Can I change my name to Brian?
Brian
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| Author: | admin [ Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requirements.. |
We had initially hoped to keep the registration process as open as possible, and had removed any requirement for administrative approval for a new member to gain access to the board. Over the past few days, Greg and Kelly have been inundated with spam posting by newly registered users. My thanks to both of them for all of the housekeeping they have done recently. We have elected to revert to requiring admin approval before activating a user account, to eliminate the spam issue. Also, please use your real name, and no 'throw-away' email addresses (e.g. gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc.) to make it easier to indentify legitimate new registrations. We will do our best to try to grant access to legitimate new members in a timely manner going forward, but please be patient. Thanks. |
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| Author: | Hookd on Phonics [ Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requirements.. |
Can I change my name to Brian? Brian
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| Author: | cliff [ Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requirements.. |
Brian, If you want to, I will look into it, but I am really more concerned with the ability to discern legitimate new registrations from spammers. |
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| Author: | Kelly [ Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requirements.. |
I really have done nothing. Greg has been mopping up. He is the official janitor now. |
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| Author: | Gregory [ Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requirements.. |
Kelly wrote: I really have done nothing. Greg has been mopping up. He is the official janitor now. But the pay is good. |
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| Author: | tim [ Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requirements.. |
Does your shirt have your name on it? |
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| Author: | cliff [ Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requirements.. |
tim wrote: Does your shirt have your name on it? That is a very good indicator.
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| Author: | admin [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requiremen |
We are still getting 50+/- spam applications per day to join the forum, and it is difficult to assign a high level of due diligence to a low yield process. As a reminder, please use your real name, and no 'throw-away' email addresses (e.g. gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc.) to make it easier to indentify legitimate new registrations. Unless we happen to recognize a familiar 'handle', all applications without real names are lost in the spam and get rejected. |
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| Author: | Kelly [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requiremen |
Sorry Cliff. The consolation is you're doing a great job. The atmosphere here is top notch. |
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| Author: | cliff [ Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Board spam / Change in sign-up process / name requiremen |
Kelly wrote: Sorry Cliff. The consolation is you're doing a great job. The atmosphere here is top notch. Thanks, Kelly. I just handle infrastructure. You guys are the atmosphere. 
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