Comments on: Forum Spammers Driving Me Crazy

by: Motorcycle Fairings

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:15:53 +0000

Ultimately what is the purpose of a forum but to express what you know about the matter discussed and if you have a good number of memebers, Why bother including more?

by: Dwayne

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:10:10 +0000

Perhaps the answer is to find your own kid at $2 an hour to constantly police your site.

If you really plan on closing to new members, you could always add a refferal clause. You don’t get in unless someone reffers you who is a member. At least in the SEO forums, most people have a pretty good idea who many of the others are. If the want to be part of your forum, they need to look around and find someone who woudl reffer them to you.

At least that would keep your forum from getting completly stagnet

by: Peter Davis

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:52:06 +0000

Yea, you’re right that it would put off some new members, maybe even most. But, heck, he’s saying he doesn’t want any new members anyway. Maybe he’d take the ones who paid him.

by: Al Carlton

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:24:17 +0000

Forcing new registrants to pay is a really good idea to avoid spam and bots though I think it would put off a lot of new members, it could work on an authority(ish) forum that didn’t have much competition (if they actually exist).

by: Peter Davis

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:46:28 +0000

Pounding the skulls of the spammers would be about as refreshing as a cold beer after a hard day’s work. lol

First, you’ve got to stop using phpBB.

One idea I saw recently (on Forumtrends.com I think) was a guy who’s charging a nominal fee for new registrations. Should be some way to automate that too, new members pay a couple bucks would weed out the spambots pretty well, I’d think.