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Old 02-08-2011, 10:30 AM Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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I'm sure the staff are discussing this issue already. I've seen wayyy too many junk posts at this forum from newbies.

Members are only trying to build back links in their signature, asking junk questions with links to the answer in their sig and getting away with it...

I've found a solution to this problem.

Suggestion : Disable signatures until members have a certain post count and have been registered for a certain amount of days at this forum.

Any feedback from staff or regular members would be nice.
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Old 02-08-2011, 10:33 AM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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v7n has 30 quality posts before signature links are active. DigitalPoint you need to be registered for like 30+ days before you get signature links.

Something should be in place, but as you know this may lead to more and more idiots dropping fake signatures into their posts.
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Old 02-08-2011, 02:03 PM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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asking junk questions with links to the answer in their sig and getting away with it...
Only the one we don't catch.
With the best will in the world we cannot read every post in every forum every day.
If you report posts that you think don't belong here, they can be dealt with, sometimes we will disagree of course, BUT reporting helps in learning what YOU consider unacceptable.
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Old 02-08-2011, 09:50 PM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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We do try, but we also miss some like Chris mentioned. You should see how many there are before we delete them. We really do try and we even delete them when we find them months later.
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Old 02-09-2011, 05:10 AM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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Sometimes though I think its not a bad idea to leave certain ones up.

It may actually discourage others from doing the same if they can see the member has been banned and / or ridiculed for doing something so obvious!

Plus, Chris' put-downs brighten up an otherwise boring day!
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Old 02-09-2011, 02:34 PM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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My suggestion was more of a "prevention" than "cure" ,

I know you guys try by deleting all of the spam that you find, but maybe this might help slow down the "bulk" of these spammers.
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Old 02-12-2011, 05:55 AM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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Members are only trying to build back links in their signature, asking junk questions with links to the answer in their sig and getting away with it...
you hated sig link or spammer?
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Old 02-12-2011, 08:59 AM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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you hated sig link or spammer?
sig link spammers.
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Old 02-14-2011, 04:18 PM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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My suggestion was more of a "prevention" than "cure"
True and it's something I think the new ownership is thinking about. Do keep in mind though that requiring post limits punishes legit users a little. Also the way vBulletin currently works is members without signature privileges have posts automatically set to need moderation, which creates more work for the staff. The settings could be tweaked I'm sure so that doesn't happen, but it is more to consider.

Not trying to knock your idea at all. I think it's one good solution. Just showing there are other things to consider with it as well. And I do think it's something that's under consideration.
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Old 02-17-2011, 08:45 AM Re: Stop Junk Questions with Links To 'Answer' in Sigs
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sig link spammers.
thats not meeeeeeeeeee
not my fault i li like long long long sig
cant help it. ehhehehehe
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