Changes to New User Moderation and Signature Requirements (2015-02-18)

[iacas]

I changed the 10 posts spanning seven days to 7 posts spanning 7 days.

We also have a new policy (that we're testing out): users cannot post a link (URL) in a post until after their third approved post. All posts will be held for moderation if they're newer than the fourth approved post.

This is to cut down on the amount of spam (which is already pretty light) that users have a chance to see. Yes, some legitimate posts from new users will get caught in the moderation queue, but only those posts with URLs in them and only the first three posts a new user makes fall under this rule. We are online frequently, too, so we don't imagine these false positives will be held in the moderation queue for very long.

Just wanted to point this out in a separate thread.

[boogielicious]

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Originally Posted by iacas

I changed the 10 posts spanning seven days to 7 posts spanning 7 days.

We also have a new policy (that we're testing out): users cannot post a link (URL) in a post until after their third approved post. All posts will be held for moderation if they're newer than the fourth approved post.

This is to cut down on the amount of spam (which is already pretty light) that users have a chance to see. Yes, some legitimate posts from new users will get caught in the moderation queue, but only those posts with URLs in them and only the first three posts a new user makes fall under this rule. We are online frequently, too, so we don't imagine these false positives will be held in the moderation queue for very long.

Just wanted to point this out in a separate thread.

That will help.

[joekelly]

Cool.  But some of those spams were fabulously humorous and inventive of language.