Quote from: Vod on August 03, 2018, 11:23:28 PM

Rather than make a long post, I will just say look at the "Archived Profiles" at the top right of https://bpip.org

A few seconds later, refresh the page - see how the number is going up? Yes, there were (are?) that many people signing up per minute on this forum...

Most new accounts are not making any posts at all, meaning three months later they become archived.

This is a GOOD sign. Before merit introduction, most of these profiles were making garbage posts.

We just need to wait until all the shitposter sMerit has been used up. Then there will be NO incentive and no forum posts about bitcointalk being a "lottery win".

Most new accounts don't seem to be conributing anything at all here. Most are just bounty hunters or people looking to sig spam because their schoolmate/workmate/cousin/sister told them they can earn here. The ones that don't make any posts are likely either nuked, proxybanned or never made it past the six minute limitations etc. If you have a bot that tries to post every few seconds but has to wait six minutes then they'll never get anywhere.

Quote from: xolxol on August 04, 2018, 08:12:19 AM

Quote from: aksen on August 04, 2018, 08:02:54 AM

Some possible solution for this :

1) Asking for email verification. Will reduce registration with bots.

2) Deleting old accounts with no activity.

3) IP restrictions being made more tough.

Problem with these steps is that it will affect genuine users registering on the forum as well.

Wont possible theymos doesnt want these email verifications as well as KYC for the members,deleting old accounts with no activity wont change anything.
IP Restriction could be bypassed by any VPN provider i personally use one so that i would stay anonymous atleast you can also use other browsers like TOR.
Most of the new accounts coming from those members who wants to earn more money with these signature campaigns which is the main cause of spam in this forum.

Email verification is hardly KYC. I don't think I've ever joined a forum that didn't require you to verify your email. Seems a basic requirement and it would help curb a lot of bots or at least it's one more hoop for them to jump through.

Quote from: The Pharmacist on August 04, 2018, 07:00:10 AM

The merit requirement does prohibit most shitposters from ranking up, but it doesn't prevent them from participating in bounties. We've had this discussion before, and it's off-topic here, but I think if those bounties would require a minimum rank OR a minimum amount of earned merits, that'd be the final nail in the shitposting coffin.

It would be better to take them on a case by case basis. Any shitposter with a handful of accounts could probably give himself enough merit to meet the minimum merit requirements to join, whereas a great poster just may have slipped through the cracks. If a great poster applies but hasn't got any or much merits then I don't think they should be denied.