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Posted by: ~tl on 2009-02-13 00:55:09
I haven't done one of these for a while, so just a quick note to say that I have just done a purge of all the inactive* accounts from the forums. I have left those under a week old to allow people who have just registered to become involved.
We do this occasionally as a spam prevention measure. We get a lot of members signing up for fake accounts and including their business website in their profile to improve their Google page ranking. This is obviously hard to detect, but since the majority of these members either don't post or post spam, doing an occasional clear out like this gets rid of those that don't post, while those that do post have their accounts deleted immediately.
If you had signed up at some point in the past, but haven't made any posts, then please feel free to sign up again. However, if you don't post anything then I can't guarantee how long your account will be around [😱)] ]'>
Cheers,
~T
* Accounts that haven't made any posts since they registered.
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Posted by: System7 on 2009-02-13 06:37:28
Arent there like 999999 of them around?
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Posted by: pqhf5kd on 2009-02-13 09:14:08
What about if someone barely ever posts. Like me. Just reads?
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Posted by: ~tl on 2009-02-13 09:17:33
As long as you have made at least one post, nothing will happen to your account. This is only to purge spam "sleeper" accounts – however, tracking each one down by hand would be rather time consuming. Deleting all accounts with zero posts that are over a week old can be done in a single SQL query [😉] ]'>
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Posted by: luddite on 2009-02-13 13:04:40
Discrimination, pure and simple!
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Posted by: puckman on 2009-02-17 10:55:59
Wow, harsh. I sometimes post several times a day for days and then wont post for a month or two yet I have been on here since before the crash. Can't you look at number of posts as well?
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Posted by: ~tl on 2009-02-17 10:58:13
Wow, harsh. I sometimes post several times a day for days and then wont post for a month or two yet I have been on here since before the crash. Can't you look at number of posts as well? That is one post ever [😉] ]'>
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Posted by: Brett B. on 2009-02-18 22:51:32
Don't purge me bro!
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Posted by: ~tl on 2009-02-24 13:42:39
Since we've upgraded to phpBB 3, the number of spam account registrations has increased dramatically. This is due to the fact that the reCAPTCHA plug-in we used isn't compatible with phpBB3. Because of this I am going to be purging the member list fairly regularly to keep the spam accounts at bay. So this is just a friendly reminder to anyone who has signed up recently and hasn't posted yet – if you do not post at least once within a week of registering your account will probably be removed.
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Posted by: thinkdifferent on 2009-03-12 15:02:25
Since we've upgraded to phpBB 3, the number of spam account registrations has increased dramatically. This is due to the fact that the reCAPTCHA plug-in we used isn't compatible with phpBB3. Because of this I am going to be purging the member list fairly regularly to keep the spam accounts at bay. So this is just a friendly reminder to anyone who has signed up recently and hasn't posted yet – if you do not post at least once within a week of registering your account will probably be removed. Is there another anti-spam service we could use, similar to reCAPTCHA?
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Posted by: ~tl on 2009-03-13 01:45:05
I haven't seen any – at least none that have a plug-in for phpBB 3. I would guess a reCAPTCHA plug-in will be developed before too long, but until then I'll just keep purging the member list occasionally.
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Posted by: thinkdifferent on 2009-03-17 17:58:52
That sounds alright to me :b&w:
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Posted by: porter on 2009-03-17 19:00:49
I have just done a purge of all the inactive accounts from the forums Is that the final solution?
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Posted by: ~Coxy on 2009-03-17 19:08:15
Unfortunately not, because the pesky bots keeps signing up!
More of a temporary solution, like moving all spammers to Madagascar.
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Posted by: MrMacPlus on 2009-03-17 19:30:52
I have just done a purge of all the inactive accounts from the forums Is that the final solution?
Not very funny, at all.
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Posted by: thinkdifferent on 2009-03-24 07:45:33
It's a joke, lighten up!
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Posted by: jglen490 on 2009-04-16 13:44:57
Avoiding premature death -- now 😉 !
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Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2009-04-18 10:41:58
Just wondering if you'd purged Trash80toG-4 for not having posted for . . . something like . . . ummmmm . . . maybe two years or so? :🙂
jt 😉
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Posted by: macgeek417 on 2009-04-18 11:29:40
Ummm... He only purged those who have made less than 1 post in their account's lifetime
🙂
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