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Vote For New Members; Should they join?
Topic Started: Dec 19 2006, 07:24 PM (348 Views)
greeneyes
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Now that I allow or delete new accounts I can sort out the porn and medics ads trying to join, whom now make up 40% of the applications.

What shall i do about "people" like this-

zaratussxx Registering from really_sorry@yoricksite.biz

diiagnostr Registering from exchange1@diagnostics-car.info

Does anyone think they are liable to be real members or are they spam businesses, probably just bots...

:(
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http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/42407-the-girls-ke70/
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cpufix
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How about pay before you have an account opened for you.
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That's a good idea.
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rofl

Love it!

All those with VIP after their name say "Aye"...
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http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/42407-the-girls-ke70/
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http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/64027...ld-a-rally-car/
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EZAGZA
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greeneyes,Dec 19 2006
08:05 PM
All those with VIP after their name say "Aye"...

:unsure: Nay!
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Ooh... shiny!
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EZAGZA,Dec 19 2006
08:27 PM
:unsure: Nay!

Come on Glen, stop being cheap! :lol:
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Brian_J
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nay here too
how can new members know why they want to join and suport if they arent given a chance to
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greeneyes,Dec 19 2006
08:05 PM
rofl

Love it!

All those with VIP after their name say "Aye"...

aye
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Don't we have a team of moderators to deal with spammers and delete them should they become a problem?

They usually make themselves pretty obvious fairly early on from what I've seen, sure it means a bit more work deleting them all but that's what you sign on for as a mod isn't it?

If people can't join for free to start with I think our New Member count will fall dramatically. I for one would not have considered having anything to do with this club if I had to pay up front to be a member.

What ever happened to "try before you buy"?
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greeneyes
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Yeah, don't take it too seriously.. :D

I wouldn't charge you first!

I'd rather not have them on here at all, than have to chase them off afterwards.

I'll post up the dodgy-looking ones and you can see what I mean.

The Girl's KE70-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/42407-the-girls-ke70/
How NOT to build a rally car-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/64027...ld-a-rally-car/
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greeneyes,Dec 19 2006
08:24 PM
Does anyone think they are liable to be real members or are they spam businesses, probably just bots...

:(

Spam bots, maybe you should make it that new members have to also send you an email of their details...

That way it should reduce the number of bots n shit...

(indeed stop being cheap Glen haha)
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cpufix,Dec 19 2006
07:40 PM
How about pay before you have an account opened for you.

This morning its-

Fdjhjebhf Registering rtzrzrzru@mail.ru

rrebforfrn Registering rrebforfn@hotpop.com



Hmm... no xxx@bestsex4boys.com this time.. <_<
The Girl's KE70-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/42407-the-girls-ke70/
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cpufix
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AYE

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What ever happened to "try before you buy"?

This is a public forum that can be viewed by anyone. So it already has a"try before you buy" access.

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how can new members know why they want to join and suport if they arent given a chance to

Getting an account for login allows the user to see the pictures, and to create new topics. We give them a chance to view the forum via public access at no charge.


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If people can't join for free to start with I think our New Member count will fall dramatically.

Sorry I don't agree, people can view the forum for free that's how we are getting the requests for accounts. If a person is serious they well pay the money and join, having viewed what's available at no charge.


Also on this subject I don't agree that people should be prevented because we don't like their email address, but I would have to agree with greeneyes that the email names listed would be suspect
My intention of asking for payment at account application I believe would get rid of these suspect applications.

Hold on tight here comes the debate.

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Distrb
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Those email addresses are definitely spam bots... We get nearly 10 per day of that ilk on Toyspeed.org.nz

Controlling the membership is a reasonable way to remove/keep out the 'retards' from your forums. As is only allowing isp/non free email accounts to stop people stirring sh1t, getting banned, and joining up again with another email address. Not saying you have this problem here as yet, but it happens to every forum at one time or another.

Sure you can charge people to view the forums etc... but is that going to be a cost on top of the normal joining fee for becoming a memeber? or is it going to be a one fee covers all type arrangement?

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does this forum require admin approval before accounts are allowed. it's pretty easy to find out who are spammers etc..
maybe in the return automated email you can draft a quick hello asking some basic details for 'record keeping'

e.g.

Location
Make
Model
Location
How did you find us

then a little disclaimer @ the bottom saying that non-replies will have their accounts deleted within 7days..

Good way to see who's keen and who the bots are as chances will be their email address stops working within hours/days.
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Greeneyes, sounds like you have an administration nightmare on your hands there..

I don't agree with charging people to sign up to use the forum.

And any sort of send / receive email process will just take time..

Go on your gut instinct based on the email address :)
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greeneyes
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Actually, as you older members will remember, I used to send a welcome email to everyone that joined, mainly so I could find out a christian name and where they were from. I've just got too busy this year to continue it.

It would be a good idea if i had an automated script that asked them for some sort of confirmation email from their address.

It seems the faster the net gets the greater the spam gets & the bigger and hungrier the programs get, so we don't really get ahead... :(
The Girl's KE70-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/42407-the-girls-ke70/
How NOT to build a rally car-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/64027...ld-a-rally-car/
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jeremyflower
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How about the wee picture with letters and numbers in it like you get for joining Yahoo and Hotmail forums? Looks like this:

Well something similar anyway...

They just have a few of these randomly added to the applications, apparently bots can't decipher them and it would at least slow down the time wasters...

I still don't agree with non-paying members not being able to see pictures or post in the forum, it's the only reason you join a site like this.

If you can't ask questions have them answered (without paying) then what's the point?
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greeneyes
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I don't think we can do that here, although it is a great idea.

Today we have-

joseoseo Registering joseop@web.de

nanyaHgoc Registering neverov_vitalii@mail.ru

Altezza_Kid Registering this_time_imperfect0@hotmail.com


The first two are gone! Tough on any Germans trying to join I know... The Altezzakid I think is OK, we will find out in a moment 'cos I'll sign him up!
The Girl's KE70-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/42407-the-girls-ke70/
How NOT to build a rally car-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/64027...ld-a-rally-car/
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What about sending an email to them using the lexus owners club domain? :D ;)
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Checkout Toymods.org.au they have a good process of screening members it seems to work well. Ask one of the mods on that site for details.
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Keith we may need to shift the forum to one of the places that does the numbers-in-pictures thingy jeremyflower was describing... perhaps the answer is just that simple?
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Well, when I get some time I'll start going through the Invisionfree users forums and see if anyone has a program that does the random image thing. It seems the best solution.

Today we have-

Jessijes Registering jessijes@freepochta.info

Muersdtes Registering gaffar_tretyakov@mail.ru

AlanMontli Registering alanmontli@yandex.ru

Vinchenco Registering vinfdfg6576@mail.ru

MissScriv Registering missscriv@hotmail.com

Only the last one makes it in...


Somewhere in the next two weeks I'll do an auto-delete of all members who have not visited in the last 6months. Should be interesting to see how the numbers drop.


Xmas Day brings-

MelliFobian Registering betterlife2020@dietdrugsguide.org

helteza Registering xxx@hotmail.com

homequityh Registering homeequityloans@etradeoil.com

Doctormstr Registering phentermine2@medicinese.org

surefireinvest Registering investnow23@gmail.com

jodffresdt Registering vikentii.chetver@mail.ru

mrumrici Registering xxx@gmail.com

2OLD4RBDET Registering xxx@yahoo.com.au
The Girl's KE70-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/42407-the-girls-ke70/
How NOT to build a rally car-
http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/64027...ld-a-rally-car/
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