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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48513 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 Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48513 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 Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48513 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 Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48513 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 Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48513 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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Re: guest posting has been disabled
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: 39748 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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