People joining

I just wanted to say I reckon some new users are not keeping so active because when you first make a new account they have to wait over an hour or two for there posts to appear, maybe limit this to 3 posts or something to keep away spammers, I'm not sure how all that works but I know it was annoying me when I first re-signed up.

that would certainly put me off posting as well

I thought we'd got rid of that ages ago, do we even get that many attempted spambots and could they not be stopped with a captcha type thing for first posts instead

I brought this up before and assumed it'd been changed. It definitely should be removed or changed to something that doesn't require new users to wait so long.

I think a captcha type system for the first few posts would be better if there's such thing available. I know from experience that it can take a while for posts to be approved sometimes and this system really puts new users off sticking around the forum since quite often they want replies straight away and will often even forget to come back to check. It would definitely put me off joining a forum.

when we were hosting shipwrecked certain users couldn't take part in the first few task because they'd made the account specifically to take part and couldn't post, so yes I'd agree with changing it to something better. loads used to ask me on habbo why their posts weren't appearing and by the time their posts had been approved they never noticed because it had been so long.

Thank you guys for all your support, hopefully admin will listen!

Hey guys,

Obviously this is in place to stop spambots from posting all over the forum and there hasn't been any in quite a while so I do think the current system is effective in that situation, however, I do agree with you all.

At the moment I believe it is only 1 post that needs to be approved which I think is fine. The problem is when the user posts multiple times before their first post is approved because then every single one needs to be done rather than just the first. I would much much prefer a captcha on the first few posts if this were possible? @Chippiewill;

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Originally Posted by Phil

Hey guys,

Obviously this is in place to stop spambots from posting all over the forum and there hasn't been any in quite a while so I do think the current system is effective in that situation, however, I do agree with you all.

At the moment I believe it is only 1 post that needs to be approved which I think is fine. The problem is when the user posts multiple times before their first post is approved because then every single one needs to be done rather than just the first. I would much much prefer a captcha on the first few posts if this were possible? @Chippiewill;

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So you are going to change it so you have to fill in a captcha :D that would be fantastic for the new users!

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Originally Posted by Earthquake

So you are going to change it so you have to fill in a captcha :D that would be fantastic for the new users!

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If it's possible that would certainly be my preference.