GUEST POSTERS: Last Chance to Make Your Case

daveb

I'll add my that to my list of thing to look into. That might be an Admin issue.

daveb

dailyheights wrote: [quote=Ben]Regarding the problem of multiple "Guest" posts from different people, is it possible to require that a username is entered? As I understand it if nothing is entered the user just shows up as "Guest" leading to possible confusion. If some name, any name, is required then at least if someone wants to respond to a particular post they can reference the name.

This would be like someone posting in grey on craigslist.

It doesn't appear to be an option with this BB system. EmilyM may know? It seems like such an obvious feature to have... I'm surprised it doesn't exist.

I just did a good scouring of the PHPBB forums and knowledge base. I found a MOD request for something like that, but unfortunately no actual solution. Seems like most everyone is much more concerned with turning off guest posting, due to spamming.

My guess is, eventually spambots are going to crawl this forum (it's inevitable) and Admin's going to have to turn off guest posting or else risk crashing the MySQL because of mass massive simultaneous bot spam posts not to mention the spam itself, cluttering posts. If you've ever run a website with a blog that allows commenting, you'll sorta get the picture.

stacey

daveb wrote: You know, I do believe there's an option/mod that lets moderators/admins dole out suspensions... Say 48-72 hour spankings for not behaving.

Ohhh I may just misbehave for the spanking

daveb

Captain M wrote: Is there a way to change your name without losing "Grand Master" status?

I checked it out. It's an option for the Admin to enable/disable. Currently it's disabled as i'm sure you've noticed, so for now... just send a private message to admin with the request.