Post count should not increase for posts under preview

[Arun Kumar]

I have a feature request/suggestion.

Please have an option to disable post count increase if the post by a member is under preview/moderation. i.e., the post count should increase only if the post is approved by a moderator.

This will help a lot in controlling spam. For example, we can have a member group for 0 posters to go through post preview moderation. If my suggestion is implemented, it will prevent spammers from upgraded to the next member group as the post count will remain at 0.

[Vince G.]

And i think besides the promotion it's reasonable that moderated posts won't increase the members post count. those posts should count on the members total post count once approved and actually posted to the public.

[Arun Kumar]

I hope this feature will be included in IPB 3

[kafloo]

I agree

+1

[Swiftie]

I hope this feature will be included in IPB 3

Seeming as it's feature-frozen I wouldn't think so.

[Arun Kumar]

Actually it doesn't need to be considered as a "feature", it should have been how it should work by default. Preview posts are not considered as a post until it is approved, then why should it increase the post count before being approved?

[InfoByte]

I don't see why so many people are obsessed with post counts these days, they are just a meaningless number. The idea of moderator previewing a member is to filter what they say, not count how many times they say it.

[Arun Kumar]

As mentioned earlier, it is very helpful against spammers if you use a seperate member group for new members (0 posters).

[Matt]

You'll be pleased to know that this is a feature in IPB3. Your post count is not incremented until your post is approved.

[TCWT]

That's good to know. :)

[InfoByte]

As mentioned earlier, it is very helpful against spammers if you use a seperate member group for new members (0 posters).

Why? I know spammers are a problem, but unless you have specific things that are either only available to people over a certain post count or certain rank, Its not really an issue, but I can see where you are coming from as I used to have rank based privilages on my board

You'll be pleased to know that this is a feature in IPB3. Your post count is not incremented until your post is approved.

Nice to know that IPS are always refining and improving things, thats why I love IPB ;)

[Arun Kumar]

You'll be pleased to know that this is a feature in IPB3. Your post count is not incremented until your post is approved.

wow! Thanks a lot Matt!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Why? I know spammers are a problem, but unless you have specific things that are either only available to people over a certain post count or certain rank, Its not really an issue, but I can see where you are coming from as I used to have rank based privilages on my board

Manual moderation of members is the best and only way to have 100% protection against spammers and this is the way to do it. Can you tell any other way to achieve 100% fool proof protection against spammers then?