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  • The troll raises a fair point.
  • Merak
    Full Member

    Due to the numerous, spurious drivel posted on here even within the last few hours. Could there not be some kind of anti spam/troll measures taken so that if someone’s had a few too many Bacardi’s they cant just sign up and post at will.

    You know, some kind of confirmation of you are who you say you are. And more importantly a 7 day period between singing up and posting?

    Just saying. Must be a PITA for the mods.

    CharlieMungus
    Free Member

    The 7 day period sounds good. I seem to remember we had to wait for chipppps to approve us before posting

    bruneep
    Full Member

    would potential trolls not just register with numerous sleeper accounts?

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    glupton1976
    Free Member

    Who is trolling today?

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    <remembers when it was all just fields round here, and you could have any username for any post> 😥

    Merak
    Full Member

    It wouldn’t give that instant access thats available now though.
    Mods could ask for a reply email address or similar in the intervening period, putting off only the hardiest/saddest of timewasters.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    What trolling?

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    Perhaps a tougher question on sign up maybe are you really selling the cheapest kitchens? Or how many ales have you had under 5 over 5 or plenty?

    Might be good to have a new user symbol like the P for the first 5 threads posted.

    glupton1976
    Free Member

    The only trolling I’m seeing on here tonight is this thread and the busy night for some thread. Unless there have been a lot of threads deleted…

    wrightyson
    Free Member

    I signed up two yrs ago and it was ages before I got the nod to post!

    dawson
    Full Member

    @glupton – the threads/posts have been deleted – it was somebody with a bee in their bonnet about Paypal gifts/scams

    Merak
    Full Member

    Symbol is fine for nursery purposes. Thats been raised a few times. It makes sense to me. I think its cycle chat that has a 100 post policy before you can use the classifieds.

    Thats an excellent idea.

    The proposal remains limiting instant access to those who feel hard done-by or just downright nasty folk/timewasters.

    30 day embargo before posting I say. And only replies, then, after six months you could start topics. Sorts the wheat from the chaff. 😉

    bruneep
    Full Member

    The only trolling I’m seeing on here tonight is this thread and the busy night for some thread. Unless there have been a lot of threads deleted…

    lots

    bruneep
    Full Member

    double post glitch.

    andrewh
    Free Member

    cycle chat that has a 100 post policy before you can use the classifieds.

    Weighweenies have 25, agreed it’s a good plan.
    I would also encourage people to leave a note on the ad when they’s bought/sold something, a kind of informal feedback system for the regulars, yo can then check history before replying to an ad.

    carlos
    Free Member

    achmedbeeday – Member
    Ok, the seller was called Neath from Bristol. I paid £230 using paypal gift.
    This was last week. Now the advert has disappeared and i get no emails from him.

    Can I report this to the moderators, can they get my paypal money back?

    A snippet of one thread

    glupton1976 – Member
    The only trolling I’m seeing on here tonight is this thread and the busy night for some thread. Unless there have been a lot of threads deleted…

    Yes there’s been about 4 deleted all within a couple of hrs

    seba560
    Free Member

    @glupton – the threads/posts have been deleted

    and accounts deleted too…

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    As morning here coincides with p*ssed o’clock up there in the north there has been some fairly stupid stuff including 2 porn threads PayPal troll some random weirdness and plenty of second user names. Add to that 6 cheapest kitchens in the world it’s getting s bit messy. There are spamming jobs that pay about £1 for 10 posts online so it needs to be hard enough to stop them logging in. The other idiots only seem to.come out when they are off work and bored.

    Merak
    Full Member

    glupton1976 – Member
    The only trolling I’m seeing on here tonight is this thread …

    Not so. Genuinely constructive thread to garner opinion and start discussion about how our forum could be better served. Im not interested in baiting/big hitting keyboard warriors. 😉

    glupton1976
    Free Member

    And I missed it Dammit.

    Personally, I think that posting about being ripped off by a stranger after using paypal gift should be a lifetime banning offence.

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