never take away our string! 
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Rocco Augusto
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Location: Portland, OR
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Mike Temporale wrote: |
| I don't know. I'll have to split them off into their own thread if this keeps up. |
sorry! 
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The One Eyed Man
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I agree with sojourner753....
Word verification for every post is a slight inconvenience to your users, but effectively eliminates bogus posts (eliminates all automated posts).
This allows the admins to focus on more important things than verifying or moderating new users.
IMHO, 5 minute "throttle" between posts could be annoying. Perhaps you could set a post limit, e.g. 10 per day, and raise that for users that require additional posts. This allows you to manage by exception, greatly reducing admin effort.
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