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Andrew Lee
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#1 Post by Andrew Lee »

After discussion with the other moderators last week, we have decided to restrict entry comments to registered users in order to reduce the amount of spam.

Anonymous users will still be able to view the comments, but posting of comments will only be available if you are logged in.

Hopefully this will improve the quality of comments and help lessen the work required to kill spammy comments.

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#2 Post by dmg »

Hip hip hooray!

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#3 Post by Checker »

Thanks :!:
I'm sure, this will help a lot to reduce spam.

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#4 Post by guinness »

Brilliant! I've aways said this should be the case, so it's great to see this being implemented :D

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#5 Post by ChemZ »

Ahhh man! I actually look forward to killin' some spam.... :P

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#6 Post by joby_toss »

Thank's for this!

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#7 Post by Wolfghost »

Very good, thanks !!

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#8 Post by I am Baas »

There are a few that post comments regularly but never really joined TPFC. I hope they decide to join now (like Magibon did before).

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#9 Post by ChipsNHotSauce »

I am Baas wrote:There are a few that post comments regularly but never really joined TPFC. I hope they decide to join now (like Magibon did before).
I guess that would include me, although I tended to post under different names. *ducks from flying tomatoes*

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#10 Post by I am Baas »

ChipsNHotSauce wrote:
I am Baas wrote:There are a few that post comments regularly but never really joined TPFC. I hope they decide to join now (like Magibon did before).
I guess that would include me, although I tended to post under different names. *ducks from flying tomatoes*
Welcome to TPFC, ChipsNHotSauce. Glad you decided to join.

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#11 Post by freakazoid »

What do you guys think about putting a blurb about having to register in order to leave a comment on an apps' permalink page if you're not logged in?
is it stealth? ;)

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#12 Post by Andrew Lee »

@freakazoid: Blurb added. Thanks for the suggestion!

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#13 Post by webfork »

Andrew Lee wrote:@freakazoid: Blurb added. Thanks for the suggestion!
Right now its showing up in red multiple times on the main page under each entry. I'd recommend making it only visible if someone clicks "post comment" or "permalink".

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#14 Post by Wolfghost »

Very nice work freakazoid and Andrew 8)

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#15 Post by freakazoid »

webfork wrote:
Andrew Lee wrote:@freakazoid: Blurb added. Thanks for the suggestion!
Right now its showing up in red multiple times on the main page under each entry. I'd recommend making it only visible if someone clicks "post comment" or "permalink".
Agreed! Also currently, the blurb shows up even when I'm logged in.
is it stealth? ;)

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