The upgraded forums seem to be doing a good job at keeping bots away!

[Twilight Wolf]

As said in the title. A lot of the time, when I look at the list of what each user is doing on the forums, I see a guest (and sometimes multiple guests) "registering for an account on the forums." However, we get no new users. I'm guessing that these are bots that are being repelled by the new forum design.  Kudos to you, kamikaziplumber, for upgrading us and for curing the bot problem! Now we just have to see if Gamefreak has the ability to delete members. If so, just set the BotZapper 3000 to "all emails ending in '.ru'," and we'll be on our way.

[MasterKeyX]

 :P You a racist against the Russian websites?

Even if the majority of them link you to pornography...

[Twilight Wolf]

I don't think we have a single legitimate member whose email address ends in ".ru."

We could also delete all members with zero posts. If they want to come back, they can re-register. No big deal.

[MasterKeyX]

That's almost the entire forum. We'd only have like 400 members.  :-*

[Twilight Wolf]

Precisely. We'd be removing the bots and the non-posters and freeing up some bandwidth in the process. The legitimate members will remain here, and everyone is happy.

[Keaton]

I see no reason why that isn't a wonderful idea.

[MasterKeyX]

Case in point: good idea, but we need more active members. I mean, jeez, only 12 kids post frequently. Or around that number...

[kamakaziplumber]

I like the part about kudos for me. Let's talk about that s'more.  ::)

But seriously, it's the Captcha. Built-in bot-reducer. And I believe that GF might have the power to delete accounts (you can actually choose to delete your own account, now) but, he might not be able to bulk-delete. I don't know, I could check on my test install I suppose. :-\

[Keaton]

I can delete my account now?

AWESOME!

I've got to try that out now.

[MasterKeyX]

 :P :P I like the updates and all, but really, we need more members. Badly.

[darkphantomime]

We could always delete our account whenever we wanted to.

And MK, we're working on it. that's why we got the new software and everything.

[kamakaziplumber]

We could delete our accounts before >.>?

Well, I don't know how to draw anymore people, besides regular updates and MORE STAFF UPDATES. (I'm talking to all my staff out there, get on it, pals!) More content? Don't we already have a topic for that?

EDIT:: GF can indeed delete bulk members, even by email address and other features.

[Twilight Wolf]

EDIT:: GF can indeed delete bulk members, even by email address and other features.

Perfect! When he returns, he can check that out for himself.

We're well on the way to a cleaner, bot-free forum!

[Gamefreak]

I can mass ban now?!?

*Goes to do so*

[kamakaziplumber]

You can definitely mass-delete members. Banning is another story, though I suppose it's also possible. Didn't check for that though.