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mouser:
I have updated the forum code so signature (and similar linkable fields) will not be displayed until a member has been registered for 3 or more days.
The only downside is that it may make it harder to spot spammers.

wraith808:
I have updated the forum code so signature (and similar linkable fields) will not be displayed until a member has been registered for 3 or more days.
The only downside is that it may make it harder to spot spammers.
-mouser (August 15, 2016, 02:26 PM)
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Oh, it wasn't a problem either way.  I was just wondering when I saw the spam if that was the reason.

mouser:
I was wondering if the reason for the non-useful posts was to get past the threshold to post links in their sig?
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i doubt they are thinking that cleverly, they are probably just posting to old threads in hopes of sticking their links/signature where people won't notice.  But we have a good community hear and such posts never survive a day without being reported :)

Stoic Joker:
I have updated the forum code so signature (and similar linkable fields) will not be displayed until a member has been registered for 3 or more days.
The only downside is that it may make it harder to spot spammers.
-mouser (August 15, 2016, 02:26 PM)
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Can you log the qualifying events somewhere (Email?) to draw attention to them?

mouser:
Yep, do that already :)
Even when signatures and other items are not shown, moderators get emails when people change their profile or edit an old post and try to sneak in a link (which could otherwise be pretty effective way of inserting spam).  The emails include a score indicating how suspicious the edit/signature/profilechange is

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