Moderated Visitor Comments

Don't understand what you mean.

New members have to have their posts approved before they are viewed. I don't see what else you could mean, and I don't see how it relates to activity.

Please clarify.

I mean allow guests to post.

It was brought up but never implemented, I believe for security reasons. I can't remember. Hang on, I'll check the staff forum.

Couldn't find much on it. If I remember right, it was stated by WW that doing so would flood the forum with random posts, so Lenny suggested a 5 post limit for guests based on IP. After that, I think the idea just died.

It was brought up but never implemented, I believe for security reasons. I can't remember. Hang on, I'll check the staff forum. Couldn't find much on it. If I remember right, it was stated by WW that doing so would flood the forum with random posts, so Lenny suggested a 5 post limit for guests based on IP. After that, I think the idea just died.

Flooding the forum with random posts, as long as they are moderated, does not seem bad. I mean, after all, what we want is more posts.

I thought that what we want is more posting members? The problem with the 5 guest post thing is that it's just not easy to do. Hell, there's been times when keeping someone banned who actually registers has been a real challenge...

While we're kinda on the subject, can you make post approval better? It seems rediculous to have to approve the first 5 posts a member makes. After the first post is approved, there should be no more approval IMO. It's not like a spambot is going to come here, pretend they are a real person, get approved, and then spam the forums, and if they DO do that I have no problem just removing it. Some members might not hang around if they find that their post does not get replied to within a certain amount of time.

Wasn't there a guest forum a LONG ass time ago?

Probably, though I'm not sure if that will enable them to bypass aproval simply by posting a second time.

I thought that what we want is more posting members? The problem with the 5 guest post thing is that it's just not easy to do. Hell, there's been times when keeping someone banned who actually registers has been a real challenge...

I say just forget the whole 5 guest post thing. It would significantly increase the job of mods, yes, but it would also increase activity. While more posting members would be awesome, more activity would probably lead to more posting members. If guests engage in a conversation with us, it may encourage them to sign up.

I don't think there's much problem as far as mod work is concerned. Me and Lenny are active enough to handle just about anything.

I think the problem was getting it set up and not having the forums get flooded with 500 posts a minute.