Give someone on the forum a Timeout?

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Guys, is there a way to give a member a sort of timeout
or warning on the forum if the post ads or spam it?

Just thinking that there's so many noobs on here and
they are not really reading first then posting...

Giving them a timeout might be a good way to let them know...lol

--David
#forum #give #timeout
  • Profile picture of the author Kelly Verge
    I just wish there were a way to flag people as well as posts.

    I.e. if there's a repeat spammer who gets x posts removed in y days, their account is nuked.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mark Brock
      Originally Posted by Kelly Verge View Post

      I just wish there were a way to flag people as well as posts.

      I.e. if there's a repeat spammer who gets x posts removed in y days, their account is nuked.
      Great idea. Imagine it'd be hard to police though?!

      As I'm only new myself to this forum I haven't noticed it as much as the rest of you have done but what I have noticed is that recently in the run-up to Christmas there has been an awful lot of spammers just trying to boost their backlinks!

      I may only be new here myself like I said before but it's started to get me annoyed too!!!!

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  • Profile picture of the author Denise Hall
    Good idea... and maybe there should be a message that pops up if they try to post that says they've been sent to their room without any supper.

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  • Profile picture of the author getsmartt
    Isn't that what the infraction button is for? it is the red and yellow icon beneath the avatar. You can either issue an infraction or a warning.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike McBride
      Originally Posted by getsmartt View Post

      Isn't that what the infraction button is for? it is the red and yellow icon beneath the avatar. You can either issue an infraction or a warning.
      Yeah, but that doesn't solve the problem of serial spammers. The powers-that-be eventually catch up to them and delete their membership, but in the meantime they post a lot of crap that has to be nuked.
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    • Profile picture of the author David_Thompson
      Originally Posted by getsmartt View Post

      Isn't that what the infraction button is for? it is the red and yellow icon beneath the avatar. You can either issue an infraction or a warning.
      I didn't know that thanks...

      I really like some of the ideas we are coming up with
      it might just solve some of the spam issues the forum
      been having...

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    Report these posts and don't bump them by even responding!

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