| 05-14-2012 10:07 AM |
| Kayden |
Because the TG staff loves it's users! *HUGS*
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| 05-14-2012 09:48 AM |
| Rob Williams |
Just cleaned up 84 spam messages from just today. Yup... 84. Seen by you? 0!
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| 01-13-2012 08:29 PM |
| slugbug |
I'm still here 
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| 01-10-2012 03:16 AM |
| Doomsday |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Williams
Some forums just let that thing slide, so that it "appears" that their forum has a ton of users. And while 10,000 users looks better than 2,000, this is where I can't make a compromise. I'd rather have a forum with genuine users than one with 80% spam users. Stats wouldn't look so good if there are 50,000 posts and 25,000 spam users  |
^ Respect! 
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| 01-09-2012 10:19 PM |
| MacMan |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Williams
Some forums just let that thing slide, so that it "appears" that their forum has a ton of users. And while 10,000 users looks better than 2,000, this is where I can't make a compromise. I'd rather have a forum with genuine users than one with 80% spam users. Stats wouldn't look so good if there are 50,000 posts and 25,000 spam users |
I totally agree, 100%!
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| 01-09-2012 07:56 PM |
| Rob Williams |
Quote:
Originally Posted by MacMan
Wow, I wish they were all legit users! At least you save a lot of space and cut down on the spam.
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Some forums just let that thing slide, so that it "appears" that their forum has a ton of users. And while 10,000 users looks better than 2,000, this is where I can't make a compromise. I'd rather have a forum with genuine users than one with 80% spam users. Stats wouldn't look so good if there are 50,000 posts and 25,000 spam users
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| 01-09-2012 07:23 PM |
| MacMan |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Williams
As our user count on the forums inched closer to 10,000, I had to do something to bring the number back down. No, it's not that I don't want lots of users on our forums; it's just that I wish more than 20% of them were legit users. To help clean things up, I removed all users who signed up but never activated their accounts, and also those who have never posted (or are spammers). Some stats:
Before Purge
Total Members: 9,971
Database Size: 390.6MB
SQL Records: 206,382
After Purge
Total Members: 2,651
Database Size: 375.8MB
SQL Records: 178,833
The users that were deleted consisted of:
Users with 0 Post Count: 5,297
Users Awaiting Confirmation: 2,024
No regular user should have been affected by this, but if you are in some way, let me know.
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Wow, I wish they were all legit users! At least you save a lot of space and cut down on the spam.
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| 01-09-2012 06:39 PM |
| OriginalJoeCool |
I used to go to the forums on pinkfloyd.net, but it looks pretty much like that picture now.
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| 01-09-2012 06:25 PM |
| Rob Williams |
I sure don't regret moving to a moderated system for new users. Here's an idea of the spam you don't see:
Attachment 1365
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| 08-27-2011 10:11 PM |
| RainMotorsports |
Quote:
Originally Posted by OriginalJoeCool
I knew I was missing something.
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If were going old school don't forget about the song that never ends. Pretty sure that alone after 5 days in solitary could drive even the strong minded insane.
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| 08-27-2011 09:38 PM |
| OriginalJoeCool |
I knew I was missing something.
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| 08-27-2011 09:06 PM |
| DarkStarr |
I think you forgot the barney song in there after every other song
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| 08-27-2011 05:34 PM |
| OriginalJoeCool |
Spammers are among the world's worst scum. They deserve to be rounded up and forced to listen to a selection of the world's worst music. Bieber, Britney Spears, the Jonas Brothers. Play it in a loop non-stop, until their brains liquefy.
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| 08-27-2011 01:28 PM |
| Doomsday |
Burn the Spamming! Kill the Spam!! Purge the Spammers!!
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| 08-27-2011 12:33 PM |
| eunoia |
Just testing to see if I was purged, whew.
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