Fix This Spam Bot Problem - White Belts Shouldn't Be Able to Make Threads

[gentel]

We have a dedicated spam bot operation going on here and the spammers are way too fast for the mods

I'm not saying it should take thousands of posts before you can make threads, but we should just have this bare minimum guardrail to protect against the lowest-effort spam bots. The cost to legitimate users would be basically zero

Making this thread so we can build consensus on this issue here, rather than bumping the spambots with our discussion of their spam

 

[italiamusica]

I thought it used to be that white belts couldn't make threads? Maybe they changed that.

 

[Adamant]

Should be minimum Orange Belt before you're able to post a thread. Maybe even Blue. (Exception: The Lightweights - White Belts should be allowed to post threads there)

 

[Daniel Henry]

I thought this was a troll attempt....until I saw all the threads in foreign language lol. Some troll farm is hitting this site hard

 

[Leinster Rugby]

I think the bots make some excellent points

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

Well I already posted 150 messages and I'm still a white belt. How many posts do you need before you get a yellow belt?

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

I think the bots make some excellent points

Dude plus they're using a flurry of difference fonts. Super creative and artistic tbh

 

[gentel]

Well I already posted 150 messages and I'm still a white belt. How many posts do you need before you get a yellow belt?

150, you're 5 away

 

[The Bloody Nine]

White belts should never be allowed to start threads. It would eliminate all but the most dedicated alt account losers, nevermind the spambots.

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

150, you're 5 away

Fasho. Im good with it then. The yellow belt plan or whatever.

 

[David R]

Yellow belt here. Some threads won't let me post to..

Not sure the standard.

Making a new post has not been a problem even as White belt.. though my first white belt post took awhile to post ..

thought they were just checking out my subject to make sure I stay on subject after that the posting new threads became easier as they seem to okay me. Or so I thought.

 

[mirellale]

At some point, they actually weren't. I don't know why they changed it.

 

[DougieJones]

At some point, they actually weren't. I don't know why they changed it.

They started banning people like BJ accuses people of being CIA clones, and needed to get rid of the rule to keep site engagement from crashing

 

[Neck&Neck]

We need 3FA, encrypted pass codes, fingerprint scanning and AI bot crawlers ASAP
I don’t ever make threads, that’s too high level stuff for me
But really that’s when you know you have an elite level forum, when you get the spam bots

 

[maximus__]

Well I already posted 150 messages and I'm still a white belt. How many posts do you need before you get a yellow belt?

They have to be good posts man... There ain't no participation belts on Sherdog...

 

[usernamee]

Dude plus they're using a flurry of difference fonts. Super creative and artistic tbh

They're taking everything @PaddyO'malley worked for

 

[DougieJones]

we should have to register and post by mail, using an official sherdog decoder ring to decipher the coded secret messages

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

They have to be good posts man... There ain't no participation belts on Sherdog...

All killer no filler

 

[ssBaldy]

I thought it used to be that white belts couldn't make threads? Maybe they changed that.

They did and it was a bad decision.
Make it to at least piss belt, then start posting threads, thats how it should be.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Understandable when Sherdog was at its peak white belt spam was kinda getting out of hand. Now not so much.

Some of the best threads have been made by some random white belt imo