I'm sure we've all noticed a massive increase in the amount of spam posts here, but today topped it. 5 pages of new posts in less than 24 hours, and 4 of them were spam. Given that these are all new members who are signing up just to spam us, I would like to toss out a couple of options for Tom and Luke to think about.
1) Place new members on "moderator preview" where all their initial posts must be approved before being visible to general membership
2) Install the StopForumSpam vBulletin plugin
3) Increase forum staff to help deal with the problem
4) Start blocking IP addresses of known spammers
While we will never be able to get rid of all spammers and their posts, it would be nice to be able to visit here without being deluged by it. We should be able to keep it to a manageable level so it doesn't adversely affect our experience here.
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