TromboneChat

tincanbanjo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:09 pm Me three!

tepposal wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:59 am I think it was on the page when you register and input all the info.

This is a spambot prevention measure. Please answer the following question, not an email address: What position is D Natural (the middle position of the bass clef staff)? Please include the "st", "nd" etc. such that if it is in 11th position, you put 11th instead of 11. NOTE: You are not a full member until you have 2 posts approved by a moderator. Your posts will be invisible until they are approved. After the first two approvals, your posts will be visible automatically. IF YOU MAKE 5 POSTS PRIOR TO HAVING 2 APPROVED, YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY BANNED. (This is a spam prevention measure that is, unfortunately, a necessity).

dpsychs wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:48 am So I have two approved posts, and have commented on another chain (the one about David Vining) twice in attempt to get my third, but neither of them have been approved, even after a few days. I have been thoroughly enjoying reading about various topics, but of course am not able to search or see pictures, etc., because I am not approved yet. Can someone pretty please approve this post so I can be a full-fledged member?

Matt K wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:56 am

dpsychs wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:48 am So I have two approved posts, and have commented on another chain (the one about David Vining) twice in attempt to get my third, but neither of them have been approved, even after a few days. I have been thoroughly enjoying reading about various topics, but of course am not able to search or see pictures, etc., because I am not approved yet. Can someone pretty please approve this post so I can be a full-fledged member?

Yeah that’s what happened. Go ahead and try it now. Im not a huge fan of how phpBB handles that aspect but its unfortunately the best method we have at the moment given the excessive amount of bot traffic we get

BGuttman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:10 am
I wish we could do otherwise, but if we let everybody in with one post we'd be swamped with junk.

AleaD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:28 am It's too bad that the approval process has to be so time consuming for the admins. Maybe the forum software will allow for an easier process one of these days.

Matt K wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:54 am

AleaD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:28 am It's too bad that the approval process has to be so time consuming for the admins. Maybe the forum software will allow for an easier process one of these days.

It's only going to get worse. The problem is that scammers will even figure out - by hand if they need to - something intelligible to write. That's why we had to bump from 2 to 3, to force everyone to re-prove that they were human, or at least knew something about trombones. We had a spate of incidents where people had attempted scams. It's also the reason the RSS feed is turned off for classifieds. People would use the feed and contact just about anyone who posted an ad, in an attempt to scam anyone using the classifieds.

I had an idea that I hadn't had time to think about implementation that would give people a "verified" badge like I have (I'm currently the only verified member of the forum ). The idea is that maybe we charge new members something like ~$5 to get the verified badge, and one of the mods physically calls them to talk about trombones for a few minutes... and only these people would get access to the classifieds. Like Twitter verified but... meaningful.

BGuttman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:10 am Sorry, but we had problems with 'bots that would get registered and flood the forum with ads for all kinds of ridiculous stuff like male enhancement pills, Russian cement factories, bogus high end goods, etc. As a result we went to first a 2 post and now a 3 post requirement for "full membership".

I wish we could do otherwise, but if we let everybody in with one post we'd be swamped with junk.

SlydeMe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:41 am

Are you able to change your password after the three post minimum?

AleaD wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:11 pm Well, I think this is my third post? It's been helpful to get such a thorough response. I remember how much time it took to deal with bots on TTF some years ago, and I am not surprised that it's even worse now.