ATTENTION new would-be members

**TheOldSalt** · 04-14-2010, 12:39 AM

Hi, welcome to FishForums.
When you register to join, you won't be able to join immediately. Harrassment from pranksters & spammers made it impossible for FishForums to operate normally, so we had to switch to a method of manual new member acceptance. Once you join, you will not be able to log in and make posts until the administrators manually activate your membership. This should not take very long, although it may seem an eternity if you really have to say something urgently. Sorry about that, but it's better than having your message lost in a sea of garbage. Thank you for your patience, and we know you'll like it here once you are active.

ALSO: when are are very new, you will show up as "Banned." Don't worry, you aren't banned. It just looks like you're banned until you are moved into the active user's usergroup.

cossie333 · 04-14-2010, 04:48 AM

well done i think thats sensible

maykaym4 · 04-14-2010, 12:03 PM

Agreed!!!!!

04-14-2010, 12:16 PM

totally! good job TOS!

Blue Cray · 04-14-2010, 01:51 PM

I would put this in a different place than general freshwater.

**TheOldSalt** · 04-14-2010, 03:08 PM

I did. It's also in the Water Hole.
You can give the credit for this to Osiris, by the way, since it was his idea.

**bmlbytes** · 04-14-2010, 05:19 PM

Wouldn't the new member introductions be a good place for this?

Also, I sent Shaggy some information on a better way of handling this than moderated registrations.

OCtrackiepacsg1 · 04-14-2010, 11:55 PM

How do you know whos a troll and whos not? IP address?

04-15-2010, 01:51 AM

lol good point OC. am sure Osiris and the admin team have a list of IP's that have trolled in the past. a quick cross reference will have them know if the person signed up again is indeed a troll or a legit user.

**TheOldSalt** · 04-15-2010, 12:34 PM

Exactly. Also, if one slips by with a new IP, then once he gets nailed, his new IP will from then on will keep him out of here.
A better way, Bmlbytes? I can't imagine one. The hackers can get past any automated system.

04-15-2010, 09:06 PM

its never easy keeping a troll out. i know. i;ve been a webadmin for a few sites. people use proxy's, bouncers, ip shifters and god alone knows what else to get back into the site to troll. the only effective way i have found is to lodge a complaint with the feds, get them to subpeona the proxy or bouncer company's logs, run a back trace and you can nail his true ip address.

once the fed get involved the proxy company blacklists his or her IP address denying access to the proxy server. end of troll.

getting a new ip address would mean changing your service provider. or at the very least, discontinuing service for a month and starting over again. people dont have the time to do this. most trolls are 14 to 16 years old livin on thier parents money and will not have the authority to keep shifting ISP's every other month. at some point even the most laid back parent will realise that something is wrong.

Revolution1221 · 05-23-2010, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by TheOldSalt

Exactly. Also, if one slips by with a new IP, then once he gets nailed, his new IP will from then on will keep him out of here.
A better way, Bmlbytes? I can't imagine one. The hackers can get past any automated system.

*EDIT* Didn't read Eluviet's post before i typed this up also my friend wasn't a spammer he was just into having all of that **************** lol.
my friend used to have an automatic IP generator every ten minutes it would give him a new IP whenever you went to websites all the adds would constantly be in a different language. There are ways around even the most strict methods of detecting spammers but atleast it will deter them!

**emc7** · 05-23-2010, 09:32 PM

My ISP assigns dynamic IP addresses. All I have to do to get a new one is turn off my cable modem for awhile. I have to say the "don't feed the trolls" advice is helpful. If everyone adds the trolls to the ignore list and doesn't read their post, they eventually get bored and go away.

Revolution1221 · 05-23-2010, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by emc7

My ISP assigns dynamic IP addresses. All I have to do to get a new one is turn off my cable modem for awhile. I have to say the "don't feed the trolls" advice is helpful. If everyone adds the trolls to the ignore list and doesn't read their post, they eventually get bored and go away.

"death to trolls" hmm that would be a good signature that or "sic semper trolls" haha