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Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:22 am
by jasonw
Hi all :) ,
The chat section has disappeared on this site for a while now; does anyone miss it? I sure do as I think it is a great place to talk and socialize with other collectors; as well as a place for newbie’s to ask questions. {thumb2}

Whilst I think we should bring the chat section back; I also believe we should create a system which prevent spammers from spamming the Chat. A way to do so is to only give members with over a certain amount of post or members that have been on this site for a certain amount of time access to the Chat section. ;-)

What are you thoughts; do you want the Chat section back? :razz:

Jason 8)

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:20 am
by Shambler
Sorry Jason, but I would have to say 'no'. There are a lot of Tony's in the world, and they're just waiting to pounce on our site again.

I think communication is better limited to topics in the forums - much safer, and much easier to deal with the problem effectively and quickly. {up}

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:54 am
by osiris
I voted no too. Besides, having a rule where only people who are established on the site can post on the tagboard is just surely encouraging spamming of the site itself?

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:09 pm
by jdp3577
I say no too, its pretty much impossable to moderate

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:26 pm
by cernan
Oh gosh, please no. Notice the decline in the number of spammers recently? I firmly believe that the absence of the chat box is the cause. ;-)

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:38 am
by SelenaandDemiFan
I miss it. :D

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:46 am
by dobie516
I can't really comment on the spammers because I wasn't here long enough to see that. If a chat box isn't possible, how about some sort of IM?

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:40 pm
by jdp3577
dobie516 wrote:I can't really comment on the spammers because I wasn't here long enough to see that. If a chat box isn't possible, how about some sort of IM?
we already have that, its called a PM here

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:17 pm
by aamir
Shambler wrote:Sorry Jason, but I would have to say 'no'. There are a lot of Tony's in the world, and they're just waiting to pounce on our site again. {up}
I wasn't long enough to see it either, but what do you mean by Tony's?

Re: Bringing back the Chat Box & thoughts on preventing spam.

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:33 pm
by Shambler
aamir wrote: I wasn't long enough to see it either, but what do you mean by Tony's?
We had a nasty old spammer called Tony, who registered under numerous obscene names and did nothing but spam up the chatbox. Apart from that, he also harassed female members of the site. Whenever the chat box comes back, he comes back, and vice versa. {down}