Jon Matcho

@Stuart Silvester I apologize -- your original solution works perfectly and is the simplest. I was unaware of being able to remove content moderation after a time/post count. I just implemented that change. Thank you!

Thanks @Stuart Silvester, but that was known and not a complete solution to my actual question regardless. @Randy Calvert deserves the credit for the solution in this case. Regardless, thank you both -- I just wanted to know how the built-in Members group was handled, and the thread referenced above clears all that up.

I am trying to figure out if new members are put into the Members group, and whether I can change the registration process so that new members go into the 'New Members' group I created. I suspect the 'Members' group is hard-coded for new members to land in when registering, but cannot confirm this through the documentation. Is this the case? Due to spammers, I am manually approving new members. I want to change this back to automatic, but for new members I want to approve 2 posts before they become unmoderated.

What is "the" new one? The Provider Directory or what @Joel R is building? No offense to Joel here, but there can be other marketplaces, some providers may not be part of any 3rd party marketplace, and some will walk away (not sure how many active/semi-active devs are in the marketplace today anyway). My point is that it will be a chore.

We will decide more on this nearer the time. I understand and support the decision, but the Provider Directory really needs to be improved as it stands today. Some items that come to mind: Filter by feedback rating. A means for customers to write feedback for each Provider. but... I'm now wondering how reviews are even vetted in the Provider Directory? What would stop a non-purchaser from giving 1-star feedback or writing a negative review? Anything a notch above what is the Provider Directory today would be better.

Not sure if it matters that I'm running Community in the Cloud, but... There is no delete content AND member option. The content can be auto-deleted, but the member only banned. Which leads to the next issue: There is no "prune tool" that I can find. I have to manually delete Spammers and have hundreds of non-flagged spammers stuck in the Validating status. How do I delete these in bulk?