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Originally Posted by nicholsjj
One thing I think would help would be to add moderator approval for a first post by a new user that doesn't claim a team
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The problem is that some of the bots claim teams. A couple that I have seen calim to be from team 3 (both of which set their location to "india"), I think one from team 1, etc. EDIT: EricH beat me to saying this
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Originally Posted by z_beeblebrox
I'm not sure how that could practically be done. Maybe based on # of posts or reputation?
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Some spambots post on random threads responses that don't make any sense to gain posts. That way they seem less likely to be a spambot. For instance, I've seen a couple posts from spambots saying "That is good advice" or "This will be beneficial to my well-being" or things like that. Recently one copied word-for-word what someone posted at the beginning of a thread and reposted it.
I do think that it is a good idea for a moderator to approve a new user's first post, but it is kinda hard to weed out the good from the bad. Not to mention it would take up a lot of the CD Moderator's time.
EDIT: I'm sure Koko Ed would love to see someone create a notspambot that goes to where the spambots hang out and post relevant things. That will teach them.