07-24-2004, 10:42 PM
Hi,
Would it be possible to limit a new member to some small number of posts for the first few days after s/he joins? Something like one post an hour for the first week or so?
Perhaps it could be done by using the rank system that, I think, is built into the software. I'm proceeding from a strong position of ignorance, but: a new member comes in and is assigned a "rank" of something non-judgmental, like "Lounger". The universal defaults are set up so that a "Lounger" can only post once an hour. A scrip runs once a night that promotes any "Lounger" that's been around for a week or more to a "Lurker" which gives full posting privilege.
While it will not keep flotsam from the sea of sewage from washing up onto the island of the LL, perhaps it can minimize the stink it causes when it does :)
--Pete
Oh, and I hope the mods wear rubber gloves and full face masks when they clean up after some of our "visitors" ;)
Would it be possible to limit a new member to some small number of posts for the first few days after s/he joins? Something like one post an hour for the first week or so?
Perhaps it could be done by using the rank system that, I think, is built into the software. I'm proceeding from a strong position of ignorance, but: a new member comes in and is assigned a "rank" of something non-judgmental, like "Lounger". The universal defaults are set up so that a "Lounger" can only post once an hour. A scrip runs once a night that promotes any "Lounger" that's been around for a week or more to a "Lurker" which gives full posting privilege.
While it will not keep flotsam from the sea of sewage from washing up onto the island of the LL, perhaps it can minimize the stink it causes when it does :)
--Pete
Oh, and I hope the mods wear rubber gloves and full face masks when they clean up after some of our "visitors" ;)
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