by Luziyca » Sun May 09, 2021 9:55 am
by Esthe » Sun May 09, 2021 9:58 am
by Al-Jaqquar » Sun May 09, 2021 9:58 am
by The American Anarchist Empire » Sun May 09, 2021 9:59 am
Luziyca wrote:Given an increasing amount of spam by a certain IP range, I am thinking that we should find a way to restrict posting on the forums to older nations, if at least temporarily. I'd reckon that since that nation is always new, I think a good way to keep them out would be to restrict new nations' ability to access the forums by only allowing nations who have been here for longer than six months to join the forums.
This would have the effect of keeping those who are only here to wreak havoc on the forums out, and it would force any determined spammer to wait for a very long time which would make it less likely that these sorts of things would occur. Having it be temporary would also ensure that new nations with a legitimate reason to go on the forums (i.e. any reason but to spam the forums) would not be inconvenienced for as long as my idea would take.
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by Esthe » Sun May 09, 2021 10:01 am
The American Anarchist Empire wrote:Luziyca wrote:Given an increasing amount of spam by a certain IP range, I am thinking that we should find a way to restrict posting on the forums to older nations, if at least temporarily. I'd reckon that since that nation is always new, I think a good way to keep them out would be to restrict new nations' ability to access the forums by only allowing nations who have been here for longer than six months to join the forums.
This would have the effect of keeping those who are only here to wreak havoc on the forums out, and it would force any determined spammer to wait for a very long time which would make it less likely that these sorts of things would occur. Having it be temporary would also ensure that new nations with a legitimate reason to go on the forums (i.e. any reason but to spam the forums) would not be inconvenienced for as long as my idea would take.
6 months? That would stop quite a few people from posting who wouldn't do anything wrong.
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by Free Ravensburg » Sun May 09, 2021 10:30 am
Luziyca wrote:Given an increasing amount of spam by a certain IP range, I am thinking that we should find a way to restrict posting on the forums to older nations, if at least temporarily. I'd reckon that since that nation is always new, I think a good way to keep them out would be to restrict new nations' ability to access the forums by only allowing nations who have been here for longer than six months to join the forums.
This would have the effect of keeping those who are only here to wreak havoc on the forums out, and it would force any determined spammer to wait for a very long time which would make it less likely that these sorts of things would occur. Having it be temporary would also ensure that new nations with a legitimate reason to go on the forums (i.e. any reason but to spam the forums) would not be inconvenienced for as long as my idea would take.
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by Luziyca » Sun May 09, 2021 10:31 am
Al-Jaqquar wrote:I semi agree. 6 months though is way too long though. Perhaps reaching 10 million In pop, or finishing at least 10 issues? Having it being a population barrier seems like the best bet, like how the capital city and other custom settings are. Forum 7 should still be open to all anyway. That is the spam forum.
Goraria wrote:It would reduce spam in the forums but what if a new nation was created and they want to see what the forums is like and they want to be apart of it? Well they can’t post anything because they have to be here for 6 months even if their not a spammer.
by Gandoor » Sun May 09, 2021 10:32 am
by The Reformed American Republic » Sun May 09, 2021 10:34 am
by Luziyca » Sun May 09, 2021 10:35 am
Gandoor wrote:Why should we punish all the legitimate new users who want to participate on the forums just because of one or two dipshits?
by The Reformed American Republic » Sun May 09, 2021 10:36 am
Gandoor wrote:Why should we punish all the legitimate new users who want to participate on the forums just because of one or two dipshits?
by The American Anarchist Empire » Sun May 09, 2021 10:37 am
by Mekanikus » Sun May 09, 2021 10:37 am
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by Earthbound Immortal Squad » Sun May 09, 2021 10:39 am
by The Free Joy State » Sun May 09, 2021 11:08 am
by Luziyca » Sun May 09, 2021 11:11 am
The American Anarchist Empire wrote:It seems really unfair that new nations are punished for 2 or 3 peoples actions.
Mekanikus wrote:IMO I think it would be a better idea to limit it to two months instead and restrict only to users who have verified email addresses.
Sure, they could use disposable email addresses, but the solution could be that th forums don't allow disposable emails like the WA. Unless they have hundreds of hotmail, gmail, etc. accounts it would be easy to bypass. Additionally, they could blacklist email addresses that have already been used.
Unfortunately yes, this would affect a chunk of the players who aren't willing or don't have an email address to put on their account, so maybe this idea would be scrapped altogether.
by Gandoor » Sun May 09, 2021 11:13 am
Mekanikus wrote:IMO I think it would be a better idea to limit it to two months instead and restrict only to users who have verified email addresses.
Sure, they could use disposable email addresses, but the solution could be that th forums don't allow disposable emails like the WA. Unless they have hundreds of hotmail, gmail, etc. accounts it would be easy to bypass. Additionally, they could blacklist email addresses that have already been used.
Unfortunately yes, this would affect a chunk of the players who aren't willing or don't have an email address to put on their account, so maybe this idea would be scrapped altogether.
by Southeast Marajarbia » Sun May 09, 2021 11:14 am
The Free Joy State wrote:This seems like there is a high chance it would penalise and disadvantage legitimate players, at little loss to the spammers (as it would disrupt the site's function without them even being online).
If the problem is new nations posting a large number of these threads and making a large amount of new nations to do so, simply throttling the number of nations and posts that can be made by one person within a specific period seems like it should be a possible way to avoid disadvantaging players and changing the whole site for a tiny minority.
by The Blaatschapen » Sun May 09, 2021 11:14 am
by Alphazi » Sun May 09, 2021 11:15 am
The Free Joy State wrote:This seems like there is a high chance it would penalise and disadvantage legitimate players, at little loss to the spammers (as it would disrupt the site's function without them even being online).
If the problem is new nations posting a large number of these threads and making a large amount of new nations to do so, simply throttling the number of nations and posts that can be made by one person within a specific period seems like it should be a possible way to avoid disadvantaging players and changing the whole site for a tiny minority.
by The Reformed American Republic » Sun May 09, 2021 11:15 am
Luziyca wrote:The American Anarchist Empire wrote:It seems really unfair that new nations are punished for 2 or 3 peoples actions.
Maybe if those people weren't making the forums unusable for hours at a time, I would not need to suggest this in the first place.Mekanikus wrote:IMO I think it would be a better idea to limit it to two months instead and restrict only to users who have verified email addresses.
Sure, they could use disposable email addresses, but the solution could be that th forums don't allow disposable emails like the WA. Unless they have hundreds of hotmail, gmail, etc. accounts it would be easy to bypass. Additionally, they could blacklist email addresses that have already been used.
Unfortunately yes, this would affect a chunk of the players who aren't willing or don't have an email address to put on their account, so maybe this idea would be scrapped altogether.
When I was much younger, I was unable to participate in many forums that required an email address before you could post. While it may be a good idea, I do kind of think it would hinder the ability of those with no email accounts for whatever reason to use the forums legitimately, and I do imagine some spammer would get around that with little trouble at all.
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