Koby Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 To prevent spamming and such from the leechers/spammers who don't contribute and such (the ones with less than 5 posts), I edited the user group Crusaders-0.They now have a 30 PM storage limit, cannot join or participate in the social groups, cannot use custom user titles, cannot play the arcade, and cannot add/use a signature (this is mainly to prevent spambots from joining and placing crap links in their signature and leaving).I also fixed the permissions of Crusader-0 members and guest within the Small Encodes board so they can no longer access the threads as I forgot to do that when I separated Small Encodes from iPod/PSP earlier. Also I have changed it so Crusader-0 members cannot make requests in the request section.I hope this will help in one way or another. I'm considering increasing the posts needed to upgrade from Crusader-0 to Crusader from 5 to 10, but I'm undecided still on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero D. Ace Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 go for it, dude!some idiotic leechers/spammers just make idiotic "thank you" or "i agree" remarks in certain threads which don't even call for that reply just so that they can get their minimum 5 posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apr118 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 To prevent spamming and such from the leechers/spammers who don't contribute and such (the ones with less than 5 posts), I edited the user group Crusaders-0.They now have a 30 PM storage limit, cannot join or participate in the social groups, cannot use custom user titles, cannot play the arcade, and cannot add/use a signature (this is mainly to prevent spambots from joining and placing crap links in their signature and leaving).I also fixed the permissions of Crusader-0 members and guest within the Small Encodes board so they can no longer access the threads as I forgot to do that when I separated Small Encodes from iPod/PSP earlier. Also I have changed it so Crusader-0 members cannot make requests in the request section.I hope this will help in one way or another. I'm considering increasing the posts needed to upgrade from Crusader-0 to Crusader from 5 to 10, but I'm undecided still on that.I say this is a good thing. No more out of place threads + spamming or double posting to fulfill the contract. That aside, about the thing about increasing the posts from 5 to 10, in my own opinion, that is indeed, a little harsh but if you think you can eliminate those "bad things" you said above, then go for it. But what about the "super short" replies from threads? I guess that one is going to remain. In the brighter side, I think that if they do manage to achieve the 10 posts, they will somehow get attached to this forum and who knows, maybe they will be willing to participate. Just my opinion guys no offense meant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 yeah i agree as well that would help with the spamming and leeching and should attract more serious forum users as well ill keep an eye out for spam as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vael Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 awesome man, but one question can they make threads, because I recall this one incident recently when one tried to make final fantasy 7 thread that consisted of just "this is an awesome game do u agree?" I mean thats just ridiculous anyway good idea koby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 awesome man, but one question can they make threads, because I recall this one incident recently when one tried to make final fantasy 7 thread that consisted of just "this is an awesome game do u agree?" I mean thats just ridiculous anyway good idea kobyThey can still make threads anywhere. Nothing we can actually do to stop/prevent them from spamming new threads or spamming new posts, but we can limit what they can do on other areas and I was getting tired of editing 0 post spambots with advertisement signatures so disabling signatures for the group means we'll catch any of them that do post 5 times before they'll be able to use their signature to spam ads at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†RazorDan Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 im still not convinced 10 is enough, maybe 15? whatever works for you.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkie Pie Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 im still not convinced 10 is enough, maybe 15? whatever works for you..............That's what I was thinking. Some places I used to go had their download section at 50 posts and you had to prove that you're a part of the community. I'm not saying that it should be that harsh but maybe the system as is is a bit too lenient with posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 That's what I was thinking. Some places I used to go had their download section at 50 posts and you had to prove that you're a part of the community. I'm not saying that it should be that harsh but maybe the system as is is a bit too lenient with posts.Well if we increased it by much even you wouldn't have access at your current status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkie Pie Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Well if we increased it by much even you wouldn't have access at your current status.I know. But it would weed out the people that came here for the community from the people who just want to spam for their animu downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade_13 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 You increase it from 5 to 10, you'll just gonna need to remove ten dumbass posts instead of five later.Unless you want this place to become some sort of vip club with invitations only, the system is working now. Seeing what a user wrote in his five first posts, no more no less, is just enough to have a sufficient impression of what's his activity on the forum is gonna be like. Spammers always will be, yes emotionally they are annoying, rationally - their number is manageable and controllable now. Plus, if you set the post limit through the roof, that's not going to help enlarging the community either. 95% of people come here looking for downloads, they get their downloads, only then some of them might actually like the place and stay, be active. Chances are a new user registers and learns he has to make 50 posts - he'll just pass without even getting familiar with forums. And if you cut newcomers' flow, forum's gonna die out in a year or so. Better have loads of newbies when a little part of them is really good than not have newbies at all. 5 posts is good policy, 10 or more is not enough to stop a leecher but quite enough to discourage a person who actually likes each of his posts to have some value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkie Pie Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 How is increasing the post count going to kill the community? Is it so awful that the download section should be for people who are a part of the community instead of some random leecher who's going to spam until they get access? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivia Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Well, we want to make our community bigger and more active, right? That ain't gonna happen if the posts needed for the download section is increased to a ridiculous amount. For starters, even i wouldn't be here if the post amount was more than 5 posts at the time i registered. I would start looking for some easier downloads. My point is that most of the regular members here joined only for the download section and later found out more about community, liked it and became more active, at least from what i saw. So I agree with Shade there. And i would really like to know the number of people who came just for the community lol... And the other changes are great Koby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†RazorDan Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 hmm i guess you guys have a point. yeah your right actually lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†poetictragedy Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Well, we want to make our community bigger and more active, right? That ain't gonna happen if the posts needed for the download section is increased to a ridiculous amount. For starters, even i wouldn't be here if the post amount was more than 5 posts at the time i registered. I would start looking for some easier downloads. My point is that most of the regular members here joined only for the download section and later found out more about community, liked it and became more active, at least from what i saw. So I agree with Shade there. And i would really like to know the number of people who came just for the community lol... And the other changes are great Koby.That's exactly what happened to me. Though I think there was only a 1 post minimum or something when I joined. Then it was raised to 5 and I no longer had access to the downloads, so I was kind of annoyed, but started posting. It all went downhill from there, haha.Anyway, I agree with what everyone is saying. Increasing the minimum to 10 would be reasonable, but you don't want to make it too high. Otherwise people will look for other sources for downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†The Joker Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 well, whatever happens, as long as we can get more life into Kametsu, I'm game for any changes Koby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 i joined up when i found the link through EDK i was looking for downloads at the time but i was also looking for a place to migrate because the old forum i used to hang around had pretty much died out and i was sad that it had and needed a new place i liked the downloads and the community in the old one i had to try very hard to get into the group and i felt welcome here right from the start then from there i started uploading and became a uploader and super mod god it was months ago that this place became my homepage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecilia_ice Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 I understand that you guys really want people to actually participate in the forums, but don't you think increasing the posing minimum by any number is just going a bit too far? I've been looking forever to find a place where I can just watch the full dubbed episodes of one of my favorite series, but I can't find anyplace where the audio isn't screwy or the video is just subbed. *sigh* The world doesn't like anyone who just likes to watch anime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
†Shazi Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 10 is a good number. i've been to forums that cut your access if you don't make another post after a period of time. mayhaps that would be a good way to stop the leechers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 10 is a good number. i've been to forums that cut your access if you don't make another post after a period of time. mayhaps that would be a good way to stop the leechers?I second that opinion Shazi's right - Why don't you put a check system in place.That would filter out posts such as "thank you" , "great" etc. and put a system in place that would automatically demote or maybe even temporarily disable ones account if they don't make any post in a certain period also raising the post threshold from 5 to 10 wouldn't hurt either... and the Crusader system sounds good and that way we could have better classification of our members here at kametsu... Not that I'm voting for segregation but instead i would think of it as a system of organizing our respected members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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