An interesting discovery

[John]

Okay, I have received some emails over the last couple days from some frequent contributors that wish to remain nameless....they have expressed unhappiness at posting pics and stories without many comments and are asking me WHY more people don't post when there are so many views...(you guys already know MY opinions... ;) )

I've really never even looked much at this software since I got it, but it has some interesting features...

I hadn't realized it, but apparently some people have been using fake emails when registering....doing that means you don't get the confirmation email required to make a post, but for some retarded reason, the software still allows pic downloads...(for now..)

What this means is, it helps the freeloaders to just download pics without the necessity of really registering and even being ABLE to post in the first place...

Sooooooo....even though I'm still looking at functionality, the first thing I've done is to delete all people that never clicked the confirmation email because their email address is fake. Realistically, I would expect people to do that again, so I'm preparing some nifty cookie and session based tricks that will identify the people that do it, and once they do it twice, they are gone for good...no more free pics for them...also, I will be setting up random confirmation emails so that people that create an address for use one time and never check it again will get deleted also... ;)

If you are one of those people, look very soon to always be redirected to a page that says "You Are An Idiot" any time you try and come here... :)

As usual, bad apples cause problems for everyone...but soon, we will be a community ONLY of people that wish to BE a community...

[turbs]

Ah damn! Now evrybody will know that I'm a pervert and the goverment will put me away! hehehe

turbs

[satch]

Well...... okay, sounds like a lot of work to me, for you, but also for all the members. As I tend to throw away all the cookies, will this affect me? And then something else: if you delete all those rotten apples, that doesn't automatically mean the others will post replies or pics.....
Just my opinion.

PS Turbs, we from the government already knew that, and have a camera installed right in front of your pc....:p

[John]

Hey, trample folk...I posted this on the facesitting board in reply to some concerns...I'll re-post it here in case anyone has the same questions...

Estese, you have great points, and in fact, *I* agree with most of them...however.... :D

1.) Only CONTRIBUTORS make forums work. Period. As I have stated before and lildog was too stupid to understand (as we eventually all figured out), a forum of people that only read and never post is NOT a forum...clearly, the people that only read would have nothing without the contributors...therefore, any attempts to try and get them to contribute SOMETHING should be a step forward. Not everyone has pics, can write stories, etc...but surely anyone can say the very rare "thank you, great pics" or tell of a personal experience or even just the desire for a personal experience. Shyness is not a valid reason for such a small effort. This is the internet....no one can see you sitting there in your underwear and that you haven't showered in 3 days...

I repeat for the reading challenged - Posting does NOT mean pics...ANY kind of post (words) is contributing...and if anyone considers posting ONCE per month frequent...not sure what I can say about that... :p

2.) If you use fake email for the reason of being afraid of a spamlist, I'll say it once - there is no spam from here. I was an original member of the Black Hole with Paul Vixie...I have stopped more spam than 99.99% of internet dwellers....if you note the way the Destiny newsletter is set up, you have to get the confirmation email and click on it to AGREE to receive email, otherwise you are not added. No one who doesn't want email gets any...

The problem with allowing fake emails is I really have no other way (at this time) of determining if the individual is a contributor or not. It's possible that sometime in the future I can devise something different, but for the recent future, THAT works...

3.) No, I am not worried about foiling possible customers for the paysites. If anything, this will get them MORE traffic. The links to the paysites will still be there (and on the idiot page), they just won't be able to see the enlarged pics.

4.) What it boils down to is an ATTEMPT at least to keep contributors happy....without them, the rest of the freeloaders don't HAVE a forum in the first place. Watching out for them can only be a distant second... :(

I am MORE than open for suggestions on ways to do this...help is always appreciated! :D

[John]

Originally posted by satch
Well...... okay, sounds like a lot of work to me, for you, but also for all the members. As I tend to throw away all the cookies, will this affect me? And then something else: if you delete all those rotten apples, that doesn't automatically mean the others will post replies or pics.....
Just my opinion.

It's ALOT more work for me....it sucks...thanks for noticing.. :D
It's NO extra work for registered members with valid email...

And no, it doesn't mean they will reply...but do we care, in that case? I, for one, do not....

All we can do is try..

[stompme1]

John, that's a really cool way to rid this board of morons. I myself have no way to post pics but i have written a story or two. Right now i'm working on a story that happened some years ago. I hope to have it done in a few days and then i'll post it for A/all to read.:devil: :devil: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:


Happy Holidays and Happy Trampling too

[John]

If you guys don't check your email within a minute or so of registration and click the confirmation email, you are gonna lose access.....Just a heads up because I don't want any of the real people here to get lost in the shuffle! :D

[sinbad]

Wow. I was wondering why it went from over 7000 members to 4,000 Cool, you just about cut it in half.