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Is it possible to limit new member to post more that 1 question per day for some time ?
Or better would be to say to anti-spam engine that messages of new members with high level of unknown words are spam.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Thought the same : http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx?msg=5155671#xx5155671xx[^]
ppolymorphe wrote: better would be to say to anti-spam engine that messages of new members with high level of unknown words are spam
Its working the same way. Getting questions caught in moderation atm.
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning
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May be also blacklist the ip temporary for spammers (like 24 hours)
Another thought: is showing the blacklisted ip that their spam works 
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
modified 6-Nov-15 2:52am.
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You can't blacklist an IP - it's not specific to a user (or even a PC / tablet / internet enabled fridge) it's specific to a connection point to the internet: an ADSL router for example. So blacklisting an IP bans everyone in the same company...
And it's pretty simple to use a proxy so all they would do is change to another one.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Message Removed
modified 6-Nov-15 9:49am.
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It would be nice if we can limit 3-4 posts by a single member in x hours/days whatever. At the moment, too much korean stuff is getting posted on QA using one account.
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning
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What about the case where a real members posts in forum which leads to a healthy technical debate?
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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I'm talking about especially QA. And messages should be restricted upto some level of reputation(After x points you are free to post messages just like you are posting now). This is necessary in order to overcome spam attacks like we faced today.
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning
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If the user posted the original question then they can respond to sub-threads on that any number of times.
Otherwise it is limited.
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We could but it wouldn't actually help. It would add a minor inconvenience. In tracking spammers I've seen them make multiple posts from multiple IPs using multiple accounts within minutes.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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How about requiring new users to click a link in an email to activate their account before they can post anything?
It probably wouldn't stop the spammers, but it would make it harder for them to start posting.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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So... What about captcha?
New user should retype captcha based on these conditions:
1) If the time difference between sending another question/post on the same forum is few minutes (the content of question/post may differ) - let's say 10-15 minutes,
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2) If he send another question/post on different forum, but the content of the question/post is almost identical to one previously posted
When i say "new user" - i mean a member with reputation less than 500.
We shouldn't be focused on ip address...
Cheers,
Maciej
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This solution is predicated on spammers not creating new accounts. They do. Many new accounts.
Measures that make it harder for the general populace to post are no good. Their effect on spam is minimal. Their effect on user happiness is terrible.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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After reporting too many posts in moderation, same stuff is still getting through.
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning
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Very nice! 
(But...why can't I give you "Praise" on this post as a message type?)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: But...why can't I give you "Praise" on this post as a message type
You can now.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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OK, I see the "Flair" on my user page, but is this a CP creation, or is this a more general website concept? (I'm primarily a desktop apps guy.)
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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The concept is old but the implementation is ours. It's for adding to your blogs.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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We did have an issue relating to the display of ratings, but it should be good now.
Please try again.
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Yep it shows now, thanks. It wasn't a problem for me anyway. As long as you're aware of it it's fine.
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There's no need for this[^] type of comment. The author is here[^].
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Shouldn't this be in the Spam & Abuse forum? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It should - I'd clicked the wrong link when I was selecting from the list.
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All you need to do is mark the comment as abusive and move on.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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