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Re: Altcoins threads in newbie jail + Altcoins on bitcointalk
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DiamondCardz
on 26/06/2013, 16:51:53 UTC
Quote from: jackjack on June 26, 2013, 02:58:29 PM
Quote from: greyhawk on June 26, 2013, 02:26:28 PM
Quote from: BadBear on June 26, 2013, 12:46:46 PM
Newbies won't be restricted to that board in the future, so there will be no need for alt coins/services there.

Is that a good idea?

Here's a (partial) list of new spambots registered in the last 8 hours that just can't do their job because of newbie restrictions:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133108
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133093
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133087
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133081
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133076
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133073
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133067
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133060
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133059
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133052
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133032
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133044
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133031
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=133030
I think (hope) that there will be some other restrictions like 1 post max per hour

That seems fair. Maybe make the first (or first five) post(s) of Newbies have to be manually approved, then upgrade them to Jr. Member? It might put extra load on mods, but a quick glance at a post should tell whether it is spam or not.