01-25-2013, 10:23 PM
Forum Moderators do not have the required permissions to edit or delete members. Only Forum Admins (Me, Clownfish and Jeffadore) have this permission.
With regards to current spammers/bots in the members list, I can delete all accounts that have not made a single post or have not activated their accounts. To prevent more bots from spamming a multitude of areas, we could probably put into effect one or more of the following methods:
- Members who join should make a post in a specific section before they are considered full members. Until they do, they cannot post anywhere else. This should be difficult to automate for bots because we can easily figure out who the bots are just by seeing their posts. This special section can be hidden from view of Guests so that they don't know it exists until they register. We can treat this section as a "Welcome Mat" kind of section.
Method Rating: Extreme
- More Captchas and Security Questions
Method Rating: Simple
Moreover, I can add a plugin that will let moderators easily delete spammers, their posts and everything with the click of a button.
With regards to current spammers/bots in the members list, I can delete all accounts that have not made a single post or have not activated their accounts. To prevent more bots from spamming a multitude of areas, we could probably put into effect one or more of the following methods:
- Members who join should make a post in a specific section before they are considered full members. Until they do, they cannot post anywhere else. This should be difficult to automate for bots because we can easily figure out who the bots are just by seeing their posts. This special section can be hidden from view of Guests so that they don't know it exists until they register. We can treat this section as a "Welcome Mat" kind of section.
Method Rating: Extreme
- More Captchas and Security Questions
Method Rating: Simple
Moreover, I can add a plugin that will let moderators easily delete spammers, their posts and everything with the click of a button.