We have been discussing the possibility of reducing the Flood Control, however it is not possible to restrict it per group thus you'll be unlikely to see it go too low even if it does change.

 

Sorry if I sound a little... Out spoken, but would it not be possible to set it so that after X number of posts, a person is moved to a new user group? It is possible to do this without making any changes that normal people can see. I've played with a number of forum boards, but not this version, so I can't be 100% this is possible. Even adding a requirement of 100 posts would be very effective to stop most ad bots. Also, when a topic or post is reported, is it made invisible, until staff (Moderator) has cleared it? If not, this would make it much easier to combat such problems. Again though, I'm not sure what your limitations are. If ad bots, or massive spam attacks have been a large problem in the past, then I can see how this is being kept as it is. But if there have not been many recent attacks that were not easily handled, perhaps this limit is a tad much.

 

Sorry if it sounds like I'm trying to tell you how to do our job.... Just trying to be helpful.

Ciao

 

The flood limit is set forum wide and can not be changed per user group, the only option per user group is to have it off altogether. So while it would be possible to get a person moved to another user group, we can't have that user group with a lower flood limit, otherwise that's what we would have done.

We have been discussing the possibility of reducing the Flood Control, however it is not possible to restrict it per group thus you'll be unlikely to see it go too low even if it does change.

 

Sorry if I sound a little... Out spoken, but would it not be possible to set it so that after X number of posts, a person is moved to a new user group? It is possible to do this without making any changes that normal people can see. I've played with a number of forum boards, but not this version, so I can't be 100% this is possible. Even adding a requirement of 100 posts would be very effective to stop most ad bots. Also, when a topic or post is reported, is it made invisible, until staff (Moderator) has cleared it? If not, this would make it much easier to combat such problems. Again though, I'm not sure what your limitations are. If ad bots, or massive spam attacks have been a large problem in the past, then I can see how this is being kept as it is. But if there have not been many recent attacks that were not easily handled, perhaps this limit is a tad much.

 

Sorry if it sounds like I'm trying to tell you how to do our job.... Just trying to be helpful.

Ciao

 

The flood limit is set forum wide and can not be changed per user group, the only option per user group is to have it off altogether. So while it would be possible to get a person moved to another user group, we can't have that user group with a lower flood limit, otherwise that's what we would have done.

 

Then perhaps have it so that select people, decided upon by staff, are moved, silently, and without any notice, to a new user group, when you are sure that they're not spammers.

Thanks for answering so quickly.

Ciao

That would show favouritism, something we don't want. On top of that, such people can "go bad", or be hacked, or whatever else and be used for spamming, something we want to avoid.

 

You'll never see the limit removed for any users and it's unlikely to get reduced too much, if at all.

That would show favouritism, something we don't want. On top of that, such people can "go bad", or be hacked, or whatever else and be used for spamming, something we want to avoid.

 

You'll never see the limit removed for any users and it's unlikely to get reduced too much, if at all.

 

Hmm.. This is true, and with it, I'll give up my debate about it, as I can see I can't win, in this case. On a separate note of irony, trying to post on this topic again was my first run in with said Filter.

Ciao