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    sudo got a reaction from q p in Marketplace Closure   
    So basically if the author doesnt put another way for us to get it up we lose our purchases.
    I mean the timeline and warning should have been a bit longer. Losing the ability (an ability we had in the past) to download a copy thus losing our purchases for good is a bit nuts.
    I dont know why foot keeps meeting mouth with some of these changes.
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    sudo got a reaction from SeNioR- in Marketplace Closure   
    No offence but this is crazy.
    what will happen for people hosting in the cloud? No mods?
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    sudo got a reaction from simonle in Marketplace Closure   
    Yeah I know what you are saying. My biggest concern is wayward authors who cant deal with setting up their own system or cant meet the 2 month deadline. We (paid addon customers) lose and we lost before when we lost the ability to back up and download directly before.
    The irony is pirates never need to worry about this stuff, just paid customers who lose.
    I dont want to sound like I am just trying to beat you down, I am just very concerned and can see a lot of issues especially with the short timeline.
    Will we still be able to get keys/method of transferring you speak of after October but not download in suite?
  4. Agree
    sudo got a reaction from simonle in Marketplace Closure   
    So basically if the author doesnt put another way for us to get it up we lose our purchases.
    I mean the timeline and warning should have been a bit longer. Losing the ability (an ability we had in the past) to download a copy thus losing our purchases for good is a bit nuts.
    I dont know why foot keeps meeting mouth with some of these changes.
  5. Agree
    sudo got a reaction from Unlucky in Marketplace Closure   
    Until the end of October?
    I mean we are all paid customers.
  6. Agree
    sudo got a reaction from gigantor in Marketplace Closure   
    I would have hoped for a 6 month notice period to be honest not 2 1/2 months.
    Considering we cant download addons any more other than through admincp we cant even back up for a wayward plugin dev who is sick or unable to handle the change in 2 months.
    Please at least let us download what we own to self install for now.
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    sudo got a reaction from Webmaster Scr in Marketplace Closure   
    No offence but this is crazy.
    what will happen for people hosting in the cloud? No mods?
  8. Like
    sudo got a reaction from Myr in New Spam Prevention Features   
    The disposable filter is epic! nice work!
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    sudo got a reaction from Matt in New Spam Prevention Features   
    The disposable filter is epic! nice work!
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    sudo got a reaction from Daniel F in New Spam Prevention Features   
    The disposable filter is epic! nice work!
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    sudo got a reaction from Ryan Ashbrook in New Spam Prevention Features   
    The disposable filter is epic! nice work!
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    sudo reacted to Lindy in Marketplace Closure   
    Yes, you'll be able to transfer after the closure as well. 
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    sudo reacted to Ryan Ashbrook in New Spam Prevention Features   
    Spam has always been an ongoing battle for community owners as spammers find new ways to circumvent existing anti-spam practices.
    We have seen an uptick in new ways spammers are breaking through existing defense.
    As such, we here at Invision Community continue to look at new ways for community managers to combat against spam. For our September release, we have added several new tools that can prevent spammers from registering in the first place and help combat them even if they register successfully.
    Let's take a look at these new tools and settings.
    Geolocation based registration filtering
    Oftentimes, spam attacks can originate using bots and servers from specific regions. Using our existing Geolocation service, we have now added filters that will allow administrators to hold registrations from specific regions for administrator review, or deny the registration entirely.

    Using this, administrators whose communities are under a spam attack from a specific region, can temporarily filter registrations from that region. Multiple regions can be defined at once, and each individual region can either be held for administrator review, or denied completely.
    Disposable Email Filtering
    We have added an extra option to our spam defense system to filter users registering with throwaway disposable emails, which are often used by spammers to bypass email validation.

    During Spam Defense checking, we now also check the domain in use for the registration against a frequently maintained list. If the user passes through the normal spam defense checking, but is found to have a disposable email address, then the administrator can define one of the following actions to be taken.
    Allow the registration to proceed Allow the registration, but moderate all posts (which an option to remove moderation after a certain amount) Flag the account for administrator review Register the account but immediately ban it Completely deny the registration For both Geolocation and disposable email filtering, the existing Spam Defense Whitelist is always honored ahead of these filters.
    Contact Us Email Verification
    A common pain point has been the Contact Us page. While the spam does not go to a user facing location, it does still land in the administrators inbox, or other area defined by the sites Contact Us settings.
    To help with this, if a visitor who is not logged in attempts to use the Contact Us page, then in addition to the existing CAPTCHA, the administrator can optionally require the person to verify their email address before the message is ever sent. This applies to all Contact Us behaviors, including any added by third party applications.
    Cloud Content Analysis
    For our Invision Community Cloud customers, we have also added an additional layer of spam prevention after registration.

    After a user registers, or if the account has been dormant, then the first few content submissions will be analyzed using a custom developed algorithm within our platform.
    The algorithm takes into factor many different elements of the content, and will rank the post between 1 (not spam) and 5 (definitely spam).
    The algorithm can be constantly adjusted and improved based on trends without any intervention from the administrator, and without the need to update to new releases of Invision Community.
    The administrator can then decide one of the following actions to take based on the score that was received.
    Allow the submission Hold the submission for moderator review Deny the submission completely Of course, specific groups can be made exempt from this and not have their content checked at all, which is useful for sites with subscription based registrations which may not want to have this applied to new subscribers, but do want to have new non-subscribers checked.
    Spam can quickly become a headache for most community managers, and these new tools will help further combat it at the source. For our enterprise and Invision Community Cloud customers, being able to check for spam when posting is a new tool which will further filter out more of those annoying topics and posts.
    We hope these new features give you additional tools in the fight against spam.
    The features and changes presented here are available in the following packages:
    Geolocation based registration filtering, Disposable Email Filtering, Contact Us Email Verification: Beginner, Creator, Creator Pro, Team, Business, Enterprise, Invision Community Classic (Self Hosted).
    Content Analysis: Beginner, Creator, Creator Pro, Team, Business, Enterprise.

    View full blog entry
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    sudo reacted to Hisashi in Marketplace Closure   
    That's the biggest rewind I've seen from IPS in years of service. 🤯
    The marketplace is an excellent showcase for small and big developers to publish their work that would have a potential chance of being bought, you've killed every chance for these products to be discovered.
    There are many small modifications that enrich the IPS, and now they will no longer have visibility.
    People will now have to apply for paid service one by one, for features that were already available in marketplace.
  15. Agree
    sudo got a reaction from Jon Matcho in Marketplace Closure   
    I would have hoped for a 6 month notice period to be honest not 2 1/2 months.
    Considering we cant download addons any more other than through admincp we cant even back up for a wayward plugin dev who is sick or unable to handle the change in 2 months.
    Please at least let us download what we own to self install for now.
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    sudo got a reaction from Hostingunlock in Marketplace Closure   
    No offence but this is crazy.
    what will happen for people hosting in the cloud? No mods?
  17. Agree
    sudo got a reaction from bearback in Marketplace Closure   
    I would have hoped for a 6 month notice period to be honest not 2 1/2 months.
    Considering we cant download addons any more other than through admincp we cant even back up for a wayward plugin dev who is sick or unable to handle the change in 2 months.
    Please at least let us download what we own to self install for now.
  18. Agree
    sudo got a reaction from q p in Marketplace Closure   
    I would have hoped for a 6 month notice period to be honest not 2 1/2 months.
    Considering we cant download addons any more other than through admincp we cant even back up for a wayward plugin dev who is sick or unable to handle the change in 2 months.
    Please at least let us download what we own to self install for now.
  19. Agree
    sudo got a reaction from gigantor in Marketplace Closure   
    No offence but this is crazy.
    what will happen for people hosting in the cloud? No mods?
  20. Like
    sudo reacted to Square Wheels in Marketplace Closure   
    This would be helpful.
  21. Agree
    sudo got a reaction from simonle in Marketplace Closure   
    I would have hoped for a 6 month notice period to be honest not 2 1/2 months.
    Considering we cant download addons any more other than through admincp we cant even back up for a wayward plugin dev who is sick or unable to handle the change in 2 months.
    Please at least let us download what we own to self install for now.
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    sudo got a reaction from keiran watson in Marketplace Closure   
    No offence but this is crazy.
    what will happen for people hosting in the cloud? No mods?
  23. Like
    sudo reacted to Matt in Marketplace Closure   
    Most cloud packages can already use external uploads outside of marketplace. We'll remove the limitation for the others.
  24. Thanks
    sudo reacted to Princess Celestia in All searches come back empty after switching to Open Search   
    Thanks for the response, @Marc Stridgen. To give this topic closure and for others' reference, we set up Open Search 1.3.9 (the latest 1.x version at the time of writing) and it's working as expected so far. Still hoping for 2.x support eventually. 🙂
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    sudo reacted to Makoto in Radical Tags   
    No problem, just let me know if you run into any other issues!
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