I had my friend register for Zelaron, but he said he couldn't post for a while. I think that this would definitely deter new members from posting here...
Perhaps we should require imput of a certain random string of letters and numbers, that way real people can post from the start but bots cannot. Something like you get when registering new mail. Not being able to post is probably a good reason to leave rather than stay. I know it would have bothered me.
The problem is that the spam problem it was implemented to detter involves real people. There's already an image check to filter out the bots. The delay is only half an hour, or no time, if they post in the introduction forum, though I didn't sticky that because we'd probably just have a lot of ads in the introduction forum...
The problem is that the spam problem it was implemented to detter involves real people. There's already an image check to filter out the bots. The delay is only half an hour, or no time, if they post in the introduction forum, though I didn't sticky that because we'd probably just have a lot of ads in the introduction forum...
Well, wouldn't it be better if the mods just filtered out most of the spam and we didn't deter the potential incomers?
Really, I don't see the point in possibly missing out on activity we could be getting, just because of spammers. Mods can take care of spammers in 2 minutes. The spammers weren't even that horrible, just annoying, but it didn't ruin my Zelaron experience or anything.
I dont think we really need the 30 min thing. At most, the most a person will see that shit for is a few hours. Once they are in the trash can, only the other mods will see them int he new posts search, and even then it's not a big deal.
If we are to keep it, shorten it to 5-10 mins, and when the user registers inform them to take this time to read the many stickies and rules.
Is there any way to turn it off for those who are posting or making a new thread? There've been a couple of times when I've had a very long reply, and I go to post it, only to find I've been logged off.
I can predict your answer "Tick the 'Remember Me' box".
You should ALWAYS back up a long post before you try to post it. I've written up too many long threads and lost them because I didn't back them up(for instance, I backed up the "The2" thread before I posted it, because it took me probably half an hour to an hour to find and quote all of those posts.)
I even have the "Remember me" box checked, but I still back up long posts. You never know what might happen, Zelaron could be temporarily down and you get a 404 message and lose your post, your internet might die and you try to post only to get an error page.