Please turn off post counts in trash and member intos forums as today I had to remove 178 posts where Nite-Hax thought he would cheat and gain post count saying hello to nearly everyone in the intros forum...
I know this is a very rare thing to happen but I have noticed other members (though probably just being nice to new members) also semi spamming to gain post count.
Over time I think this will confuse new members that think "oh I can trust this person as they have a high post count" when infact half the other members post count is simply "welcome to the forum" posts.
While I have your attention:
Can we please make vBTEAM private if only for a 1 year or something, I have found recently the only new members we're getting seem to be leechers, idiots and people that haven't even got a clue how to run/code a basic website let alone a simple CMS like vBulletin, (or even know how or where to post a thread for that matter) tbh I am getting sick of replying with the same old answers or spending time searching for the anwser I have posted in the past just because they can't be bothered to use the search themselves. (dont worry I'm not going nowhere)
I believe this would help us to weed these members out, allow our members base to become more knowledgable and structured and make vBTEAM a much stronger place.
I think other staff members (and even normal members that actually contribute) would agree with my views on this as they have said so in the past, I trully believe in the long run this can only be a good thing for longevity of vBTEAM.
.V0id, I know your views on this subject are vBTEAM will be open and will always be open to everyone, but seriously as mentioned above I trully believe this will only help vBTEAM to become a much stonger forum so please this time take a moment to actually think about doing this.
Quick Edit:
Origianlly posted in admin only forum but moved to Staff section for there views.
Quick Edit 2:
(posted after KrazyFires post)
Also bringing back ip logging would be an Idea as Nite-Hax has simply signed up again under a new name SJx16,
http://www.vbteam.info/general-discussion/18543-banned-6-months.html#post83584
the point of banning members is so they can't access the site but with out ip logging they can simply do as Nite-Hax has done and no one is any the wiser
I know we use GYSN custom vB but surely one of the GYSN staff could re-impliment this for us.
I know this is a very rare thing to happen but I have noticed other members (though probably just being nice to new members) also semi spamming to gain post count.
Over time I think this will confuse new members that think "oh I can trust this person as they have a high post count" when infact half the other members post count is simply "welcome to the forum" posts.
While I have your attention:
Can we please make vBTEAM private if only for a 1 year or something, I have found recently the only new members we're getting seem to be leechers, idiots and people that haven't even got a clue how to run/code a basic website let alone a simple CMS like vBulletin, (or even know how or where to post a thread for that matter) tbh I am getting sick of replying with the same old answers or spending time searching for the anwser I have posted in the past just because they can't be bothered to use the search themselves. (dont worry I'm not going nowhere)
I believe this would help us to weed these members out, allow our members base to become more knowledgable and structured and make vBTEAM a much stronger place.
I think other staff members (and even normal members that actually contribute) would agree with my views on this as they have said so in the past, I trully believe in the long run this can only be a good thing for longevity of vBTEAM.
.V0id, I know your views on this subject are vBTEAM will be open and will always be open to everyone, but seriously as mentioned above I trully believe this will only help vBTEAM to become a much stonger forum so please this time take a moment to actually think about doing this.
Quick Edit:
Origianlly posted in admin only forum but moved to Staff section for there views.
Quick Edit 2:
(posted after KrazyFires post)
Also bringing back ip logging would be an Idea as Nite-Hax has simply signed up again under a new name SJx16,
http://www.vbteam.info/general-discussion/18543-banned-6-months.html#post83584
the point of banning members is so they can't access the site but with out ip logging they can simply do as Nite-Hax has done and no one is any the wiser
I know we use GYSN custom vB but surely one of the GYSN staff could re-impliment this for us.