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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 At my desk.	GUEST POSTING Dec 29^th, 2006 at 7:27pm I have added guest posting validation to help cut back on spam. What this means is that that guests (people who post without signing up and logging in) will have to copy one of those security codes from an image in order to post. This was a bit of a 'hack' so if it doesn't work properly please let us know. See the contact page if you can't post.
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 At my desk.	Re: guest post validation Reply #1 - Dec 31^st, 2006 at 8:05am I've also added a hack to stop newbies posting links.
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 At my desk.	guest posting has been disabled Reply #2 - May 22^nd, 2007 at 10:33am Sorry to those who have been using the feature responsibly. I have had to disable it because of a few people abusing the feature. Please sign up for an account and continue posting. Remember, please do not respond to trolls, insults etc. Forum Policies: http://ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1172540
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Aussie Nationalist Ex Member Gender:	Re: guest posting has been disabled Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2007 at 11:32pm Can they still vote in polls?
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 At my desk.	Re: guest posting has been disabled Reply #4 - May 30^th, 2007 at 9:54am I think that is controlled by the author of the poll, so it should still be allowed if the atuhor enabled it.
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Gavin Senior Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 304 Sydney, Australia Gender:	Re: guest posting has been disabled Reply #5 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 2:36pm hi freediver, did u reactivate the guest posting? since i noticed a few guests posts today. why the change?
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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 At my desk.	Re: guest posting has been disabled Reply #6 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 2:38pm The problem seems to have gone, so I put guest posting back on. If it is abused again, I will switch it off. I don't think there is a need to switch it off forever. Not yet anyway.
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ex-member DonaldTrump Gold Member Offline Oh mere mortals, open your eyes! Posts: 1995 Overseas Gender:	Re: guest posting has been disabled Reply #7 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 8:30pm Well... in all honesty... I think it should be permanently turned off. What purpose does it serve with it on?
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oceanz Gold Member Offline Auzgurl.. Posts: 3531 Gender:	Re: guest posting has been disabled Reply #8 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 4:28am freediver wrote on Jun 15^th, 2007 at 2:38pm: The problem seems to have gone, so I put guest posting back on. If it is abused again, I will switch it off. I don't think there is a need to switch it off forever. Not yet anyway. well thats optimistic, if nothing else.
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AusNat Ex Member Gender:	Re: guest posting has been disabled Reply #9 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 2:20pm ex-member DonaldTrump wrote on Jun 15^th, 2007 at 8:30pm: Well... in all honesty... I think it should be permanently turned off. What purpose does it serve with it on? I agree. whats the point of allowing guests to post-- Most members dont even do it. Maybe the members who have never posted should be removed?
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Reply #10 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 2:23pm

I like to have it enabled so that members can 'try out' the forum for a while before joining up. Many people are hesitant to sign up to another website and give away their email address etc. It's also a hassle. We had some good contributions from people who only ever posted as a guest and who didn't sign up for an account when guest posting was disabled.

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oceanz Gold Member Offline Auzgurl.. Posts: 3531 Gender:	Guest posting being abused... Reply #11 - Jun 20^th, 2007 at 12:34am On the spirituality thread and a couple of others that popped up yesterday. Disable guest posting.
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AusNat Ex Member Gender:	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #12 - Jun 20^th, 2007 at 12:44am Second.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39522 Gender:	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #13 - Jun 20^th, 2007 at 3:05pm 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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ex-member DonaldTrump Gold Member Offline Oh mere mortals, open your eyes! Posts: 1995 Overseas Gender:	Re: Guest posting being abused... Reply #14 - Jun 22^nd, 2007 at 10:00pm Ban it.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39522 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 Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 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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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 Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 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 Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 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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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 Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47443 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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