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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39506 Gender:	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #15 - Jun 22^nd, 2007 at 10:19pm Looks like I'm in the minority.
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IQSRLOW Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 1618	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #16 - Jun 22^nd, 2007 at 11:06pm I agree Sprint...leave it open
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #17 - Jun 23^rd, 2007 at 12:24pm So far, those in favour of guest posting: Sprint, IQ, freediver those opposed: Oceans, AN, DT
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ex-member DonaldTrump Gold Member Offline Oh mere mortals, open your eyes! Posts: 1995 Overseas Gender:	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #18 - Jun 24^th, 2007 at 12:19am freediver wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2007 at 12:24pm: So far, those in favour of guest posting: Sprint, IQ, freediver those opposed: Oceans, AN, DT Should there be a poll? Will 51% majority win?
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Re: Guest posting being abused...
Reply #19 - Jun 24^th, 2007 at 12:28am

I think it should need an overwhelming majority.
One good poster is worth more than 8 bad posters.

To repeat myself :
"we don't have to reply to nuisance posts and the moderator is at liberty to delete them.
Allowing guest postings may encourage genuine posters who wish to not become a member, a bit shy or whatever. "

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oceanz Gold Member Offline Auzgurl.. Posts: 3531 Gender:	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #20 - Jun 24^th, 2007 at 9:23am yes a vote is a good idea..
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #21 - Jul 1^st, 2007 at 5:03pm I've disabled it again. That spam was getting annoying.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	'strange' posts Reply #22 - Jan 23^rd, 2007 at 8:35am If you are not sure whether a post is spam, check the email address it come from. If it is a .ru address then it is definitely spam. Please don't respond to the spam.
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Guest posts
Reply #23 - Mar 5^th, 2007 at 3:10pm

hi freediver, i get the idea behind people posting as "Guests" since it gives users the opportunity to try the website before joining up.

that's fine, but can we somehow limit the number of posts by a particular "Guest" (e.g. via tracking of IP address, etc), since it is quite annoying when people constantly posts as "Guests" rather than joining up.
is this possible?

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47364 At my desk.	Re: Guest posts Reply #24 - Mar 5^th, 2007 at 3:14pm Short answer: no. If it becomes a problem I can switch guest posting on and off. I can also add guest posting validation, where they have to enter the code from an image, which might annoy them enough to sign up.
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