Stop probation users from posting more than 1 thread in a day

[Nitish]

The title says pretty much everything. I just saw a guy posting his shit spam in all the boards. Just limit 1 thread/day for probation users and we will be sorted. It will be much easier to clean. I know its not a solution but will at least limit the spam?
What say?

Nitish Reviewed by Nitish on 9th Sep 2012. Stop probation users from posting more than 1 thread in a day The title says pretty much everything. I just saw a guy posting his shit spam in all the boards. Just limit 1 thread/day for probation users and we will be sorted. It will be much easier to clean. I know its not a solution but will at least limit the spam? What say? Rating: 5

[Rick]

Lol @ counter-thread attempt.

[FShoppe]

The title says pretty much everything. I just saw a guy posting his shit spam in all the boards. Just limit 1 thread/day for probation users and we will be sorted. It will be much easier to clean.
What say?

1 thread may be a little much.

Perhaps start 1 thread, participate in 5? Or perhaps have an automated 'report' tracking facility so that if a probation user is 'reported' by 2+ people, they can no longer post?

If that's too difficult, then sure, limit thread contributions to like 1 or 2. Sounds easy enough.

[haytham_12_12]

I think it's better to not allow probation to post threads till they become members .
it will be better as the spammers will register alot of time if they wanna Spam

[FShoppe]

I think it's better to not allow probation to post threads till they become members . it will be better as the spammers will register alot of time if they wanna Spam

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but you must be a spammer to have thought of that :-).

It is a very good point though. However, restricting the number of threads they can start to say, 1 or 2, would already be a deterrent to 'spam' as the time it takes to register E-Mail addresses and so forth may not be worth the hassle. That being said, probation members have to type in a captcha to post so perhaps they are willing to 'invest' that time.

What may be a prudent course of action would be to restrict the posting of threads to 1 a day, and see how it goes. If it doesn't stop them, ban them until they become full members!

[CJ Glawson]

Then what will the moderators do for fun

[Nitish]

@CJ: Watch porn? Come'on they do have a life and are not paid to do their job! Lets try to make their jobs a little easier?

[BlackJACK]

Well 1 is preety much less i guess, if they could make it to 2 or 3 perhaps

[Freddy63]

how about sending first 20 posts to a moderation queue and making it public only after a moderator approve it?

[Rox]

We mods have this tool to kick out the spammers.