by monzamess » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:33 pm
For what it's worth, guys, I do look at my forums and remove actual spam postings, not that there have been many.
I wasn't checking the member list as much as I should have, but while there WERE some spambot users (which I removed), they weren't actively hampering the board.
In the case of these forums, I've consistently said I would not host them at h-body.org UNLESS Colin is the administrator. He'd have full control of the board like now, it would just be on my server. That's the current sticking point, and if these forums are moved to h-body.org, everyone should recognize that he was willing to give up that bit of control and have that trust, in the interest of helping the h-body community.
One issue you've hit upon is the general issue of, how do you allow people to contribute to your site, without letting spammers (and the just-plain-clueless) ruin it?
For example, I've set up a private test wiki to see its viability for the H-Body FAQ. The problem with the wiki (mediawiki, used by wikipeda) is that it's open to the world by default, so it's even EASIER to get spammers ruining your site, OR, you have to restrict it and then manually set up each of your contributors, which limits the participation (but will likely help the quality).
Dennis
1980 Monza Coupe--collector of cob webs and kids' toys
2006 Honda Odyssey--daily driver
2011 Toyota Sienna--wife's
1995 Dodge Ram--for creating oil spots on the street