Remove all Profiles Links and Benefits

Submitted by ukgimp on Sat, 2013-01-12 14:01

Bollocks

May I suggest you remove all profile links and-in message links. They are not needed.

Then maybe consider banning all new signups without recommendation for a few weeks.

Can you set up alerts? I refresh but see nothing new. If I were to get an email upon a new post that would be nice, it's a simple transactional email via 1 of hundreds of broadcasters.

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RE: Benefits

Submitted by annsmarty on Sat, 2013-01-12 17:29.

All of them are nofollowed but the links itself are good for usability I think. What if you want to check the user's website or quote the source?

I think links can be left...

Submitted by DocSheldon on Sat, 2013-01-12 17:56.

since they're nofollowed anyway, I don't see the sense in doing away with links in messages and comments. As for the links in profiles, there are a lot of members registered, 'though it remains to be seen how many are still active. I'm sure we all see some users we don't know and might want to check out their site.The idea of invite-only does have some appeal, if the spamming is already an issue. And I wouldn't mind being able to set up alerts and subscriptions, either.

Report a post button

Submitted by DocSheldon on Sat, 2013-01-12 18:01.

I think it might be handy to add a Report This Post button, if we're not modding comments. I see two spammers have already posted some crap today.

banning links is silly

Submitted by IncrediBILL on Sat, 2013-01-12 19:46.

Spammers will just put the site name with a dot com after it.

If they are allowed to post, they will spam.

The automated spam is easy to stop but the human spammers not so easy.

"May I suggest you remove all

Submitted by Brian_Turner on Sun, 2013-01-13 07:17.

"May I suggest you remove all profile links and-in message links. They are not needed."

Won't stop the spammers. Once you're on a list ...

What this site is missing is even basic blocks and safeguards against spam. The mind boggles as to why this is the case, when you consider the members here.

That... and editors going online @ weekends maybe (?)

Submitted by Wit on Sun, 2013-01-13 09:58.

The Window Deco spam thread was posted 36 hours ago and it's still there!

Sheesh if I were modding SEOChat like that, they would never have sent me the T-shirt.

Spam killing duties

Submitted by Nick Wilsdon on Sun, 2013-01-13 10:10.

It maybe worth expanding the moderator list, as we have so many old hands here. I'd be happy to volunteer to kill spam, especially at the weekends.

Sorry for the two crappy

Submitted by annsmarty on Sun, 2013-01-13 14:49.

Sorry for the two crappy stories. I have no idea how they managed to be posted as stories are pre-moderated (unlike comments). Someone might have published them by mistake!

As for spam, we have installed Mollon which is said to be the most effective and it started preventing even human beings from creating an account, so we had to disable it for the registartion form. It does good a pretty decent job filtering out spammy comments. We can now test it for "Submit story" as well

It's still the matter of trial and error! But we are definitely getting there and finding some good Drupal guys as well!

Thanks!

Originall the mod team had to

Submitted by Brian_Turner on Mon, 2013-01-14 05:27.

Originall the mod team had to approve stories - different mods in different time zone ensured good coverage. Happy to help again if you need a hand - used to be an ed long time ago.

Ouch...

Submitted by Wit on Mon, 2013-01-14 05:44.

>> Sorry for the two crappy stories. I have no idea how they managed to be posted as stories are pre-moderated (unlike comments). Someone might have published them by mistake!

Ouch, so they had an 'inside man' here, so-to-speak!?

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