A Suggestion...

[steds]

Can't you make it that you need minimum 5 or so posts to create a new topic?

Would they not then just spam in existing threads?

 

[Smudge]

I like benchy's manual acceptance of registration idea. It's used on another forum I post on, and has cut back on the idiots signing up too - as they lose interest while waiting to be accepted.

 

[James]

I like benchy's manual acceptance of registration idea. It's used on another forum I post on, and has cut back on the idiots signing up too - as they lose interest while waiting to be accepted.

I don't think that works personally. In my experience, a guest browsing a forum might see a thread they're interested in contributing to, so they register, and start posting. If it takes 24-48 hours to enable someones account, then they could well have lost interest by then.

I don't see the way it works at the moment causing massive problems anyway.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Is it not possible to include a very simple cricketing question as a sort of shibboleth on the sign-up form for anyone wishing to join?

Anyone wishing to join a cricket forum should at least know (say) Australia's captain.

 

[benchmark00]

I can't believe you used the word 'shibboleth' in a sentence.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I can't believe you used the word 'shibboleth' in a sentence.

BoyBrumby: has a Religious Studies A-Level.

 

[benchmark00]

I'm impressed.

 

[pasag]

Haha, first time I have ever seen someone use that in any sort of modern context.

 

[James]

Is it not possible to include a very simple cricketing question as a sort of shibboleth on the sign-up form for anyone wishing to join?

Anyone wishing to join a cricket forum should at least know (say) Australia's captain.

That's something I'm looking at actually. It appears that's what a lot of other forums are doing to get around the spamming.

 

[benchmark00]

That's something I'm looking at actually. It appears that's what a lot of other forums are doing to get around the spamming.

At the risk of being shouted down, but wouldn't this mean private messages could be enabled, if there was a drop off in spammers?

 

[James]

At the risk of being shouted down, but wouldn't this mean private messages could be enabled, if there was a drop off in spammers?

It's unlikely.

 

[Yahto]

You could enable Image verification in the registration form...

 

[Burpey]

But aren't these people signing up manually anyway?

 

[Yahto]

But aren't these people signing up manually anyway?

If they're hitting only vbulletin forums, they're likely to be bots.

 

[benchmark00]

Yahto - knows his forums.

 

[Adamc]

That's something I'm looking at actually. It appears that's what a lot of other forums are doing to get around the spamming.

Any chance of this being implemented soon? There's only so much Phentermine a forum can take.

 

[James]

Any chance of this being implemented soon? There's only so much Phentermine a forum can take.

It's on my list, will get to it by the end of the week

 

[Adamc]

Great, thanks. It should get rid of the bots at least.

 

[Slow Love™]

It's on my list, will get to it by the end of the week

There's a hack here that seems to be doing something similar to what you're looking for. You might have to upgrade to ver 3.6.0 though.

(Of course, if captcha is built-in as this says, you could just use that.)

 

[James]

Cheers, that's a definiate option, and we will upgrade to vBulletin 3.6.1 but not for a little while due to other projects being worked on.