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.

 

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.