Ellri

Mahz's Dev Journal

True, hadn't considered the farm account type, @Mahz. But only a fraction of spambots are of that type, yes?

So maybe a combination would work?
If a user starts posting immediately, it'll remove limits by the 72^nd hour.
If a user doesn't post in that time, it will not remove the limits until a certain post count has come and gone.

That way, people can get rid of limits in multiple ways, even as multiple spambot types can be stopped. After all, once a user starts posting, it'll be fairly easy to spot bots.

Granted, the above might be overly complicated.

RPGC #9: REBIRTH

Not sure what that'll make... But birds and mammals makes bearowls.

RPGC #9: REBIRTH

Now all we can hope for is that we have the time to compose something worthwhile for this...

Its a decent theme that should allow for good stories to sprout from.

Mahz's Dev Journal

indeed and agreed, @Kangaroo

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True, its not indication of their (lack of) vindictiveness or such. but there are fewer of those, and using pure statistics, the fewer people you pick, the fewer of the "bad" type you'll most likely get.

A limit of 1 new topic every five-ten minutes for the first 50 posts and up to five posts per fifteen minutes or 10 posts per hour seems like a less troubling barrier for new players while still stopping most bots.
On that thought... Account age might be just as relevant a barrier for such... Not many bots survive beyond their first day or three... so:
if account has less than 50 posts: 1 new topic every 10 minutes max
If account has less than 100 posts: 2 new topics every 10 minutes max
If account is less than 72 hours old, no more than 5 posts every fifteen minutes

Are those restrictions better, @Kangaroo, @Shienvien?

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Sounds somewhat overly complicated.

n posts per t minutes is probably one of the easier systems to use and implement.

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And we do agree that any system where non-mods are permitted to issue anything akin to bans should be heavily restricted.
High post counts + long membership is a fair requirement to have such power.

Sure, this would mean that quite a few people wouldn't be able to have such power, but it would still ease the burden of the mods.
Also, a simple safety measure like the one we mentioned earlier (that it takes several "empowered" to actually ban), would probably be wise to prevent revenge bans. And of course all such should be reviewed by mods later on.

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Maybe have it based around users of some renown, based on post count, account age or something, and to make a player ban effective, it needs at least three "votes" to be effective?

Mind you, that'd still need a safety net to prevent a group from taking out others in anger. Perhaps the ability could be revoked if abused

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As for timer for delays, maybe increasing delay if posts are too quick? Or something to check for identical posts on newer users?

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Hmm... Nice idea...

But what about people being welcomed quickly in the "Hai" section?

Excellent other features.

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@Mahz, this page only lists latest ten online on friends list:
roleplayerguild.com/me/friendships

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Easiest stage 1 for adult stuff is an IntCk forum for such. Stage 2 could be the opt-in section.

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Considering that the 1x1 tag only shows up in that forum, perhaps you could make the basic pairing tags and only have them available in 1x1? (tags like MxM, MxF, FxF, FxOther, MxOther)

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It wasn't that interesting a discussion... Mostly static with nobody convincing any of the other participants.

That being said, let's not start it up again. The only one able to do anything about the presented idea is Mahz.