One of the things that has blighted the forum for a long time - and especially so in recent months - is the volume of forum registrations that are spam. I've taken steps to reduce it as best as possible by making a few changes.
The first is two sign-up to Stop Forum Spam, a service that offers new ways to prevent fake registrations. With a database of over 50 million spam accounts submitted from loads of participating forums, this should help stem the tide of malicious sign-ups (and save time having to clean up the forum in their aftermath).
The second is to trial a new registration method. In the past I've tried reCAPTCHA (i.e the read-the-barely-legible-words-and-type-them-in method) and a question and answer system, none of which have been particularly successful. This new method is KeyCAPTCHA and should prove tricky to automated bots as the registration involves completing a small picture jigsaw.
I daresay the occasional bit of spam may from the determined manual spammer may still get through and having this reported (using the Report button underneath each post) is always appreciated.
The first is two sign-up to Stop Forum Spam, a service that offers new ways to prevent fake registrations. With a database of over 50 million spam accounts submitted from loads of participating forums, this should help stem the tide of malicious sign-ups (and save time having to clean up the forum in their aftermath).
The second is to trial a new registration method. In the past I've tried reCAPTCHA (i.e the read-the-barely-legible-words-and-type-them-in method) and a question and answer system, none of which have been particularly successful. This new method is KeyCAPTCHA and should prove tricky to automated bots as the registration involves completing a small picture jigsaw.
I daresay the occasional bit of spam may from the determined manual spammer may still get through and having this reported (using the Report button underneath each post) is always appreciated.
