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TheBig3 · 12-30-2013, 04:36 PM

Can we link it to length on the forums and not post count?

Burning Down · 12-30-2013, 04:40 PM

What would be the ideal minimum?

TheBig3 · 12-30-2013, 04:43 PM

A month. I don't think it needs to really be more than that (though 3 doesn't seem excessive).

I think it would just take a lot of potential spammers out.

Paul Smeenus · 12-30-2013, 04:46 PM

Eight hundred years

Burning Down · 12-30-2013, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3

A month. I don't think it needs to really be more than that (though 3 doesn't seem excessive).

I think it would just take a lot of potential spammers out.

A month is doable, definitely, but I don't know how much better that would be at curbing spammers. Some manage to spam without even reaching the 15 post minimum, by just saying "go look me up on YT" or something like that.

It would cut down on the ones just trying to post an actual link, for sure. It seems like this would be something the admin would need to implement, if it's possible to do so.

Paul Smeenus · 12-30-2013, 04:56 PM

All joking aside, it would at least relieve us of the spammers that post one-off comments to as many threads as they can as fast as they can to get to their 15 posts as quickly as possible, mucking up the new posts search function

TheBig3 · 12-30-2013, 05:03 PM

I see it more as setting a standard. i.e. "This community wants an investment from you, if you want to post things like this, you need to become a community member."

Its less for robots, and has the added bonus of telling new comers that we give a crap about our boards.

Trollheart · 12-30-2013, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3

I see it more as setting a standard. i.e. "This community wants an investment from you, if you want to post things like this, you need to become a community member."

Its less for robots, and has the added bonus of telling new comers that we give a crap about our boards.

Heyyy!!!! Just a minute there! What exactly is wrong with robots, meatbag?

Freebase Dali · 12-30-2013, 07:33 PM

Reasonable time requirements would be a plus for certain things such as these. I fully back this.
It works in other places. We just have to convince a higher authority. Either way, if we all come up with a good number to pass along in a request, I'm behind it. IN ADDITION to post count requirements. Double threat. Be here long enough with enough posts, you get to do your thang.

TheBig3 · 12-30-2013, 08:11 PM

I'm inclined to say, in that case, that we make the post-count higher. But the ambitious troll might actually try before getting caught, and thats no good.

For what my 2 cents is worth, lets make it a month and 15 posts.

12-30-2013, 04:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
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12-30-2013, 04:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	A month. I don't think it needs to really be more than that (though 3 doesn't seem excessive). I think it would just take a lot of potential spammers out. __________________ I've moved to a new address

12-30-2013, 05:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I see it more as setting a standard. i.e. "This community wants an investment from you, if you want to post things like this, you need to become a community member." Its less for robots, and has the added bonus of telling new comers that we give a crap about our boards. __________________ I've moved to a new address

12-30-2013, 07:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Reasonable time requirements would be a plus for certain things such as these. I fully back this. It works in other places. We just have to convince a higher authority. Either way, if we all come up with a good number to pass along in a request, I'm behind it. IN ADDITION to post count requirements. Double threat. Be here long enough with enough posts, you get to do your thang. __________________

12-30-2013, 08:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I'm inclined to say, in that case, that we make the post-count higher. But the ambitious troll might actually try before getting caught, and thats no good. For what my 2 cents is worth, lets make it a month and 15 posts. __________________ I've moved to a new address

12-30-2013, 04:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	What would be the ideal minimum?