[zach]

What's up?

Yes, it is hitting Domin Social too.

Many users are signing up for the sake of just advertising their names or services, whilst not contributing to the community. A few spam bots were identified (it's funny, one was stuck trying to sign up).


So what have I been doing?

Well, the bots have been banned and deleted.

More importantly, there are now post requirements for the Market Place section (this is where the majority of the spam has taken place). Members must have at least 15 posts before being able to create a thread.

Finally, we will be merging with another forum soon (no more details can be released at this time, but it will definately add to our community). So the new members who will be joining us from the merge and the new posts will need some more staff members.

If you contribute often to Domain Social and have a high post count, feel free to contact me via PM or email to be a moderator.

[triumph]

Sounds good. Unfortunately forums are just magnets for spammers these days. I had one underused forum I did not check on for some time and I was shocked when I had to go in and clean things up.

I think I literally purged half the userbase.

[Slashmire]

That's good to hear. Have you shown those rules on the signup page...I'm just skeptical that new members may not read it if it's not shoved in their face.

[zach]

Originally Posted by Slashmire

That's good to hear. Have you shown those rules on the signup page...I'm just skeptical that new members may not read it if it's not shoved in their face.

They are in the marketplace rules now. Also, we implimented a hack that will prevent new users from posting in the marketplace if their post count is under 15 posts. So even if they tried, they would be told then too

[tshugo]

Originally Posted by zach

They are in the marketplace rules now. Also, we implimented a hack that will prevent new users from posting in the marketplace if their post count is under 15 posts. So even if they tried, they would be told then too

Yeah, I guess the hack will filter out most of the bots/spammers.

[andreww38]

well you can see the appeal of forums though.
i've been in a couple where individual threads have PR5 or PR6 rankings.

i was frankly, quite shocked.

[deelip]

Spamming is the greatest problem everywhere.
anyway it sounds good that you did something.
I never care about those stuffs for my forum.

[Gurpartap]

Originally Posted by deelip

Spamming is the greatest problem everywhere.
anyway it sounds good that you did something.
I never care about those stuffs for my forum.

Much probability, you are losing the traffic you are unaware of.

[tshugo]

Originally Posted by deelip

Spamming is the greatest problem everywhere.

I agree...I hate the trash