spam as of late Options

[kcroxyoursox]

whats the deal with all the people registering just to spam up the boards? i dont want naked pix or free videos.

i was thinking of ways to combat it.
1. they always seem to post in off topic. is there a way to do it so new threads in off topic have to be approved? not all posts but just new topics because it seems like they start new threads... it would suck for everyone else but if we could do it for just new posts in just off topic i think it wouldnt be too bad
2. make it so you have to have a postcount of 10 or something before youre allowed to post a new topic. people who are looking for places to spam will be discouraged if they have to come up with ten random crap posts before they can make a new topic of spam.

just my two

[Hartmann]

1. I hate captcha
2. There's a much easier way to deal with spam.

You have a div, name it something like "email2". Inside of the div you place a textbox, call it "email2" or something like that. In your CSS you set the properties of that div to hidden, making it invisible to people viewing the site (maybe add a note so that people using text based browsers know what it's there for)

If that textbox gets filled in by something, it is more than likely a robot trying to spam. If not, then it's a normal user. Spam robots are dumb, take advantage of that, instead of having people type more...