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Re: New user registrations

Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:28 pm

Mike finally responded to me on Twitter. He said he'll jump on "later this week" to clean things up. I had mentioned at least one person offered to be a moderator but he didn't really respond to that part.... Mike's a busy guy, but hopefully he'll allow others to help him with the page as a moderator.
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Re: New user registrations

Post by m626t » Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:23 pm

^
very good news
All due respect, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart, I'm gonna pass.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by Berkman » Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:39 pm

Great news.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by MajBugman » Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:27 am

I kinda want to see how long it would take one of the bots to have more posts than IV.
Raise the bar, do the minimum.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by Refuse2Lose83 » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:31 pm

Hopefully it's locked up soon (and maybe bot posts deleted), but it's getting really annoying. I find myself coming to the site less or staying on it less because of it.
Hire Matt McCall!

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Re: New user registrations

Post by Jack » Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:57 am

Is there anybody in charge of moderating and/or administering this site ? If so then when can we expect this mess to be cleaned up. If not shut it down.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by 69MG » Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:54 am

Jack wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:57 am Is there anybody in charge of moderating and/or administering this site ? If so then when can we expect this mess to be cleaned up. If not shut it down.
WTF? Jack, please do some homework before you make any more stupid comments.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by Berkman » Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:11 am

move back to top of junk

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Re: New user registrations

Post by FightMass19 » Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:42 pm

this got out of hand a long time ago, time to change something. Whatever setup we currently have isn't working.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by Berkman » Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:06 pm

agreed.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by Swampy » Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:17 pm

This got out of hand when Jack was allowed to keep registering under different names. :wink:

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Re: New user registrations

Post by Berkman » Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:14 am

Need to go back to screening new users.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by e_parade » Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:42 pm

Berkman wrote: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:14 am Need to go back to screening new users.
Or adding in additional moderation to take care of the bots.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by MikeUMA » Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:00 pm

OK, so the open door experiment was overall a failure. I don't know how many legit new people we had join the ranks, but they were unfortunately drowned out by the Ruskies peddling stolen personal data, porn sites, etc.

I'll think about how we can effectively let new legit people in the door. I've been slow to respond to those requests. If there's anyone who may want to help in that, let me know and we'll figure something out. We want & need occasional fresh blood, but we clearly can't keep a total open door policy.

In the meantime, we're back to our previous method of bringing in new people:
  1. E-mail me at webmaster at umasshoops dot com. (You can figure out how to put that into a real e-mail address.) You will be registered to the e-mail address you're sending from.
  2. Ask to be registered on the board.
  3. Tell me what user name you want.
  4. Finally, tell me why you want to post on the board. Tell me a little something about UMass, so I know you're for real. Fans of our opponents are also welcome to join.

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Re: New user registrations

Post by MJatUM » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:28 pm

As a daily user of the site, I would have no problem assisting in some (any) way you deem fit. This website is an important part of the UMass Athletics community.

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