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Cormac
New Member
The problem with that kind of system is that you're not differentiating between legitimate and spammy members.
Forbairt
Teaching / Designing / Developing
I think the differentiating comes down to the mods of the board.
A number of people when they sign up mention they have been lurking for a while now. Well if they are interested in becoming a part of the community then it means they've got to contribute meaningful posts to get something back ... the signature being their reward.
caminowebmaster
New Member
I like the links, and I must admit there are only two forums I visit that don't allow sigs, I visit places more often where I can sign...maybe in the back of my head that is an additional payoff that I want.
However around here it does not seem bad, I have not noticed something that I find excessive. Also when someone is posting some advice I will go and look at their work and use that to decide if there are worth listening to or not.
One last point, to Blacknight. I set up a phpbb board on my camino site and shut it down within a week. 24/7 spam drove me nuts and it was not very easy to ban people, took too much time. Is this forum software easier to run? As I would like to try again with the forum on that same site.
One last question. What do you do when on holiday? I have plans to be away for 4/5 weeks, all of May, next year. Do you find it easy to get others to mod the site?
Thanks.
However around here it does not seem bad, I have not noticed something that I find excessive. Also when someone is posting some advice I will go and look at their work and use that to decide if there are worth listening to or not.
One last point, to Blacknight. I set up a phpbb board on my camino site and shut it down within a week. 24/7 spam drove me nuts and it was not very easy to ban people, took too much time. Is this forum software easier to run? As I would like to try again with the forum on that same site.
One last question. What do you do when on holiday? I have plans to be away for 4/5 weeks, all of May, next year. Do you find it easy to get others to mod the site?
Thanks.
Yes. I hate phpbb
If you have enough competent moderators then you don't need to be there 24/7
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