Room for Improvement Options

[melface]

here's one way to "improve the community"...

Don't suspend/ban members for creating spam topics... it just gives them more of a reason to spam and bitch about createblog.
For example, when they get unsuspended... they'll just come back and continue to spam . Also, there is a createblog chat room that these 'banned/suspended spammers' go into daily and talk about how much createblog sucks.

Now, let's say a newbie comes into that chatroom... Word spreads... and createblog's reputation then goes from great source for blogging needs to... uptight community.





--P.S. I'm completely serious about this topic.
By the way, one swift kick towards the crotch will surely stop them.

[talcumpowder]

Did I mention they're IP-banned? They can't come back.
And we don't want spam because is stupid, and against the rules.
[ http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=970 ]
It clutters the boards, makes everything load slower, and annoys people. It's bad.

[ClaudelGFX]

Did I mention they're IP-banned? They can't come back.

LoL! yeah you ban 1 IP Address,what about the other 254 IP Addresses?can or can't be used? what about proxy's ? what about IP Tunnels? what about 2342884 Anonimity softs,like anonymiser?or whateva?,the only way to see if what you are saying,works for sure,ban yourself,then change your IP Address,and try login again.

PS:How can you make the difference? how you know if you banned his proxy and not his realy IP Address,easy Q,lets see the answers.
PS2:When 1 user doesnt obey the rulles,lets say 3 times,dont do the same mistake and ban "his/her IP Address" , i know you can do`it like 123.123.123.*,so even he is using a proxy,IP Tunnels,or anything else,it will be more easy to ban him like that,then to ban 1by1 each IP Addresses.(AND HE CANT COME BACK FOR SURE,UNTILL HE/SHE GETS ANOTHER IP ADDRESS RANGE CLASS;)
PS3:Or more easy,and less time,if you have in your admin panel,like on usual phpBB forums,the option "Disallow names/usernames",that will help for sure,only with 1-2clicks.

Thank You
Enjoy.

[*mipadi*]

LoL! yeah you ban 1 IP Address,what about the other 254 IP Addresses?can or can't be used? what about proxy's ? what about IP Tunnels? what about 2342884 Anonimity softs,like anonymiser?or whateva?,the only way to see if what you are saying,works for sure,ban yourself,then change your IP Address,and try login again.

There's a point at which most pro-active attempts at IP banning will suffice. Say a user gets banned by IP. Sure, he might reset his dialup connection and get a new IP, or he might connect through a proxy. So you ban him again. Maybe he'll get a new IP and spam again. So you ban that. Eventually it's just going to be a waste of time for him, and he'll stop because it's too much effort. People don't spam because of a strong desire to cause trouble; they spam because it's a relatively easy prank. As soon as you make it difficult, the spammer becomes less and less interested in the prank.