My penny regarding spambots...
With all respect towards lurkers (as previously discussed), I see this as choosing a lesser evil. Should 1000+ spambots remain to cause problems because of one or two possible (but not confirmed) lurkers? My thoughts remain as I've previously said:
kamnet wrote:Side thought, but maybe perhaps it would be a good idea to purge some of these spam accounts? For example, no posts and having registered more than 3 years ago? I seriously doubt any legitimate users will have even cared if we deleted an account they created but never used.
... and regarding that "PMing but no posting" discussion - with all due respect - there are other ways in communicating than this.Voyager One wrote:TBH, I'd be even more harsh - up to a month. Basically, if someone has registered only to be a name on the forums... what's the point of that. Anyone can read our posts without having to register.
One more idea - IIRC as SAC has implemented on Simuscape forums - all new users register as always and then MUST post one "I'm here" post and one of the moderators then has to approve that user.