theacefes Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Due to a recent flood of spam, we have temporarily disabled guest posting until the problem can be dealt with efficiently. Apologies if this inconveniences anyone; if you would like to participate in any of the threads, take a few minutes and register. Thanks! -Ace Link to comment
Wanderer Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Hm, I'm having trouble posting comments from my own account. ETA - Apparently putting the lie to my comment. I am still having trouble replying to my own post in the Wheels forum. Link to comment
Kaeloree Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Just in case you guys haven't seen it already, IPB has has released an update which will hopefully stem the tide of spam. Check it out here. Link to comment
theacefes Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Guest posting enabled again. Let's see how this works. Link to comment
Icendoan Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 SPAM! (I joke, I joke) Icen Link to comment
Guest jastey* Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Those "confirm code" things are horrible. It took me 6 tries to post one guest post, although I thought I got it right. -jastey (no spam bot) Link to comment
Icendoan Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 It is when someone finds a way to crack those confirmation codes, and we will get loads of spam bots again Icen Link to comment
theacefes Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 Guest posting will be temporarily disabled for the remainder of today and possibly tomorrow in order to do some clean up throughout the forums. Link to comment
devSin Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 You're going to start charging for access, aren't you? Aren't you?! I KNOWD IT! Link to comment
Jarno Mikkola Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Guest posting will be temporarily disabled for the remainder of today and possibly tomorrow in order to do some clean up throughout the forums. I wouldn't have anything to complain about even if it would be permanent... as the quest posts have the habit of being full of blah without substance... of course you can make an area that would be for the guests, but it might be just a lot of hassle blah without substance... Link to comment
Daulmakan Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 You're going to start charging for access, aren't you? Aren't you?!I KNOWD IT! Link to comment
berelinde Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Guest posting will be temporarily disabled for the remainder of today and possibly tomorrow in order to do some clean up throughout the forums. I wouldn't have anything to complain about even if it would be permanent... as the quest posts have the habit of being full of blah without substance... of course you can make an area that would be for the guests, but it might be just a lot of hassle blah without substance... The advantage of disabling guest posting is that it does cut down on the spam. The disadvantage, and it's a huge disadvantage, IMO, is that it will prevent a lot of visitors from posting legitimate questions about mods. Many people will not want to register for a forum account just so they can ask "What does this feature do?" or "When is the quest giver supposed to show up?" Link to comment
the bigg Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Can't you set just some specific forums (or, ideally, threads) as restricted from guests? Link to comment
Sorrow Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Many people will not want to register for a forum account just so they can ask "What does this feature do?" or "When is the quest giver supposed to show up?" How is it a bad thing :] ? Link to comment
CoM_Solaufein Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Guest posting will be temporarily disabled for the remainder of today and possibly tomorrow in order to do some clean up throughout the forums. I wouldn't have anything to complain about even if it would be permanent... as the quest posts have the habit of being full of blah without substance... of course you can make an area that would be for the guests, but it might be just a lot of hassle blah without substance... The advantage of disabling guest posting is that it does cut down on the spam. The disadvantage, and it's a huge disadvantage, IMO, is that it will prevent a lot of visitors from posting legitimate questions about mods. Many people will not want to register for a forum account just so they can ask "What does this feature do?" or "When is the quest giver supposed to show up?" If they have a meaningful question then they can take a few moments to sign up. Its not that hard. I've always been against guest posting. Link to comment
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