New Thread Limit?...

IADad

Super Moderator
Feb 23, 2009
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What do you guys think...ever since the "need to have 5 posts before starting a new thread" rule was put in, it seems like we've gotten the same amount of spam users registering, but now they are filling up 5 threads with useless posts before posting their spam, so it seems like it's been counter-productive.

Should we ask to have that removed, so then all we have to do is boot the spammers when they hit?

It was well-intentioned, but I think it's having the opposite effect of what was intended.
 

Dadu2004

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May 16, 2008
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Yeah, it seems to be making things worse. For the time being, when we ban someone, we should also remove all of their posts so it's not clogging up the threads.
 

Xero

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Mar 20, 2008
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Oh I didn't think of removing all their posts. I'll start doing that too then. If it matters, I'm also all for asking to have this rule removed.