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Hi!
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:45 pm
by Lorikeet
How long does this vetting ritual take?
Has it kept the "baddies" out?
Re: Hi!
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:57 pm
by RickLewis
Up to a point, yes it has. There are many spambot postings every week that never see the light of day on the forum because of the setting system. We look at them , realise they are spam, and kick the spambot off he forum. I think without the vetting system this forum would be completely unmanageable, drowning in nonsense, scams and adverts.
Having said which, AI is making the spambots harder and harder to detect. Their programmers know the system, so the bots now sometimes make an innocuous and convincing post or two, in order to get approved as forum members, before they start slipping in the promotional links.
Re: Hi!
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:17 am
by Lorikeet
How long does my penance last?
Re: Hi!
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:27 am
by Iwannaplato
RickLewis wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:57 pm
Up to a point, yes it has. There are many spambot postings every week that never see the light of day on the forum because of the setting system. We look at them , realise they are spam, and kick the spambot off he forum. I think without the vetting system this forum would be completely unmanageable, drowning in nonsense, scams and adverts.
Having said which, AI is making the spambots harder and harder to detect. Their programmers know the system, so the bots now sometimes make an innocuous and convincing post or two, in order to get approved as forum members, before they start slipping in the promotional links.
What if it's a poopyhead and not a bot?
Re: Hi!
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:48 am
by Lorikeet
Yeah, but you've been a member for years, no?
Re: Hi!
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:26 pm
by RickLewis
Lorikeet wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:17 am
How long does my penance last?
For all new members, their first posting has to be approved by a mod and then all subsequent postings appear immediately. As you can now see. So, welcome aboard!
Re: Hi!
Posted: Sat May 11, 2024 5:08 pm
by Lorikeet
It's wierd....I was recently banned for no reason at all, and then my ban was lifted before the "punishment" was completed.
Is this like one of those forums that only pretends to be about free-speech and philosophy, but is really a gathering of liberal twats, circle-jerking themselves into a state of oblivion?