Spammers

**Marty** · #1 09-09-2007, 09:27 AM

When I imported all the users from the old version, a lot of the spammers were imported as well... This will be a headache for a while, but hopefully you guys can help me weed them out.

At the top of every post you'll see RED and YELLOW cards

. That's the infraction system that will help us ban these idiots. If you come across a spam post, please tag them as spammers, that will ban them immediately (and forever).

Power is in your hands, so please don't ban each other

This will be a very democratic system here. If a member gets out of line with another member, you guys will have the power to give them a warning. For spammers, as soon as you issue a ban, I get notified and will deal with the posts.

I have a packed day today, so won't be able to work on the forums, but I'll configure some more stuff tomorrow.

PS: Hilde, thanks for reporting the post!

Nathan Hall · #2 09-09-2007, 07:13 PM

"Power is in your hands, so please don't ban each other"

Wow, you aren't going to have any members left. LOL...

**Marty** · #3 09-09-2007, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathan Hall

"Power is in your hands, so please don't ban each other"

Wow, you aren't going to have any members left. LOL...

hehe... no worries, I trust the geckophile judgement :twisted:

Brian · #4 09-09-2007, 10:20 PM

Can I suggest written guidlines be issued that the system only be used for spam versus "what you don't like". Would stop people from banning each other next time a stupid fight breaks out.

For instance only for the "fr33 seXX0r" type posts.

Brandon Parry · #5 09-09-2007, 10:38 PM

I can see this getting out of control pretty fast. Everyone has there own judgment as to who should be banned and why, not everyone will agree and it will cause even further problems.

Brian · #6 09-09-2007, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon Parry

I can see this getting out of control pretty fast. Everyone has there own judgment as to who should be banned and why, not everyone will agree and it will cause even further problems.

That's basically what I wanted to say . . .

**Marty** · #7 09-09-2007, 11:03 PM

The good thing is that this can always be disabled or the right can be taken away from individual users. We went through this on OrchidBoard, there was a lot of objections at first, but no one has abused the system yet. Spammers are banned immediately and user infractions serve only as a warning to the user.

Ever single time an infraction is given a post will be made in the moderator forum, where the infraction will be discussed and if it's not agreed with, it will be reversed.

lets live with it for a while and if it won't work, we'll just remove it. No biggie.

**Riverside Reptiles** · #8 09-10-2007, 12:39 AM

Marty, it's nice to see that you have so much faith in the users of these forums. But this might be just enough faith for them to hang themselves (or each other) with. But I suppose that it can't hurt to give it a try. BTW, I don't see any red and yellow spam cards at the top of every post.