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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38700

MommyHoldMe Online Elite Member Posts: 286 Thank you received: 103	Glad the issue was able to be resolved. I was surprised as to how often they would post.
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38709

Vanguard Offline Junior Member Posts: 26 Thank you received: 2	Thanks for making the changes ! Would rather deal with the minor inconvenience of post approval than the major one of the onslaught of bot posts all over the place.
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38714

hart Offline New Member Darth Vader is Alive! Posts: 17	Is there anything special we should do if we see someone spamming?
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38721

Shadow1275 Offline Senior Member Form 7 Master Posts: 42 Thank you received: 16	It's too bad that a couple bad apples have to ruin it for everyone else. I'm glad these steps are being taken but it's too bad that the ones who have to pay are the mods and new members.
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38725

Jimster Offline Premium Member Posts: 85 Thank you received: 19	Sounds good. Bots were getting out of hand.
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38728

Diezel23 Offline Junior Member Posts: 20 Thank you received: 5	Desperate times, desperate measures. Just gonna have to post more I guess
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38736

Biscuitt Offline Junior Member Posts: 28 Thank you received: 4	While I'm new, without 25 posts, and you'll have to probably approve this... Thank you very much!! As a frequent lurker, but not an avid poster - I truly appreciate this.
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38739

Brax Offline Moderator Posts: 1643 Thank you received: 339	The new system is working already! Biscuitt's post was the first I had to approve, and it was done within minutes of his posting it. I can't promise that I will always be that prompt, but between myself and the other new moderators that Knytiri is appointing, posts from new folks should not have to spend too much time in "Approval Limbo".
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38740

Knytiri Offline Banned "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." Posts: 1553 Thank you received: 464	Edited the post requirement down to 10. It's awesome to see it seems to be working so far!
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38748

Ryan-Rising Offline Elite Member Inspirational Star Wars Quote Posts: 254 Thank you received: 71	Thanks, Knytiri! And ooo, Brax is special now! That's new, right? If so, congratulations on your promotion, Brax! If not, sorry, I wasn't paying attention.
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38749

Dauntless 7 Offline Premium Member Posts: 81 Thank you received: 15	Wow I was really feeling sorry for Knytiri and Mods. Have never seen spamming this bad. Want to commend you for fixing this silliness and hope that monitoring 10 replies from new members will solve the problem. Thanks.
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38751

Brax Offline Moderator Posts: 1643 Thank you received: 339	Ryan-Rising wrote: Thanks, Knytiri! And ooo, Brax is special now! That's new, right? If so, congratulations on your promotion, Brax! If not, sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Thanks! You were right, it is a recent thing, and hopefully I can help make a positive difference!
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38752

Brax Offline Moderator Posts: 1643 Thank you received: 339	Dauntless 7 wrote: Wow I was really feeling sorry for Knytiri and Mods. Have never seen spamming this bad. Want to commend you for fixing this silliness and hope that monitoring 10 replies from new members will solve the problem. Thanks. Hopefully, the new measures put in place today will minimize the spam/bot problem.
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Changes 2 months 2 days ago #38755

GreyJedi73 Offline Senior Member Posts: 76 Thank you received: 15	I sure hope this works out, that spam was getting ridiculous! Keep up the great work.
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Changes 2 months 1 day ago #38759

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Knytiri wrote:

So, there's gonna be some changes going on around here...

I updated security protocols and changed our captcha system as much as I could, and made a few other changes.

New users won't be able to post without approval until they have a post count of 25 - that means a moderator will literally have to look at your post and say yes or no before it's posted. No more spam from new bot accounts - period. Hopefully this will eliminate the spam that does manage to get through the updated protocols and new captcha.

Of course, this is inconvenient for some new members, but please look at the state of the forum currently (some 3,000 spam posts) and understand steps HAVE to be taken.

I will also be reaching out to a select couple people with some moderator offers. We're going to restructure the forum and add some new categories and services. If you have some special skills (excellent design skills, for example, and like to make forum signatures), post it up here! We're getting rid of the spam and expanding. (Hopefully. I really don't want to eat these words... stupid spambots.)

So yeah. That's my task today. I'm sorry if you're expecting an email from me directly today, there's a bit of a chance I just may not get to it today for a while.

Thank you all.... and may the Forge be with you!

Joshua S.

This is excellent news!

I have something special, somewhat vaguely related to all this, that I was gonna post later. I guess now when I put it up, it can be in celebration of our new Mods and (hopefully) the end of the Great Spammening. So stay tuned for that!

Keep up the good work, mods both old and new!

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Changes 2 months 1 day ago #38761

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This is such great news!

Lately i've been really having a crappy time coming here as I usually get on early in the day EST and that happens to be when Knytiri is still in bed I assume!

As a result, I see pages and pages full of garbage spam in every section and have to sift through to find any "actual' posts. Its really disheartening and has resulted in me not visiting as much lately especially during the day before Knytiri would come around and nuke them all.

This will be great! Also Its funny, I suggested not too long ago that it might help to get some people to help take care of the forums to free the regular CSR people up to deal with emails. Its good to see more people being able to help moderate now. Congrats Brax!