Anti-Spam/Leeching Suggestions

This topic has been pretty much done to death, but it's well known that leechers and spammers get on the community's nerves. They don't really care about the site and are incredibly hostile if you call them out on it. I understand that even if there are limitations, you can't stop a leecher completely. If someone wants something on a practically public site, they will probably not stop until they get it. Here are a few of my suggestions to mitigate spamming:

• Limit the speed at which newly registered users can create new threads.
  
• Create a feature built into Cuddles which notify staff of (relatively) new members with unnaturally quick posting activity, which could be disabled per-user.
  
• Check if there is at least one (or more) word that actually exists in the dictionary within new users' posts.
  
• Prevent users from copy+pasting the same thing into multiple posts within a relative period of time.
  
• Prevent users from posting content that only contains quotes.
  

As much as I would love to prevent leaking, I think adding limitations will make things worse. Instead of limiting leechers and pushing potential members back, I think we should just let them in with open arms. Think about it. There are leechers everywhere posting complete garbage. Why? To get to the leaks.

There are two type of leechers we'll get. Grab and go leechers. And stay at home leechers.

Grab and go leechers will come and leave. You will never stop this. Limitations won't prevent them from leeching. They will never stop until they get the leak they want. You'd be suprised how far one is willing to go for something they desperately want.

Stay at home leechers are rare, but it's what we want. They leech, they hang around, and hopefully become regular members.

If we literally just take off the 15 posts, we wouldn't have forced posts everywhere.


So Bubble, how do you expect us to just let leechers leech like that and get away with it? Well, they kinda already do lol

Let's say we have a waterfall. The bottom of the waterfall is NulledBB. We have fish poop and gold, streaming down the waterfall. You put a filter with a lot of very small holes, enough for the fish poop not go though. Because we don't like fish poop. But you have one problem. The gold isn't passing the mesh! So we need to remove the filter. We'll have poop covered gold, but hey, with a little cleaning and hard work we can sure find them.


That being said, I think it's better we talk to them like human beings and remind them that the site offers so much more than leaking, that its also a community full of friendly people. If we work hard enough we can convert leechers to members. Fishpoop to gold

There needs to be regulations not limitations.

As much as I would love to prevent leaking, I think adding limitations will make things worse. Instead of limiting leechers and pushing potential members back, I think we should just let them in with open arms. Think about it. There are leechers everywhere posting complete garbage. Why? To get to the leaks.

There are two type of leechers we'll get. Grab and go leechers. And stay at home leechers.

Grab and go leechers will come and leave. You will never stop this. Limitations won't prevent them from leeching. They will never stop until they get the leak they want. You'd be suprised how far one is willing to go for something they desperately want.

Stay at home leechers are rare, but it's what we want. They leech, they hang around, and hopefully become regular members.

If we literally just take off the 15 posts, we wouldn't have forced posts everywhere.


So Bubble, how do you expect us to just let leechers leech like that and get away with it? Well, they kinda already do lol

Let's say we have a waterfall. The bottom of the waterfall is NulledBB. We have fish poop and gold, streaming down the waterfall. You put a filter with a lot of very small holes, enough for the fish poop not go though. Because we don't like fish poop. But you have one problem. The gold isn't passing the mesh! So we need to remove the filter. We'll have poop covered gold, but hey, with a little cleaning and hard work we can sure find them.


That being said, I think it's better we talk to them like human beings and remind them that the site offers so much more than leaking, that its also a community full of friendly people. If we work hard enough we can convert leechers to members. Fishpoop to gold

There needs to be regulations not limitations.

i don't think there is a way to stop them, i thought about hidding the Leak/Resources sections from the new members but they will spam the general section ... the only thing we need is a staff member just like Faded, active almost all the time and fighting them back.

15-07-2017, 11:20 AM

MGK Wrote: i don't think there is a way to stop them, i thought about hidding the Leak/Resources sections from the new members but they will spam the general section ... the only thing we need is a staff member just like Faded, active almost all the time and fighting them back.

So the other staff is useless?

The best way is AntiLeechers group that fight with them.

15-07-2017, 01:21 PM

Blaze Wrote: So the other staff is useless?

Nooo, but they are not active as much as Faded does, i mean he is on the top online time list and he is a semi admin too, that's bcuz he is the most active one i guess!
no offensive but you are active too blaze and we all know that ^-^"
<3

15-07-2017, 02:19 PM

MGK Wrote: Nooo, but they are not active as much as Faded does, i mean he is on the top online time list and he is a semi admin too, that's bcuz he is the most active one i guess!
no offensive but you are active too blaze and we all know that ^-^"
<3

I'm not talking only about myself. It's just, users have no idea what staff is doing in the background, they just judge them on the things everyone can see. So because Faded is the one with the most online time means he's the perfect staff member. That's not exactly how it works and never should be.
Faded is an awesome person and he does great work, but so does the rest of the team, even though you can't see it.

@Blaze, why are You jumping on him? He said nothing, all he said is Faded is active more than the rest, no offense there.

15-07-2017, 02:28 PM

Kill Wrote: @Blaze, why are You jumping on him? He said nothing, all he said is Faded is active more than the rest, no offense there.

I'm not jumping on anybody. I don't mean that in any offensive or angry way.
And before this gets too off-topic, we should cut that conversation.

15-07-2017, 02:24 PM

Blaze Wrote: I'm not talking only about myself. It's just, users have no idea what staff is doing in the background, they just judge them on the things everyone can see. So because Faded is the one with the most online time means he's the perfect staff member. That's not exactly how it works and never should be.
Faded is an awesome person and he does great work, but so does the rest of the team, even though you can't see it.

I know there is alot of work on a forum like nulledbb, and my post was a meme ^-^" you, Faded and Aoki were the most active staff members in the past month, i didn't see Sozin, or Senpai, im not judging anyone they have their own reasons they have a life, and i think that nbb staff steam is the best i have no doubt about it, and my post was a meme. sorry ^-^"