In-reply-to » To help combat spam -- Should we build an invite system? 🤔

@prologic@twtxt.net
Years ago I moderated a forum and found any and all of the following can help

  • IP blacklists preventing registration
  • CAPTCHA at registration time
  • Email confirmation at registration time
  • A “reputation” system limiting what new users can post
  • Setting all links in posts nofollow (kills the benefit of SEO spam)
  • Run through akismet before posts are posted (you could probably get spamassassin to do this too?)
  • Extremely ruthless blocking

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