Italian Online community - Italian forum - Suggestions for new website http://my.lifeinitaly.com/ Use this Forum ONLY for suggestions. We are re-writing all the website so any suggestion on new feature is welcome en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:54:26 GMT vBulletin 30 http://my.lifeinitaly.com/images/styles/italy/misc/rss.jpg Italian Online community - Italian forum - Suggestions for new website http://my.lifeinitaly.com/ What is spam? http://my.lifeinitaly.com/f88/what-spam-7019.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:17:55 GMT ---Quote (Originally by Zidanie5)--- It seems relevant and useful enough not to be treated as spam, and it asks for suggestions and opinions. Not...
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Originally Posted by Zidanie5 (Post 28513)
It seems relevant and useful enough not to be treated as spam, and it asks for suggestions and opinions. Not sure if Paolo will appreciate it though!

What are the general guidelines to decide if a post is or is not spam? As a new moderator, there are times when I am not sure if I should delete certain posts or not. ]]> Suggestions for new website Giacomo http://my.lifeinitaly.com/f88/what-spam-7019.html Preventing Spam http://my.lifeinitaly.com/f88/preventing-spam-6883.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:36:00 GMT Perhaps we could prevent spam by carefuly reading through new registrations first before any new user is accepted onto the site as a member. We... Perhaps we could prevent spam by carefuly reading through new registrations first before any new user is accepted onto the site as a member. We could make it clear upon registration that no new applicant will be accepted unless he or she fills in all of the fields in the about me section with meaningful and thoughtful ideas. People who are actually interested in learning about Italy will take the time to do this while spamers may be lazy and possibly discouraged. Just read some of the profiles of our good members...you will see long paragraphs that were well thought out. Spammers on the other hand write hardly anything except trash like this "0usdabsdkhsdjosdgojsdfjdclkdsvksdfklh" which I found on a new profile of somebody who spams our community regularly. I will not mention the user's name.

Now, It may take a day or two for new users to be accepted as members onto the site but it may be worth it if we can stop this barrage of spam!!! I would be willing to review a portion of the new applications and perhaps site moderators could also share some of the workload with me. Does this sound like a good idea? ]]> Suggestions for new website Giacomo http://my.lifeinitaly.com/f88/preventing-spam-6883.html