Cap'n Refsmmat Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 16 minutes ago, Lord Antares said: Was it like that on the old forum? Because that's where I noticed it. Yes, this behavior shouldn't have changed much between versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 It is, however, good to see members doing their best to offer help. One thought about bots. Presumably they don't look at the adverts that fund SF. (I don't much either so perhaps that les me out) I don't know what use could be made of that information in identifying them. How do the bots manage to click on the save button, by the way. I seem to have lost another post his afternoon through fumbling this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticore Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Would it be possible to change the rules slightly so that new members cannot start a thread until they have contributed to a number of existing ones. That ought to stop bots completely and discourage human spammers to a great extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Antares Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 28 minutes ago, Manticore said: Would it be possible to change the rules slightly so that new members cannot start a thread until they have contributed to a number of existing ones. That ought to stop bots completely and discourage human spammers to a great extent. I would be against this. I would guess that most people join the forum to ask a question in their thread. That's why I registered. If I wasn't able to do that, I certainly would have found another place to be a part of. Plus, most new members are not very knowledgeable in science, so by needing to contribute to other threads, they would literally be encouraged to post unfounded and potentially bad posts. I think new members need to be able to ask questions immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticore Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 15 minutes ago, Lord Antares said: I would be against this. I would guess that most people join the forum to ask a question in their thread. That's why I registered. If I wasn't able to do that, I certainly would have found another place to be a part of. Plus, most new members are not very knowledgeable in science, so by needing to contribute to other threads, they would literally be encouraged to post unfounded and potentially bad posts. I think new members need to be able to ask questions immediately. Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider5678 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 On 8/9/2017 at 8:45 AM, Cap'n Refsmmat said: If someone could write us a plugin to send 5000 volts to spammers over the Internet, that'd be great. A simple plugin that would test for "https://" in side of any new posts for members with less then 10 posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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