Spam / Manual User Validation

[Flack]

Due to a flood of spammers and fake accounts, we are temporarily turning on manual account validation. This means that instead of new users automatically being validated, someone (an administrator) has to manually click a button to enable their account. It sucks, but we are currently getting around 50 fake/spam accounts for every real one.

"What does this mean for me?"

If you already have a Digital Press account, this will affect you very little.

If you have applied for a Digital Press forum account and have not been validated within a couple of days, you can e-mail me directly at xxxRemoveThis@RemoveThisToorobohara.com and I will validate your account.

Manually account approval is not perfect. I suspect a small amount of spammers will get through and I also suspect a small amount of real users will get deleted. If you see a spam thread, the best thing you can do for Digital Press is to click the button that says "Report this thread". That will e-mail the moderators and administrators which allows us to quickly nip it in the bud.

Thanks for your assistance and understanding. We are moving forward on the testing of the new version of VBulletin and hopefully we will have the new version (which has much better spam controls) up in the near future!

[Bratwurst]

If you see a spam thread, the best thing you can do for Digital Press is to click the button that says "Report this thread". That will e-mail the moderators and administrators which allows us to quickly nip it in the bud.

Maybe I'm blind but I have never seen a 'Report this thread' button in this forum. I've seen it at Atari Age so I'm familliar with it, but is it possible you guys have to unlock it so non-administration can see it?

[theChad]

Right under the post.

[MrSparkle]

If you have applied for a Digital Press forum account and have been validated within a couple of days, you can e-mail me directly at xxxRemoveThis@RemoveThisToorobohara.com and I will validate your account.

haha this is going to confuse the hell out of people. "My emails to xxxremovethis@removethistoorobohara.com are being returned undeliverable!"

[Bratwurst]

Right under the post.

Thanks!

[calthaer]

Hmm...this requires a paradigm shift from immediately trying to get in before lock to reporting the thread. I never noticed the "report thread" thing, either.

[Superman]

Yeah, I don't remember seeing a "Report this thread" button. In fact, I was going to report this thread entitled "Spam..." but I couldn't find the button to do so.

Good luck with the new system and hopefully it will make things better for most of the community.

[c0ldb33r]

Just click Qbert. Got it.

[DeputyMoniker]

Just click Qbert. Got it.

Oh. Qbert...got it!!
Also, there's a typo in there:
"...forum account and >have< been validated within a couple of days..."

[cyberfluxor]

I have used the Qbert on a number of occasions, but have never received a confirmation that I knabbed a spammer or evil troll. I guess it works well?

[PapaStu]

I have used the Qbert on a number of occasions, but have never received a confirmation that I knabbed a spammer or evil troll. I guess it works well?

Well what that does is send an email to the mods of that forum, and to all admins. Once we see it(the email), we go and take care of it (if it needs taking care of) and if you can't find the thread anymore, then it was deleted, merged ect.

[dgdgagdae]

Oh. Qbert...got it!!
Also, there's a typo in there:
"...forum account and >have< been validated within a couple of days..."

No, that's correct. Subject is "you", verb is "have been validated". In fact, it's perfect (perfect progressive, that is)!

[DeputyMoniker]

No, that's correct. Subject is "you", verb is "have been validated". In fact, it's perfect (perfect progressive, that is)!

Hmm. Is that grammar humor?
It should say "have not."

[dgdgagdae]

Hmm. Is that grammar humor?
It should say "have not."

Oh...so it should. And yes, if we can't laugh at grammar, at what can we laugh?