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May 21, 2016 4:55 AM
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I find it absurd on how new members must wait 3 days till they are able to message other members. Why is that so? I mean if trolls were amidst they could easily be reported and banned. Why the 3 day wait? Maybe it should be lessened.

Mod Edit: Modified title for clarity and/or easier searching.
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May 22, 2016 8:45 AM
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3 day is a pain for newer users who want to start interacting with the community immediately is a fact but the MAL moderating team is slim and I think this stop gauge of 3 days is beneficial.

I don't get the naming sense of your thread as well, what were you even trying to imply there mate?
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May 22, 2016 9:06 AM
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1. Find a better tittle for the thread.
2. The MAL moderating team is small, so the three days rule helps a lot.

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May 22, 2016 4:06 PM
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even with 3 days rule, amount of bot spamming in my massage and profile already many...
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May 22, 2016 6:14 PM
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To decrease spammers, I assume.
May 22, 2016 7:15 PM
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Prevents spamming in messages and pretty well imo. I don't think I've ever gotten a spam message on MAL.
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May 22, 2016 9:30 PM
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Mayumi said:
1. Find a better tittle for the thread.
2. The MAL moderating team is small, so the three days rule helps a lot.


No thank you, the title suits the topic very well. The title was my initial reaction to the 3 day wait.
May 22, 2016 10:14 PM
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Psnaps said:

No thank you, the title suits the topic very well. The title was my initial reaction to the 3 day wait.
Well, at least you can post on forum immediately after registration.
Then spam this on suggestion board. You could had posted it on Support.
And you didn't follow the rules on making a suggestion thread.
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May 23, 2016 12:38 AM
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Maybe it is possible to implement some form of bot detection when registering? (Captcha) Or does this already exist.

Sometimes I see bots posting in the forums. But not that often. (And gets removed fast.) If it could also stop PM spam.

But other than that you could just use comments for the beginning. I also prefer private messages - don't want to reveal too much of myself and I don't want others to be able to read the conversation. But there are still messengers (but you'd need to openly post the messenger address in the comments until the other person saw it) or you could just try waiting the 3 days.

Try looking for some nice people. Try talking a bit normally first. See which one are nice where you want to talk more privately. Then PM them after 3 days.

Only suggestion I'd bring: Allow people to respond - if they got messaged from someone else. Even if their account isn't 3 days old yet.
May 23, 2016 12:44 AM

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The reason is because of Xrummer it can register over 500k accounts to a forum even with the security answer type stuff and can mass post to everyone on the forums with spam and junk. Captcha's can be auto detected with xrummer my brother used to use it for like spam advertising for a website. No real way to stop it but putting delays make spam programs wait a few days to be able to post. The only real way to stop spam accounts is require people to make a post in a specific forum and then be accepted by the administration but in a board this size it would be worthless attempt. But yeah I know why people are going to be angry.

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