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[Nick]

As you may have noticed the introductions section is now the chief place for spam. Jess_loves_cody & Fribble have both welcome members in 4 other threads so they could access downloads.

My suggestion: raise the post amount needed to 25 and make posts in the introductions section not count towards your total post count. This way they'll at least contribute to something.

[Mr. Hobo]

This is pointless, they'll just find some other way to make the additional posts required with minimum effort

[Nick]

Maybe we should implement some sort of application system, where once they've been here for x days and posted x times they have to apply and mods/smods/administrators or a seperate team designed for this approves their advancement to membership.

[Shin]

I think the staff members are discussing the topic already.

[Nick]

Will they be having sacrifices?

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Well, upping the post count is kinda asking for spam.

Possibly make it lagged? One post a day for five days -- so there is a bit more time commitment involved. I suspect most will simply do their five posts to grab what they want and disappear, but at least then they may have seen some of the community (which I think looks nice, btw ) and it won't feel so spammish.

If not, then I wouldn't disallow introduction posts - may as well keep the "spam" all in one place.

[nox]

if any application would ever to come about, it should be the members who vote. the staff don't have the chance to be voting and checking member's posts...i dunno dw;/ew

[duckymagoopaloop]

hi i'm new

[hanswurst]

*imo* the problem exist also for new members,
hard to explain,but ill try.
if you get into this comunity,you have to deal with older n higher members.
its hard to "prove" that you just want to be a part of this community(atleast if english isnt your mainlanguage)
spammer,get always a way into it,but the ppl who wanne be a part,have to deal with the spammers as well.i mean,there r not that many topics,where you could discuss stuff,few things under games,few here n there,but aslong as you r a beginner in scripting,and still trying to learn the basics for such "tools", is it hard to catch up with the "maincommunity"
90% of the useful tutorials explain alot,but give ppl some time,it wont make sense to raise the min-limit to 25 or something,if the ppl doesnt have that much to talk about.
simplesaid, a part of the community can be a programmer,who gets easy into it,or a user,who is thankful that you make that nice progs,and this one have to deal with the few treads.

my idea is,raise the limit montly. but not that much at all
example: 5 at start,able to DL
another 3 in the first 30 days (easy to reach,with a few bugreports,thanks postings n such,but the ppl shall prove,that they dont just leech the tools,they shall show that they also honor the hard work.)
and every following month,another 5 posts,is real not much,but to keep the account alive.
even without spamming,and it could raise the communication at all.

thanks for reading,sorry for the bad english
regards.

remember,its just a idea of a new member.

[ZERO]

hi i'm new

[Tim]

Possibly make it lagged? One post a day for five days -- so there is a bit more time commitment involved. I suspect most will simply do their five posts to grab what they want and disappear, but at least then they may have seen some of the community (which I think looks nice, btw smile.gif) and it won't feel so spammish.

I think this could work out nicely. Maybe, if they can't get their posts in one day, they'll take the time to look around the community and want to become part of it.

[Christopher Robin]

Maybe we should implement some sort of application system, where once they've been here for x days and posted x times they have to apply and mods/smods/administrators or a seperate team designed for this approves their advancement to membership.

My thoughts exactly. 25 posts, or 15 or 20, and apply with Yes or No. Let Advanced Members and up vote.

[Nick]

I would just create a seperate team for this. I'd be willing to do it.

[Ilya]

Maybe we should implement some sort of application system, where once they've been here for x days and posted x times they have to apply and mods/smods/administrators or a seperate team designed for this approves their advancement to membership.

will take too much time and too much work.. and members wont be waiting they will just quit...

If people dont want to be active, then they will never be active if by their own will... The site wants everyone who uses progs to come chat and be active like everyone else... thats never going to happen as hard as you make it..

Even if they are here a week and make 25 unspammy posts, how do you know that after they get aprooved that they will come back to codex? thats going to be hard to decide for the staff... and the members wont be so stupid trying to spam their way to being aprooved...

[ZERO]

I say, let leechers be leeachers. Sooner or later they will come back anyway to the community. If a pruning is in order, then do it. But there will always be a good number of leechers and spammers that just get their 5 posts or whatever to download, but really they always find loop holes.

[Nick]

Well if they are going to leech then make the req be 0 posts.

[ZERO]

Well if they are going to leech then make the req be 0 posts.

Sure?

Its funny how we never really had this problem a while back o.O

[Noitidart]

I think we should base program use on Posts Per Day. Make them keep it above two or no no lol

[Plew]

I think we should base program use on Posts Per Day. Make them keep it above two or no no lol

lol minimum of post per day seems pretty evil if u ask me. i can barely keep up with 11.2 post per day

[ZERO]

Ok, seeing as how all these people are getting their 5 or whatever posts in the introduction section, how about we make it so only CREATING topics or anything at all in that forum do not add to post count. Creating would allow people to introduce themselves and automatically become members. Or we can have the "new member" group only allowed to see General and News areas xD