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Question - can users be banned outright?

by Richard Ranft · in Site Feedback · 08/27/2014 (8:42 am) · 23 replies

If they can, perhaps spambots should just be banned. Eventually they will run out of names and we can stop reading their garbage....
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Torque Owner Richard Ranft
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I was a soldier, then a computer technician, an electrician, a technical writer, game programmer, and now software test/tools developer. I've been a hobbyist programmer since the age of 13.

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    Torque Owner Mike Rowley
    Mike Rowley
    #21
    08/29/2014 (3:49 pm)
    Assigning new users to a "New Users" group would help us not see the spam, but it won't stop the spammers, as once they post, they can still see their post and can still take the picture. It just flags the post so mods see it easier.
    Grimaces at the thought of that nuke button in Scott's hands.
    (just kidding Scott)


    Azaezel
    #22
    08/29/2014 (4:08 pm)
    Quote:I don't propose removing the user. I propose keeping him, but making him unable to post. This means that he not only has to create a new account, he needs to make a new name....

    Move em to a hidden section of the boards only veiwable to spammers where they can go sell things to each other?

    Torque Owner Richard Ranft
    Roostertail Games
    #23
    08/30/2014 (8:26 am)
    @Az - I like that.
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