Jessica07
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| 07 Jun 2010 02:39 AM |
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I just noticed that this afternoon, there were about 60 members on this site. And now tonight there are 6437 members. Somehow I'm thinking they aren't all legitimate members  While probably harmless, is there a way to block spammers and bots from setting up thousands of accounts like this? |
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Old Guard2
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| 07 Jun 2010 06:27 AM |
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I would like to know if the user list can be sorted alphabetically... much easier to find someone that way. I have tried clicking on the lette but I know there are some people that are here but are missing when I do it that way. ???
I noticed the sudden jump from about 7 pages of members to 643 pages! Seems kinda silly doesn't it! |
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sunny717
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| 07 Jun 2010 07:07 AM |
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Maybe . . . if all member MUST add their profile picture, spammers may have a harder time setting things up automatically.  Sunny |
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Old Guard2
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| 07 Jun 2010 07:59 AM |
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I tired adding a picture.... you see how far that got. I still have a gray head and no that isn't my natural hair color! LOL
But I do like the idea! I also want to know why people insist on setting up 3 or 4 profiles... i.e. Old Guard, Old Guard AK, Old Guard MSTwife, Old Guard Seneca mom... whatever, I have seen a few like that. I can barely keep one profile straight, why in the hell would anyone in 3, 4, 5 profiles just to add their rate, rank or zip code?!?! |
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chukles
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| 07 Jun 2010 08:33 AM |
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Adjusted the sign up features to require verification email of user accounts. Thanks Jessica for pointing this out!! |
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captkyguy
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| 07 Jun 2010 08:50 AM |
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Maybe everyone just decided to join all at once... Macie love the bear picture...glad you figued all of that out...the gray head is a little boring |
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admin
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| 07 Jun 2010 09:01 AM |
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They are not Spammers. I loaded the User List from the old forum. I needed the old User List added so that I can load the old messages. I am working on it. Once the old messages are loaded then we can trim out some of the dead wood as far as users are concerned.
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captkyguy
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| 07 Jun 2010 09:12 AM |
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I was right...everyone joined at once...  |
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test
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| 07 Jun 2010 09:29 AM |
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Awesome admin!!!
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Pmackey
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| 08 Jun 2010 03:53 PM |
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Kyle- you know you always provide a good smile and chuckle! Thanks my friend.. I too was AMAZED at the instant member list- but being the blond that I am I just assumed everyone finally caught on to the new site.. Yes I'm that naieve apparently.  |
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captkyguy
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| 08 Jun 2010 04:30 PM |
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E-Rock!
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| 06 Apr 2011 10:44 AM |
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How do you report bot accounts to the admins? |
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jen899193
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| 06 Apr 2011 10:46 AM |
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hit the alert button in the upper right hand corner??? |
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