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Brian
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Re: Members deleted
Reply #15 -
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It is unfortunate. I'd like to read some of Nigel's posts again.
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Rad
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Reply #16 -
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Nigel may not post, but he still frequents the forums. Every once in a while I get an email with a link here, referencing a post he found interesting, with commentary along with his characteristically illuminating insight.
And, of course, whenever I have a question about programming, I shoot off an email to New Zealand.
I'm convinced there's nothing he doesnt know about.
I even send him questions about the European debt crisis. (Why doesnt the ECB print money like the US Fed?)
Oh, btw, I just deleted another krapload of riff-raff.
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Reply #17 -
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Oh, btw, I just deleted another krapload of riff-raff.
Oh, dear--another group of *former* members whose posts we can no longer search for in the future!
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An unintended consequence: if you delete an old member--you can no longer *search* for any of their posts if they had made any!
The point I was trying to make is *maybe* we shouldn't delete members just because they haven't posted anything recently--we loose the *search function* for all *ex-members* and deleted members!
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Reply #18 -
Nov 9
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, 2011 at 11:11pm
NightOwl wrote
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The point I was trying to make is *maybe* we shouldn't delete members just because they haven't posted anything recently--we loose the *search function* for all *ex-members* and deleted members!
it's late and i may not be thinking clearly .. but if they havent posted anything, then there's no old posts to search .. no?
am i missing something?
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Reply #19 -
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but if they
havent posted anything
Oh, so if that's the criterion you are using to delete--then that will have no effect on the search function--I didn't know that was what you were using to decide on deleting.
As an aside, it seems like there is big increase in the number of *Pre-registered Members* waiting to validate their registration--it's been in the 30-60 range lately. I remember only seeing 4-5, at most, in the past. We sure are not seeing that many new users posting to forums. Not even spammers.
Wonder what that's all about?!
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Reply #20 -
Nov 10
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, 2011 at 12:11pm
that's the main but not sole criteria.
i also look at how long it has been since they logged on and the number of posts.
i generally delete those with only 1 or two posts, especially if they havent logged on for a while.
and their user name. user names such as "BuyViagraUK" get deleted without much deliberation.
seems that today, after i deleted a couple hundred, they are back to re-reg.
maybe these are auto-bots.
not sure, cuz i required *two* emails handled to reg.
bots are very smart these days.
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Reply #21 -
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seems that today, after i deleted a couple hundred,
they are back to re-reg.
maybe these are auto-bots
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Interesting.
If these registrants are not planning on posting--well, what's the point of registering? Weird!
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Christer
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Reply #22 -
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seems that today, after i deleted a couple hundred, they are back to re-reg.
Those that have been banned, usernames, email addies and IP-addresses, do they get "unbanned" when being deleted?
Old chinese proverb:
If I hear - I forget, If I see - I remember, If I do - I understand
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Reply #23 -
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, 2011 at 9:25pm
i dont ban.
the ban function seems useless.
i just delete.
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Christer
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Reply #24 -
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When someone posts a spam message or irrelevant message, I move it to the Recycle Bin and ban the member. Do you mean that we should delete the member and not ban? Do I as a moderator have that "power".
Old chinese proverb:
If I hear - I forget, If I see - I remember, If I do - I understand
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Reply #25 -
Nov 14
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Rad wrote
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, 2011 at 9:25pm:
the ban function seems useless.
I'm not sure I agree!
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I move it to the Recycle Bin and ban the member
That's what I do. My reasoning--if you ban the *user name* and the *IP addresses* used by that user--then that person has no access to revisit the forum. My thought is that if you simply delete someone shortly after they have posted spam--they may still be interested in attempting again--and if they were simply *deleted*, they then can probably re-register quickly--might even be able to re-use that *user name* (but, I don't know that for sure--I need to do some testing to see what happens). But, if their IP is blocked--then they have to jump through more hoops, and I'm hoping that make the effort less worth it.
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Do you mean that we should delete the member and not ban?
You have my answer above, but Rad may feel differently about it! I will do some testing to see how the forum software functions when a user is *banned* vs *deleted*.
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Do I as a moderator have that "power".
I think you do. It's been awhile since I looked at that, but I think all the moderators can delete both individual posts or threads (if you use the *Delete* function--that post or thread is *gone*--it does not go to the *Recycle Bin* where you have the option to *Move* it back, if you later decide it was *Moved* by mistake) as well as *users*. But, I'll have to re-visit the forum *Help Files* to refresh my memory.
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Reply #26 -
Nov 14
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NightOwl wrote
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My thought is that if you simply delete someone shortly after they have posted spam--they may still be interested in attempting again--and if they were simply *deleted*, they then can probably re-register quickly
my thot is that .. if they are spamming .. they are probably interested in the google effect .. where search engines 'award' (for lack of a better word) merit to sites who have many incoming links.
But if they find all their spamming posts deleted and they would have to re-register (including double-emails) .. just to probably AGAIN have their posts deleted .. then I think they would feel inclined to move onto greener pastures. No?
You guys are certainly free to handle however you like.
It has been a while, but I recall trying to ban some nasties and the thing didnt seem to work. Maybe more recent versions work better.
I go into the "Admin " section to delete their @sses.
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Christer
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Reply #27 -
Nov 14
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A slight misunderstanding:
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It's been awhile since I looked at that, but I think all the moderators can delete both individual posts or threads (if you use the *Delete* function--that post or thread is *gone*--it does not go to the *Recycle Bin* where you have the option to *Move* it back, if you later decide it was *Moved* by mistake) as well as *users*.
I meant deleting the member after moving the post to the Recycle Bin.
Old chinese proverb:
If I hear - I forget, If I see - I remember, If I do - I understand
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Reply #28 -
Nov 14
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You guys are certainly free to handle however you like.
I don't know the first thing about the "google effect " and what is good or not for RADIFIED but maybe we can agree on a procedure that we all use.
Old chinese proverb:
If I hear - I forget, If I see - I remember, If I do - I understand
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Reply #29 -
Nov 15
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"google effect "
I think that's the latest way to try and *promote* a website--the more links to the spammer's website that Google's Bots sees referenced on your site, the higher the spammer's ranking becomes on future Google Searches--doesn't help your website (Radified)--helps the spammer's website.
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but maybe we can agree on a procedure that we all use
Well, I've had no problems with the *Move* function, and the *Ban* function. Personally, I think that's the best way to deal with *possible* spammers--it could happen that someone makes a poor judgement and places a *spam message* on their post--we can always *bring them back* if they are just *banned*. But, *deleted* means they're gone.
So, I'm more than happy to *Move* and *Ban*, and let Rad do the *Deleting* as he sees fit! That does make more work for Rad, of course, and if he requests that we start *Deleting* all members who have spammed, then that will be easy to do as well!
Rad?
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