Lot of problems with Spam User - How to Setup Moderation?

[chako]

I have a lot of problems with spammers.

Email registration is on
Captcha is on
etc.
Their spam is link spamming. Either a post or link in contact form on their profile page.
I tried to enable "moderator" all links, but that is not practical, so I turned that off because that is global and not user group controlled it seemed.

What I would like to do is when a new member signs up, I would like them to be moderated for xx amount of posts. After they have made xx amount posts I know they are a legit member and they can post freely. If they have not met the min posts, all of their posts are moderated for example.

Right now all the members go into a a "Members" group upon signing up. How do you suggest setting this up to help with all the spammers? I get about 4-5 spammers a day that go through the whole sign up process, validate their email and post spam...it's nuts to me.

 

[opentype]

13 hours ago, chako said:

What I would like to do is when a new member signs up, I would like them to be moderated for xx amount of posts.

It’s in the member group settings:

[chako]

So with this method, I would need to create a buffer GROUP, correct?

Yes at the moment when someone registers, they go into the main group, 66K members at the moment.

To do this method, I would need to put people into a Newbie GROUP, then when I know they are not a spammer move them into the main group? What if they are lurker? I will never know if they are a legit or spammer.

[chako]

Looking deeper into your suggestion, it might work as is, because there is a choice to remove the restriction after 2 posts for example. I will try this. Thank you.

[AlexWebsites]

On 12/31/2024 at 8:45 AM, opentype said:

It’s in the member group settings:

I do this exact thing. First post only. I’m getting hit with Temu link spammers lately.

[Marc]

Just as an additional comment on this one. Ensure you are using all the tools available at the point of registration too. I notice you haven't got question and answers set up there, and while they wouldn't remove the issue entirely, they will certainly help.