David Elsbury wrote on Sun, 16 January 2011 02:08 |
Hi all. Is this going to be the permanent behaviour for new user registrations for the new forum? If so, how do you anticipate the system working for new users who want to sign up and post an urgent question "right now" but must wait, and in waiting may well leave the forum and not return?
Another forum that I frequent had this discussion (because it avoids lots of spammers signing up and abusing the forums) but decided against the system that PSW seem to have decided on because of the reason I have suggested above.
Just for interest's sake
Cheers David
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I don't see a wait of less than 24hrs as an issue. I check the list of registrations waiting for approval a couple of times a day. There are others also checking that list. Some of those others get an email every time there is a new registrations (hundreds/day). I have turned off the email notification because I check a couple of times a day anyway.
If there is someone out there who has to "post right now" or go elsewhere, perhaps we won't get them back. If a user's interest is that fleeting, it really won't be much of a loss.
The short wait for approval is so that a real person can make an initial decision about the validity of the registration. A very small number get refused, but there are some who
do get refused. In addition we have the "Captcha" sign in for the first 2 posts by a new registration. Between these 2 methods we hope to keep these forums free from spambots and malicious attacks. I think it is a very minor inconvenience that after the first 2 posts will be invisible.
Mac