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Validation Of New Members - And Re-Validation Of The Rest Of Us?
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Hello Ed - from a rather damp Dave
In the light of the appalling hoax perpetrated on AB (and Craft1948) by persons unknown, is it time the AB toughened up its procedures for registration of a username?
I hope that you will be asking your techies to have a dig into the details (IP Address, MAC address etc etc) used by the current hoaxer, and referring the matter to the Police if possible?
But ... I won't hold my breath for any positive outcome to enquiries.
Perhaps this will be the motivation for a change?
For example, AnswerBank (or more precisely Silverdisc) must already be set up to process credit/debit card transactions .
Requiring a card number and matching name to validate registration is a commonplace and easy to implement system - no charge needs to be made - just a pre-authorisation to confirm name and card number are valid.
How about all new usernames must do this after a maximum of five posts (or a couple of days) - with the username going inactive if they don't comply? A process of re-validation of existing members over a period of a month or two wouldn't hurt, either?
Not only would it stop some of the spammers, but (more importantly) it would weed out the serial 'returners' who cause 99% of all the grief on here?
Cheers
SD xx
PS : Still fishing, still house-hunting :)
In the light of the appalling hoax perpetrated on AB (and Craft1948) by persons unknown, is it time the AB toughened up its procedures for registration of a username?
I hope that you will be asking your techies to have a dig into the details (IP Address, MAC address etc etc) used by the current hoaxer, and referring the matter to the Police if possible?
But ... I won't hold my breath for any positive outcome to enquiries.
Perhaps this will be the motivation for a change?
For example, AnswerBank (or more precisely Silverdisc) must already be set up to process credit/debit card transactions .
Requiring a card number and matching name to validate registration is a commonplace and easy to implement system - no charge needs to be made - just a pre-authorisation to confirm name and card number are valid.
How about all new usernames must do this after a maximum of five posts (or a couple of days) - with the username going inactive if they don't comply? A process of re-validation of existing members over a period of a month or two wouldn't hurt, either?
Not only would it stop some of the spammers, but (more importantly) it would weed out the serial 'returners' who cause 99% of all the grief on here?
Cheers
SD xx
PS : Still fishing, still house-hunting :)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The bread and butter of the site, though, are the Q&P and Crossword sections. Placing restrictions (almost any sort of registering restriction) on initial use may deter lots of people from subsequently signing up and becoming a regular user.
I don't think silver-disc would do that just to protect those of us who idle away too much time blethering about in Chatterbank.
I don't think silver-disc would do that just to protect those of us who idle away too much time blethering about in Chatterbank.
Exactly I'm content to have a debating row with anyone within reason but don't ever get upset unless people are downright insulting and rude (which isn't that uncommon of late), however I'm not going to lose sleep over it, I'll either laugh at them, return it in kind or ignore them and tbh so should other people because bullies are only bullies because people don't metaphorically smack them in the chops when they start.
The bread and butter of the site, though, are the Q&P and Crossword sections.
I don't think silver-disc would do that just to protect those of us who idle away too much time blethering about in Chatterbank.
My word.I can concur with those sentiments
I believe this is a Q&A site whereby ABers help each other with their queries.
I don't think silver-disc would do that just to protect those of us who idle away too much time blethering about in Chatterbank.
My word.I can concur with those sentiments
I believe this is a Q&A site whereby ABers help each other with their queries.
I personally would not mind validation of my email address. The one I used join is my regular outlook email address. Surely everyone has to receive a verification email like I did before they can log on? A phone verification code would work but I think would put a lot of people off who just come on for crossword clues and to ask a one off question.
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