In my continuing battle against spam, surreptitous back-links, phony profiles, etc., I will be deleting member accounts who have zero posts beginning on Friday, August 12th. It's a large number involved, so I may do this in bite-size chunks, starting with the oldest inactive users. Once I'm caught up, I will do this on a weekly basis.
Thanks to actions in the past taken by Otto and Mike in new user moderation (all newly registered users are moderated for five posts), spam detection is much easier. Spam posted by newly registered users are visible only to myself and to the forum moderators. I check spam almost daily. I delete anywhere from a dozen to a hundred spam posts or more a day. Thanks to tips I've received from members on detection, I also delete many spam accounts who don't actively post but whose profiles linger out there.
I do not do this to punish "lurkers". I appreciate those folks who took the time to register and follow railroad.net. I will try to minimize the "collateral damage" to those who appear to have valid railroad.net accounts.
How does this affect you as a member of railroad.net?
If you have 1 post or more, it doesn't.
If you have zero posts, you should post something before August 12th.
If you have zero posts and do not post before August 12th, your account will be deleted and you will have to re-register.
As always, I thank our members who have helped make railroad.net one of the premiere forums for railfans and railroaders!
Best,
Jeff Smith
Site Admin
Thanks to actions in the past taken by Otto and Mike in new user moderation (all newly registered users are moderated for five posts), spam detection is much easier. Spam posted by newly registered users are visible only to myself and to the forum moderators. I check spam almost daily. I delete anywhere from a dozen to a hundred spam posts or more a day. Thanks to tips I've received from members on detection, I also delete many spam accounts who don't actively post but whose profiles linger out there.
I do not do this to punish "lurkers". I appreciate those folks who took the time to register and follow railroad.net. I will try to minimize the "collateral damage" to those who appear to have valid railroad.net accounts.
How does this affect you as a member of railroad.net?
If you have 1 post or more, it doesn't.
If you have zero posts, you should post something before August 12th.
If you have zero posts and do not post before August 12th, your account will be deleted and you will have to re-register.
As always, I thank our members who have helped make railroad.net one of the premiere forums for railfans and railroaders!
Best,
Jeff Smith
Site Admin
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