Australian Politics Forum - Moderators: end guest access

Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 29585 Gender:	Moderators: end guest access Aug 29^th, 2026 at 9:03am Once again we have the forum brought to its knees by almost 3,000 guests flooding the forum. Clearly they’re bots. The solution is simple. End access for guests and make it members only! If you won’t do this, I’m going to just find a different forum and you can oversee a forum full of bots but no humans.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 57680 Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #1 - Aug 29^th, 2026 at 10:44am Good point 👉
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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11328 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #2 - Aug 29^th, 2026 at 10:52am Yep, the forum is very slow at the moment with almost 3000 "guests". Been like that on and off for a few days now.
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 29585 Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #3 - Aug 29^th, 2026 at 11:09am If the moderators won't do what needs to be done, let someone else take over running this forum. Fed up with accessing this forum at dial-up speed.
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 29585 Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #4 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 9:43am Day two and there's still over 2,000 guests I mean bots on this forum slowing it down. Are the moderators in a coma?
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Reply #5 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 10:09am

The slowness is really bad when the number of "Guests" gets close to 3000 (like it is right now).

When they drop down closer to 2000 it's a lot better. They've been fluctuating between 2000 and 3000 for several days now.

(freediver hasn't been online here for 4 days and he's probably the only one who can do anything about it).

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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 29585 Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #6 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 12:50pm If you mods don't want to do your job, I'll happily do it for you!
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 57680 Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #7 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 2:38pm Yep. ArmchairPolitician is a typical Lefty. Aren't you proud Carl?
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25971 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #8 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 3:42pm I have not found the website running slowly. My computer is too buggered to really know this for sure, though.
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Reply #9 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 3:43pm

Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 30^th, 2026 at 12:50pm:

If you mods don't want to do your job, I'll happily do it for you!

Regrettably, I am not on all the time. When I am on, I keep an eye on who's on. If you can be on here 24/7 to monitor it all AP, stick in an application. BTW, there is no "Job Statement" for this volunteer position - FD is the one who drives it not the Mods

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“Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus”

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25971 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #10 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 3:45pm You might be preventing new members from joining, if you prevent guest access.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 57680 Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #11 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 4:39pm Not really. I recall last time FD did a full Ethnic Cleansing of the 3000+. We suddenly had x4 new Members declaring themselves in WELCOME and such. Ozpol is now 'mysterious' status.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25971 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Moderators: end guest access Reply #12 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 5:09pm We have about 20 regular posters (posting at least once a week) here. We might not see anyone other than those curious about this forum join, if the forum is invisible.
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Reply #13 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 9:13pm

Vic wrote on Aug 30^th, 2026 at 3:43pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 30^th, 2026 at 12:50pm:

If you mods don't want to do your job, I'll happily do it for you!

Regrettably, I am not on all the time. When I am on, I keep an eye on who's on. If you can be on here 24/7 to monitor it all AP, stick in an application. BTW, there is no "Job Statement" for this volunteer position - FD is the one who drives it not the Mods

If someone wants to give me the appropriate access/permissions, I'll happily do it.

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Reply #14 - Aug 30^th, 2026 at 10:27pm

Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 30^th, 2026 at 9:13pm:

Vic wrote on Aug 30^th, 2026 at 3:43pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Aug 30^th, 2026 at 12:50pm:

If you mods don't want to do your job, I'll happily do it for you!

Regrettably, I am not on all the time. When I am on, I keep an eye on who's on. If you can be on here 24/7 to monitor it all AP, stick in an application. BTW, there is no "Job Statement" for this volunteer position - FD is the one who drives it not the Mods

If someone wants to give me the appropriate access/permissions, I'll happily do it.

So you can abuse power give to you like pecca does.

Proof that greggerypeccary is cheat and liar

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