Attention Moderators - New User Moderation

[Jeff Smith]

First, I appreciate everything that the moderators do. It's a tough job, and I appreciate the help.

Some of you I've had the pleasure of communicating with already. If I haven't had a chance yet, I apologize. It's a part-time job, so performing my daily duties takes up quite a bit of that time. If you have any immediate concerns, PM me.

Also, If I could ask a favor of you when moderating new users: if while approving posts from 'bonafide members', you determine a post from a new user in your forum is spam, I ask that you NOT disapprove the post or take any action. While the post is in a pending status, it is not visibile in the forums in any case.

By taking no action on the post, you allow me a chance to ban the email or domain address used to generate the spam and delete the user. I check the queue on mostly a daily basis, so it's no problem for me to do. By all means, continue to approve valid posts.

Thanks again,

Jeff Smith
Site Admin

[Jeff Smith]

Thanks again to all volunteer moderators for your help! I wanted to update you on how it's going.

First, thanks to those members and moderators who have tipped me to the "birthdays" listing at the bottom of the page. I checked the users listed today, and only 2 appeared to be valid out of about 12; the rest had no posts, and odious links and signatures indicating they were spam accounts.

Second, I check the moderation queue (sp?) at least a minimum of two or three times a day. I catch most of the spammers here, and just as an FYI, I generally ban by email or domain, and then delete the user's accounts and posts.

Lastly, I've purged quite a few inactive users over the last few weeks. Generally, if you have not been active in the last two years, I've deactivated the accounts.

Thanks again to all!

Jeff