funniegrrl
04-12-2010, 02:03 PM
Board members have requested, repeatedly and long ago, to set the board rules so that new members can't post links or pictures until they've reached a critical number of posts (number suggested varies).
Still, today, after all this time, nothing's changed. I just reported one spammer / two posts who included tons of links and several pictures in each post. If we had these rules in place they wouldn't have posted at all.
Yet, the requirement of, what, at least 10 characters for any post is more of a burden to members than it is an effective method to prevent spam. Many is the time a one-word response on a thread would have been perfect -- perhaps even hilarious :D -- yet we are not allowed. We have to fill up our post with fluff text just to make it go through. On another vBulletin board I frequent, there is no such restriction and it's very handy. In the examples above, when I reported the spam I clicked reply on each thread and typed "reported" to alert other members. But noooooooo, that's too short, so I have to add text to make the post go through. A pain, and not helpful in combating spam.
Still, today, after all this time, nothing's changed. I just reported one spammer / two posts who included tons of links and several pictures in each post. If we had these rules in place they wouldn't have posted at all.
Yet, the requirement of, what, at least 10 characters for any post is more of a burden to members than it is an effective method to prevent spam. Many is the time a one-word response on a thread would have been perfect -- perhaps even hilarious :D -- yet we are not allowed. We have to fill up our post with fluff text just to make it go through. On another vBulletin board I frequent, there is no such restriction and it's very handy. In the examples above, when I reported the spam I clicked reply on each thread and typed "reported" to alert other members. But noooooooo, that's too short, so I have to add text to make the post go through. A pain, and not helpful in combating spam.