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Originally Posted by EricH
Not happening, for the following reasons:
1) Probably half the mentors won't register, unless it's required (and FIRST won't require it, I'm sure). And confirming team member registrations? Har.
2) The odds of a spambot using a given team number are slim--but the odds of them using 0000 are pretty decent.
3) Restricts Chief Delphi to only FIRSTers--which doesn't help with growing FIRST at all.
Essentially, that places a burden on the mods the first few times any given new member posts. As I noted earlier, I think the mod list needs a shakeup before any more work is placed on them.
The location tracking, and mentor approval... I think that's a bit clunky.
Oh, wait, I know! What's the most current version of vBulletin again, and which version are we on? (hint: they aren't the same)
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I think you misunderstood. The confirmed users get full access with no restriction immediately. Non-confirmed members get some restrictions.
So if your team leader will not bother you still can post. Just deal with some restrictions initially. Ten post limits on hyperlinks exist on other forums. Membership durations on certain features exist on other forums. If FIRST will not provide the list or as you said the team leaders are not cooperating then allow cross team confirmation.
IP location tracking not only works I personally implemented it on sites that control 10% of the world's finances. You just need to be clever with it. You never use it as a completely automated blacklist. You use it to get a feel for who your customers are and their consistency as a moderation tool. If you know it is unusual for users to pop in from China then flag those posts. Moderation is *so* much less work when you mine your data intelligently. If the moderation is a problem now. What would happen if the post count doubles? In theory it is desirable to grow FIRST so a doubled post count should be positive but if as a moderator the job is too big now....well?