Suggestion Spammers are spamming

[MeskenasBoii]

Right now, bots have over taken the forum (kinda...), with their advertisements to promote their product that is non-related to pk what so ever.

While their rules for that kind of behaviour and action on this thing that they're doing, but for most part (to me) it's annoying - the new post box and page is filled with these junk.

There for, I do think one of these two below options should be applied temporarely for a two months or so. Otherwise, it might end well in the future, since the rate of them is now is slowly, but still widely is growing currently:

1. Whenever a newcomer/bot tries to post a thread in PK(CORE)\General Discussions, the thread won't be uploaded if the moderator denies or until (s)he accepts the submission. After it gers "accepted", the thread will be fully posted and displayed in public.
2. Newcombers will have to become full members to get access to post threads. To do that, the new comers will have to post a certain number of replies through the forum. Comments that will get deleted (aka advertisements) will not be counted no longer in that number database, except for full members.

I'm posting this thread to help out the forum for the staff, including its community as well, not just for my own benefit. I do not personally think anybody will like these spammed threads that became huge in numbers, so here I am - addressing the obvious issue with a fix that I shared with you all.

 

[Loony]

@Kiam

 

[MeskenasBoii]

is no rule*
might not end well*

 

[SamuraiSnowman]

I think the approval of first post idea is great! That'd really drop spam because it'd have moderators filter all of the first posts, instead of having moderators have to filter account creations. So if it's a spam account, it's SQUASHED

 

[MeskenasBoii]

Thanks. Another thing, I noticed they are promoting products on their message walls as well.To prevent that: add restriction for newbies to not post links until becoming a full member.

 

[Moonelight]

I think the approval of first post idea is great!

We have put this into action, hopefully we can prevent most, if not all, future spam bots from filling the website with spam posts.