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#1 2011-03-14 16:05:42

Lightnin
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Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

All new accounts will need to be full Scratchers before they can create sigs (instead of the old 15 day waiting period). We made this change to make it a bit harder for commercial spammers to spam our site.

So if you are a New Scratcher - welcome! Just keep Scratching and be patient, and you'll be able to have a sig in no time.  smile


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#2 2011-03-14 16:07:26

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

yikes


Back in my day.... there were no laws that censored the internet... now, there are.... nah.

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#3 2011-03-14 16:19:27

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Is there a height limit to sigs? ^^^


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#4 2011-03-14 16:32:16

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

BoltBait wrote:

Is there a height limit to sigs? ^^^

I don't think so, but there was a discussion thread talking about the limitations of signature heights and widths, etc.. Just keep sigs to a relatively medium size.  smile


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#5 2011-03-14 17:22:27

GameHutSoftware
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

That make sense.


Lurking more than posting, but still here.

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#6 2011-03-14 17:57:16

dav09
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Good idea, but there might be too many members to manage. I would like to see how this goes.

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#7 2011-03-15 00:40:42

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Nice idea.  smile


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#8 2011-03-15 00:46:15

TuffGhost
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

man these forums keep getting more and more exclusive

i mean i know its supposed to be security stuff
but youre really kind of pushing away everyone who wasnt here already


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#9 2011-03-15 00:50:50

Sunrise-Moon
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

BoltBait wrote:

Is there a height limit to sigs? ^^^

Yep- 150 pixels tall.


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#10 2011-03-15 00:55:49

kayybee
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

TuffGhost wrote:

man these forums keep getting more and more exclusive

i mean i know its supposed to be security stuff
but youre really kind of pushing away everyone who wasnt here already

at least those people who are being pushed away include spammers.

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#11 2011-03-15 01:13:12

cheddargirl
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

dav09 wrote:

Good idea, but there might be too many members to manage. I would like to see how this goes.

Actually, it was harder to manage when New Scratchers had the ability to make signatures after 15 days. ^^;

Too many commercial spammers would make several posts in a few days, then lie in wait for the 15 day rule to pass to make a sig - the result is that a lot of commercial spam would go undetected for some time on the website, which is bad.


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#12 2011-03-15 06:39:43

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

TuffGhost wrote:

man these forums keep getting more and more exclusive

i mean i know its supposed to be security stuff
but youre really kind of pushing away everyone who wasnt here already

Yeah, that's a concern.  It's a shame that we have to put restrictions on everybody to control the actions of a few people that feel the need to damage the community, like trolls and spammers.

But, despite the new rules, I still see a lot of new accounts showing up - so I guess it's not keeping everybody away  smile


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#13 2011-03-15 06:44:56

Chrischb
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

I wonder how many of these things wouldn't be here if it weren't for that attack...

-_-

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#14 2011-03-15 06:45:06

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

mmm... Well, I guess it was inevitable, Although i never saw commercial spammer's  have signatures  hmm


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#15 2011-03-15 07:27:58

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

ssss wrote:

mmm... Well, I guess it was inevitable, Although i never saw commercial spammer's  have signatures  hmm

I wouldn't be surprised if you or other Scratcher haven't seen them, the technique that spammers were using makes detecting the spam pretty hard. Commercial spammers post and then make sigs after 15 days - what happens is that most users don't see the sig spam (unless they decide to go 15+ days back worth of posts), so by the time the sig spam is detected, the SEO damage as been done already.


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#16 2011-03-15 07:33:53

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Just curious, will this apply to the TBG?  tongue


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#17 2011-03-16 06:14:12

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Will New Scratchers that already have a sig be allowed to keep them?
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#18 2011-03-16 06:26:53

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

cheddargirl wrote:

ssss wrote:

mmm... Well, I guess it was inevitable, Although i never saw commercial spammer's  have signatures  hmm

I wouldn't be surprised if you or other Scratcher haven't seen them, the technique that spammers were using makes detecting the spam pretty hard. Commercial spammers post and then make sigs after 15 days - what happens is that most users don't see the sig spam (unless they decide to go 15+ days back worth of posts), so by the time the sig spam is detected, the SEO damage as been done already.

Yes, but all the posts i saw were already SEO spam, no signature included  roll  And i normally check up on those topics, so i can report them straight away  big_smile


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#19 2011-03-16 06:53:24

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

ssss wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

ssss wrote:

mmm... Well, I guess it was inevitable, Although i never saw commercial spammer's  have signatures  hmm

I wouldn't be surprised if you or other Scratcher haven't seen them, the technique that spammers were using makes detecting the spam pretty hard. Commercial spammers post and then make sigs after 15 days - what happens is that most users don't see the sig spam (unless they decide to go 15+ days back worth of posts), so by the time the sig spam is detected, the SEO damage as been done already.

Yes, but all the posts i saw were already SEO spam, no signature included  roll  And i normally check up on those topics, so i can report them straight away  big_smile

You check up on topics that haven't been posted in over 15 days or more?  tongue  I never imaged a Scratcher who would check up through 22 pages of old topics in one sitting.


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#20 2011-03-16 08:42:28

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Chrischb wrote:

Just curious, will this apply to the TBG?  tongue

Yes it will.

YourLocalBlockLib wrote:

Will New Scratchers that already have a sig be allowed to keep them?

Yes they will.


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#21 2011-03-17 16:13:33

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Good idea! This will help drive trolls away!  tongue


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#22 2011-03-18 17:10:27

puppetadventurer
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

The_Dancing_Donut wrote:

Good idea!

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#23 2011-03-19 02:36:01

Miss_Webgal
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Registered: 2011-02-23
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Aw, I was looking forward to my 15 day mark! Now I have to be a full Scratcher D:

But good idea in general.


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#24 2011-03-19 02:38:25

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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

It just sounds like another way to alienate new scratchers


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#25 2011-03-19 21:45:10

thebuilderdd
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Re: Ability to make a sig is now tied to Scratcher status

Nooooo! I was going to use JaysonNT and get a sig!

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