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How about this thought...

Let posters spam all they want, and when it comes time to see if they get a shell, just click on their username, show all posts by user, and see what percentage of their posts are spam.

It should be obvious to anyone that comes in with a very serious intent to participate, who READ the forums, not just looking for a place to dump something, but who want to join you in being "guardians" of a great place to be with serious professionals, that the requirements for a shell account are to be serious about being part of "the team".

It is the same with a true multiplayer game which I am part of, we get new players in who don't know the power of teaming to create a great experience.

This is the same concept that I want with my website as well, these all have a similar requirement... be someone we can get to know, because we get the ability to trust you more if we know you.

Not just that you have a name tag once you sign up, but that you have a personality, a life, loves, desires, interests, abilities, talents, and that sort of thing.

The more posts people make where they actually reveal their soul, and allow you enough info to either love them or hate them, at least you know they are real.

So, let new members come in and try to beat the system, but let experienced people be the judge of acceptance, because you can tell the quality of people you want by their posts.

15 good posts are plenty to tell, and those will likely be accepted.

15 posts where 10 are spam also is very revealing, and it is exactly what you want. Keep the limit small and make it so that every posts counts.

Those that randomly just post without thought will reveal that they are not what you want.

This is a private forum and people need to realize that you CAN choose who you want to bring in.

15 posts is nothing. Especially for someone with an opinion.

Tim is working on new Signup system, so probably we will see the end of the 15 posts rule soon.

I'm sure the 15 post rule will get removed. In fact the mods and admin can see some new feature about the signup system which you can't see yet .
All i can say is that the new signup system will be much better than the old one.

while ppl are so desperate for shells you can expect anything from them for increasing their posts yes 15 posts rule should be amended and Im curious abt the new policy don't worry give me a shell after 15 or after 50 i suppose i'll have a good time here in this forum ..

tc,
regards,
Asrar.

The current word from the Phoenix Staff:

The 15 post rule will be required for all current requests. That is, don't not post because you think we will do away with this requirement.

If you have a rule which requires users to post a certain amount of times beforethey are able to request for a shell then you are just begging for spam on the forum. It's human nature -- 70% of mankind just don't give a damn about other people. I am not saying that its a bad mentality but it's just facts. In the future I would suggest a better test. for example: You must be a regular on the irc channel for at least X months. This is what I use to do when people ask me to unlock their bots for them, and it actually worked. the people ended up sticking around because they became use to the community.

Doomsday wrote:If you have a rule which requires users to post a certain amount of times beforethey are able to request for a shell then you are just begging for spam on the forum. It's human nature -- 70% of mankind just don't give a damn about other people. I am not saying that its a bad mentality but it's just facts. In the future I would suggest a better test. for example: You must be a regular on the irc channel for at least X months. This is what I use to do when people ask me to unlock their bots for them, and it actually worked. the people ended up sticking around because they became use to the community.

I mean..if they are too lazy to post quality posts then don't post at all. But it will make your harder to get what you want.

C wrote:So, why not have a slightly different approach to it, like having 50 or 60 posts before applying to the application. This way, you can make REAL sure that the applicant is well interested in the community, and not just adding some vague replies to get a shell.
Also, you might wanna enforce the contribution policy, like you have to log in at least once in a week, or get on IRC more and more, even after you have your shell.

If you made it so they needed that many, or had to log in once a week for a number of weeks, the shell could become useless. I need mine for a class i am taking, and if i dont get it soon, it will be useless to me.

I do agree with having to be active after you get your shell account though, inactive users should get their accounts deleted.

hey all

i personally think a new system should be created, as i found this site after about 6 hours of searching and found this when i clicked the "sign up" tab

Now, when you have read the FAQ, read the TOS, and registered at our forums you can request. Since we are redoing are request system, we are only taking requests on our IRC channel, a admin will add you if he sees that you are active on the forums and IRC channel. You can connect to our IRC channel @ irc.anoxs.net #phoenix. Or use our Java Client @ http://forums.phoenix-hosting.org/chatroom.php.

So i proceeded to the irc chat And The topic was

}{ Website now on Corp }{ Don't ask for a shell!! Just use the old signup : http://signup.phoenix-hosting.org/

I was very confused on what to do. thinking that the 15 post thing no longer existed i continued to do the "test", i passed the test and got this

At this stage you have passed the initial test, now you must adhere to the following requirements:
-You must have at least 15 posts on the Phoenix Network forums, these must be quality posts and not spammy ones, Phoenix Network administrators check periodically and if your posts are not up to scratch you will be suspended
To continue, please enter your forum username and password

i am so confused.

Brendan

Yeah, we switched back to the "15-post" gahbarge, but the website hasn't been updated yet to reflect it.

On the other hand, it's all over the forums like crabgrass in Alabama ...

i think this spammer is desparate to have a free shells.

though its a bit of irritating this 15min. posts to get a shell. i hope theres a better filtering to this 1liner posts? or 1line + 1word posts = NULL .

wyzemoro wrote:i think this spammer is desparate to have a free shells.

though its a bit of irritating this 15min. posts to get a shell. i hope theres a better filtering to this 1liner posts? or 1line + 1word posts = NULL .

wyzemoro

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if i'm hype i can post more. right now... busy with school. its Final exams . maybe after final exam... i could really have a serious discussion. more on reflections and insights.