Members List?

[blue50]

Has anyone checked the Members List recently?
Try sorting on descending order

[sharrowblade]

blue50 wrote:

Has anyone checked the Members List recently? Try sorting on descending order

Yes noticed the other day. Very popular in the USA

Its time that a lot of members were cut loose.
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[bisphamseasider]

There is still very little control on this site.

Spam has been reduced considerably but there are still dozens of spurious new members being registered everyday.

[blue50]

Just what I thought I was very surprised when I saw it and most connected to websites

[martino]

bisphamseasider wrote:

There is still very little control on this site. Spam has been reduced considerably but there are still dozens of spurious new members being registered everyday.

Perhaps I am being thick but it would help me and probably other members to understand why they are joining the site?

[BAZZABAGGIES]

What have we now ?

5,000 members and 4.950 that dont post or have never posted..

Mass clear out needed..

[blue50]

I think you are missing the point Bazza check the list in descending order
If they are cleared out more will just keep appearing

[grantham]

Spam accounts add a website link

The more times the link appears and is scraped by bots the better it performs, which is why they do it.

Easy to combat, by adding a question to the sign-up, I've done it on several forums and they no longer have any spambot visits
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[beaudog]

There is a big majority of people who do not post anything. Many could be a complete waste of time but many find reading the posts very informative. Members should be encouraged to stay in the forum, unless their behaviour is deemed to be against the spirit of the site. We need to encourage collectors and people who show an interest in our hobby, as from experience some collectors are very shy in coming forward but then as their confidence increases they feel as if they can contribute. I only have to think of my market stall at Newcastle Under Lyme, where I have two gentlemen who a couple of years ago would not have offered any opinions , now it is very difficult to shut them up.

[Flackwell Lad]

The two gentlemen in question...it's not treble99 and BAZZA is it?

[pastpirate]

Craig has added a "capcha" is that how to spell it? to try to stop them but some still get through. Most still can't post so as mentioned it has reduced the spam. The one or two that do post i get rid asap.
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[blue50]

I think some members seem to be missing the point here about theses "members" which seem to increasing by about ten a day not contributing
Perhaps Grantham who seems to have Knowledge on the subject could reiterate and put them right on the subject
They really need to check the members list in descending order to get some idea of the problem

[pompeypete]

Flackwell Lad wrote:

The two gentlemen in question...it's not treble99 and BAZZA is it?

Lucky your in Australia or you might have been getting a visit...


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[blue50]

Sorry I thought this was a reasonably serious matter obviously you don't
so I'll leave it now
Does this forum really need these childish Emoticons?

[pompeypete]

blue50 wrote:

Sorry I thought this was a reasonably serious matter obviously you don't so I'll leave it now Does this forum really need these childish Emoticons?

Sorry If I offended you.......and anybody else


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[hydemaine]

blue50 wrote:

I think some members seem to be missing the point here about theses "members" which seem to increasing by about ten a day not contributing Perhaps Grantham who seems to have Knowledge on the subject could reiterate and put them right on the subject They really need to check the members list in descending order to get some idea of the problem

I'm not sure if this would work on this site or indeed if it's possible to do.

But how about new members have to contribute to discussions/topics a set number of times before they are allowed to start their own topic?

This would show they are interested in the site and the ongoing topics and may reduce the spammers when they realize they can't start a thread?

[Flackwell Lad]

pompeypete wrote:

Flackwell Lad wrote: The two gentlemen in question...it's not treble99 and BAZZA is it? Lucky your in Australia or you might have been getting a visit...

Well if they do come over let me know and I'll send BAZZA my Wycombe wants list, he can go through his lock-up and have a bit of a clear out

[mustard68]

I don't think this issue is about genuine members, some of whom post rarely and some of whom are on every day.
Its more about an attack on the site possibly out of malice/mischief but possibly an attempt at marketing or lead selling.
It requires some solid anti spam/protection software.
the problem with that is it may cause difficulties for genuine members, it is expensive and requires constant monitoring.
the alternative is that this site might end up getting buried.

[BAZZABAGGIES]

Anyone who has not posted in 3 months delete them.

Newcastle Under Lyme .. Thats one place i have never been to.

Four years membership ? why dont you tell us about life on a stall selling footie memorabilia.

As a dealer the last thing you need is a Wycombe Wanderers collector from Australia.

[roughyedz]

Nobody else seems to have mentioned this yet so ............... Have you looked at the profile of all these people that register everyday ............they all ( or most ) have a registered web site ......selling all sorts of crap ........