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09-12-19, 12:27 PM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northern VA, USA
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Hi everyone - life has been quite a challenge at the moment for multiple reasons I’d rather not go into online, but yes, I know there needs to be some changes. It is sometimes difficult to admit you need help. I am giving the new moderators thing a lot of thought and I especially need to figure out what to do about moderating new members, which is a task that is difficult to get others to help with - the biggest issue is the huge number of ‘bot registrations we get which overwhelm the “real” ones and that all need to be checked out. If anyone here has some expertise on the spambot front, please let me know.
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09-12-19, 12:59 PM | ||
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09-12-19, 01:44 PM | ||
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Illinois
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On the spambot front, I've mentioned this already, and I'm sure there must be an easier way, but what I do as a mod on another forum I'm on, is delete the obvious spammers first (you'll know them when you see the email address), then I plug the remaining IP addresses (copy and paste) into https://stopforumspam.com/search and https://www.iplocation.net/ (we delete all Russian and Ukraine IPs and some others and any known spammers listed on stopforumspam).
There's a tiny bit of judgement involved because every so often someone's IP address will have one or two entries in stopforumspam but they will be old and not the same username or email address they're using to register on our site, so I let them through. It works for us but does require me (and other mods) to log in throughout the day to keep the new members waiting to be activated list from getting overwhelming. Maybe there's a faster, more automated way? Not sure but I would be happy to activate new members here if anyone trusted me since I'm on throughout the day and already do it for the other site I mod on. Quote:
Agree also. |
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09-12-19, 03:29 PM | |
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Wendy, thank you for all that you do. I hope and pray that life gets easier soon.
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09-12-19, 03:55 PM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Other than making sure new members get added, I’m fine with the site as is. I know there’s a huge outdated section(s), but the Forum is enough for me.
Many of us remember the absolute hell we used to go through with disagreements, criticisms, fake posters, know-it-alls, etc., and it was sometimes extremely difficult to moderate all that. We moderators had a separate forum to discuss and create an action plan to deal with all that. I haven't seen anything on that level here in years - thankfully. It might not have lots of bells and whistles, but it’s civil and fun to visit VF again. I know there are fees just to keep VF up and running on the server and I’m glad it’s still here. Many of the old gang are gone, but I still love VF! |
09-12-19, 03:57 PM | ||
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Location: Minnesota
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09-12-19, 04:16 PM | ||
Join Date: Jan 2013
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Sorry to hear about your personal challenges. I am sure we can all relate. I hope things settle down for you soon. I work at an internet security company and have some of the foremost spam experts and tools at my disposal, so I would be happy to step up and help moderate, particularly if screening spammers is one of the biggest challenges. I come to VF several times a day to see what's shaking here, so I have the time. |
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