amoncur Posted July 12, 2023 Posted July 12, 2023 Guests (i.e. non-members) are being allowed to post in our community without registering for an account (see highlighted in screenshot below) on the site (i.e. becoming a member). As far as I can tell the permissions are set up correctly (screenshot below). How do I prevent guests from posting until they have signed up for an account and become members?
DawPi Posted July 12, 2023 Posted July 12, 2023 Go to ACP and look for „Post Before Registering” - should be disabled. Marc 1
Fast Lane! Posted July 12, 2023 Posted July 12, 2023 Beware this is a spam magnet and a burden on your mods to filter the needles from the haystack. Maybe your experience will be different.
amoncur Posted July 12, 2023 Author Posted July 12, 2023 @DawPi Thank you! @Fast Lane! Are you saying disabling "Post Before Registering" is a spam magnet? Or enabling it is?
Fast Lane! Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 14 hours ago, amoncur said: @DawPi Thank you! @Fast Lane! Are you saying disabling "Post Before Registering" is a spam magnet? Or enabling it is? Enabling post before register will add bloat to your site and add link everywhere for unapproved spam posts. That’s our experience at least. If you use hiding other content as a tool things get lost easily.
Marc Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Fast Lane! said: Enabling post before register will add bloat to your site and add link everywhere for unapproved spam posts. That’s our experience at least. If you use hiding other content as a tool things get lost easily. They are present only to give someone chance to register and associate with that content. But it is removed if they dont.
Fast Lane! Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Marc Stridgen said: They are present only to give someone chance to register and associate with that content. But it is removed if they dont. The challenge for mods (high praise to them) is the volume of spam in pink (hidden) on the forums is so large that it’s like a checker board. Hard for admin/mods to make heads or tails of it and separate other hidden content in a mod queue. Last I checked it was all visible to us (maybe not members). If it was simply hidden from everyone including mods that may be more elegant. Edited July 13, 2023 by Fast Lane!
Marc Posted July 13, 2023 Posted July 13, 2023 51 minutes ago, Fast Lane! said: The challenge for mods (high praise to them) is the volume of spam in pink (hidden) on the forums is so large that it’s like a checker board. Hard for admin/mods to make heads or tails of it and separate other hidden content in a mod queue. Last I checked it was all visible to us (maybe not members). If it was simply hidden from everyone including mods that may be more elegant. It is. If you are seeing otherwise there is an issue somewhere on your site. You should not see any post before register content, unless they actually register.
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