New signature rules

We have added new signature rules.

Here are the rules:
- The post you make needs to have at least 100 50 words.
- You need to have at least a total of 20 posts.
- Only 1 signature will be displayed per page even if you have 5 replies on 1 page.

Is this a good set of rules or do we need to change some metrics here?
Let us know what you think about the new signature rules.

 

As one of the Mods I think the new signature rules are a brilliant idea!!

Should mean less time spent on chasing and removing 'hit and run' spammers and more time giving help to our genuine members.

Thumbs up from me Mimoun.

 

What would I do between 5:00am - 6:30am ET
After a year battling spammers, I just got the hang of deleting spammers and answering questions at the same time.

A 100 words for several of the posts is a lot.
The hard part is getting people engaged in a conversation - they seem to want an answer right away - the way of the world. Kinda like a junkie looking for a fix.

All good suggestions given, maybe some fine tuning is required.

 

We already have nofollow tags on the sigs.

I don’t know about the Super user idea. I’m just afraid it may create a class structure in the community.
I’ve seen this on many forums in some cases it’s for the better and sometimes you get a community where it’s hard for new members to feel like they belong. New members get very intimidated by the Super user class.
I think a more egalitarian community is more beneficial for the community right now.

Of course a super user or pro accounts could be beneficial for the community as well if it’s implemented the right way. If we can find a system where we can reward people who contribute the most in the community.

Number of posts will not work because if you ask 100 questions and help no other people yourself, you wouldn't want to give the member a super user class.

You've summed up the signature problem very good. Before we had posts with more signature content than real content.

You can already disable every signature on the forum when you're logged in go to edit options -> scroll down to Thread Display Options -> Visible Post Elements.

We can disable it by default, but I think if you contribute to the community the least we can do is allow you to have a signature on your long posts. However if the signature problem is not solved with the new rules we'll have no choice, but to disable it.

If it wasn’t for you, CovertPea and the other moderators the forum would have gone under, because of all the spam attacks.


To all:
100 words too much? Let me know how many words you would like to have as a minimum and we will change it.

 

Lets try 50 words.
I miss my signature.
Why not limit the amount of links. the size of the graphic and the amount of lines that can be displayed.

 

We have changed the least words required to 50 words.

Sounds like a good idea.
Help me out with the metrics here, because I have no idea what the fair and right amount of links, lines and graphic size would be.

 

For graphic size I referenced member grodt718 graphic looks reasonable in size.
So I would think no larger than 100 x 250.
Links - either 1 or 2 if you can restrict the max font size to 2
Lines - again 1 or 2 - 3 if you can restrict the max font size to 1

 

Sounds good chimpy, but it's a little complex to program that in. Database lookup time will be very high and it will slow down the forum.

For now I can add active members to a list for a permanent signature.
I will write a new thread about this soon.

 

Since you are active on the forum I will add you to the list for a permanent signature soon.