Topic: New Member Accounts - awaiting approval

[LadyM]

In order to stop banned people from coming back to the forum with proxies we are now approving new members as they sign up. This allows us to check IP's and do some other checks before approving new members. This should also lower spam and duplicate accounts.

If you are a guest signing up for a new account then please do not use a proxy. Proxy accounts will not be approved. Proxy emails will not be approved.

[Didero]

I didn't know the problems were this severe... They must be bad though, if you mods are willing to take on this amount of extra work... Good luck!
Can unapproved users do nothing at all, or is there a place where they can post?

[Ultimatum]

Did we suddenly have an surge in banned users sneaking back?.I know of the spambot issue but..this seems a little too drastic.

[PatMan33]

Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

Of course in a world run by me there would also be regular suspensions for unsatisfying users.

[gec05]

Did we suddenly have an surge in banned users sneaking back?

Have you not noticed a guy called TheMist (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) posting around?

[Ultimatum]

Nope.

Where was he posting?

[Kenotai]

Almost exclusively in the Spore RP section.

[Yossitaru]

Well, that would explain the lack of anyone noticing.

I wonder why this didn't come into effect sooner, since Malt had a short tromp of multiple short lived accounts a couple months ago.

[PatMan33]

New member registrations are down consistently since Spore came out. It would be easier to manage now. Though they may have not even considered that if the problem was annoying enough.

[smjjames]

Yea, and around september or so, the number of users (guests and members) dropped from its usual 100+ to what we have now. I guess that was just a cleaning up of some sort and nobody apparently noticed, or cared, not that I care about it either.

Still, does this mean I can't do an April Fools joke and 'impersonate' a mod? I wouldn't actually be a moderator and the the name would be an obvious fake.

Honestly, I would never impersonate a mod and create trouble, but it's just a thought. If you guys absolutely forbid it, then okay.

@Yossitaru: Plus the fact that the mods kept jumping on his posts and deleting them.

As for spam, that hasn't been a problem. Sure one or two can occasionally appear, but it's not at a nuisance level.

[LadyM]

Membership is down and it's manageable now. The reason I made this thread is for any guests trying to register and they aren't approved, so they know why. While I know that sometimes people use proxies not to cause trouble, I have found that 99% of the time it's used to make trouble.

[Ultramarine]

Did we suddenly have an surge in banned users sneaking back?

Have you not noticed a guy called TheMist (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) posting around?

I thought after the second attempt (Renaissance) he had given up. But another 5 more times is just stupid; considering he picked an obvious name he's not good at bypassing the system

I've had a few do that on my forum and they were IP banned on the spot. Then again, bans there aren't always permanent, compared to here where they are. But, bans are placed for a reason, and if that member hasn't realized that reason and continues on making efforts to get back in they don't deserve to be on any forum IMO.The basic forum rubric isn't that hard to follow, I don't see how hard it is to follow the rules, most rules are just second nature

Well, hopefully this will halt further attempts by banned members. And it was a good idea to post a warning to those who want to register. Actually this could have been done months ago.

[Little]

This is kinda...drastic, ain't it?

[PatMan33]

Naw, lots of forums do this.

[Grazony]

Really? Could you name some? :l