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MIB:
It will probably more time consuming, but does this message board software have a feature that lets you preview and approve the first few messages a newbie makes? i've seen some message boards where the first 5 or 10 messages have to approved by the admin and/or moderator. After that the person can post without approval.
MIB
rbcp:
Obviously the "type cactus into this box" thing isn't working to get rid of spammers, though I think it has reduced it quite a bit. I've changed it to ask the very simple question of "what kind of phone did Dino use?" with a link to the Dino story. Let's see how well that works.
Any ideas on a good question I could use that would be better than the Dino thing? Something that wouldn't be obvious to the type of person who wants to spam, but might be obvious to people who register here. Like a very basic phreaking question maybe. I hate to put something in there that would exclude noobs.
ApprenticePhreak:
Easy. What frequency do you use to gain control over a telephone trunk? 2600. If you don't know those little tidbits about phone phreaking or its broad history, then maybe we don't want them here asking us to call their ex-girlfriends for them or requesting us to get our Mustangs repainted and surfaced and floors cleaned.
Still you could ask how many quick chirps make a quarter tone with a red box. All relatively simple shit. Even then, like you said before about a question that would involving googling, there you go! Even if they don't know either answer, they can always google! Hell, with questions like that guarding the gate the people might think they're getting in with an intellectual crowd.
nyphonejacks:
what does PLA stand for? - similar question to register @ binrev.. it asks what binrev stands for...
murd0c:
Brad, more dickheads are spamming our forums. Poland and Russia. Ban these countries entirely! (from the forums, anyway)
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