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RLM
Baja Godfather Joined: Nov/15/2012 Location: Hamilton, ON Status: Offline Points: 1258 |
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Posted: Nov/10/2017 at 8:26am |
Hey Moderators,
Is there a way to change the new member settings to either: A) require approval to join the forum so you can ask a member request what school they are from and why they want to join the forum before approving them Or B) allow anyone to join, but not allow them to make a post for X amount of time? Sick and tired of coming on here every couple days and seeing for sale ads for phones, tablets, computers and other random crap and see that the poster joined then posted minutes later and posted it multiple times (none of which are even in the correct sub-forum) Just trying to toss around ideas of how to curb this. if anyone else has other ideas, please chime in. lets not let this valuable learning platform go to sh*t.
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McMaster Baja Racing (09-Dec 2015)
Team Captain 2012-2015 Suspension Lead 2015-2016 All spoonfeed PM requests will be billed at $10 USD per reply, payable via paypal. |
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sujandinesh
Baja Godfather Joined: Dec/27/2013 Location: Enschede Status: Offline Points: 494 |
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I agree with the highlighted statement. There is a popular Indian automotive forum which requires a new user to fill in an extensive joining application (which takes a minimum 30 mins to fill in) and later is reviewed by the moderators before approving/rejecting the application based on the responses. Such strict scrutiny will definitely put a stop to this. No spam guy would want to waste so much time to post something irrelevant in a BAJA forum. I also get the feeling that the mods aren't active much. Some of my reported posts are still out there. :/
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adrive7
Baja Godfather Joined: Oct/19/2008 Location: Lancaster, CA Status: Offline Points: 711 |
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lol.
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-Joe
Chief Organizer, Baja California 2016, 2017, 2019 Ohio State Baja 2005-2009 Co-Host, Science... Sort Of http://www.sciencesortof.com |
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Brad SXT
Welding Master Joined: Dec/02/2012 Location: The Motor City Status: Offline Points: 180 |
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I don't see what the big deal is. I always come to this forum first when I'm looking for a totally legit new Iphone or Divorce Problem Solutions.
Is there a report button or something?
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sujandinesh
Baja Godfather Joined: Dec/27/2013 Location: Enschede Status: Offline Points: 494 |
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There is one to report the particular post but not the user. You can find it under "post options".
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RVCE BAJA: 2011-2015
General Motors: 2015-2016 Tyre Testing - University Racing Eindhoven: 2016-2017 Tyre Dynamics - TASS International: 2017-2018 Tyre Engineer - Apollo Vredestein The Netherlands |
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RLM
Baja Godfather Joined: Nov/15/2012 Location: Hamilton, ON Status: Offline Points: 1258 |
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have the forum moderators disappeared from the forum? anyone know a better way to report these posts and take them down, hell i'd do it if i had the ability to. really starting to get fed up with them.
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McMaster Baja Racing (09-Dec 2015)
Team Captain 2012-2015 Suspension Lead 2015-2016 All spoonfeed PM requests will be billed at $10 USD per reply, payable via paypal. |
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Mod Squad
Welding Master Mutant Enforcer Joined: Oct/19/2010 Status: Offline Points: 200 |
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Oopsie-daisy. The 'report post' notification is no longer making it into my inbox and I haven't visited in a while. I'll get that sorted out. In the meantime, keep reporting posts, they'll get to me once I fix the issue. Moderating new users would fix the issue, but would require a long-term dedicated moderator. I'll also check to see if the software has any new options for spam prevention.
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Brad SXT
Welding Master Joined: Dec/02/2012 Location: The Motor City Status: Offline Points: 180 |
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Has the baja discussion moved somewhere else? Or is there just not a discussion anymore? Doesn't seem like the forum is utilized as much as it used to be
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