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making some user group changes - please let me know if something gets weird!

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Attempting to implement some additional security to combat the guest/scammers etc, so please bear with me if i mess some things up!

folks with less than 3 posts will now have a RED "newbie" tag under their username and will be limited on their forum activities (ie unable to start conversations). We hope this will curb the number of scammers who register just to send private messages. after making 3 posts you should automatically be promoted to a GUEST and have the ability to start conversations etc, basically all the same permissions from the previous GUEST label.

this should have no impact on TUG Members, which should retain that tag under their usernames. Please chime in if you experience something other than this with your forum account and ill be happy to get it sorted out! In many cases we see if a user has not logged in or made a post in quite some time, it will upgrade you from newbie to guest after your next post etc.
 
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Might take an hour for this stuff to rerun...but in the end there should be a new category for non members.

it will say "newbie" as a user title for all guests who have not posted on the forum yet.

the guest tag will (should) remain under any non member who has made at least 3 posts.
 
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Maybe you could require 20 or more posts to enter the covid forum.

Bill
 
right now it shows everyone (non member) as a newbie, but it should upgrade you to guest the next time the database runs whatever maint job handles that user group list etc....or if you make a new post apparently!

just going to stop playing with it until it sorts itself out and folks who should be guests lose the newbie tag!
 
appears its going to take a login or post in order for your group to be promoted from newbie to guest (assuming you have more than 3 posts)...I see users that have made the switch just fine, but all of them have had some forum activity since my change.

newbies will be restricted from starting private conversations, so please let me know if you are still labeled as a newbie and you should not be (ie you were a guest, and have more than 3 posts, but still show as a newbie). It is my hope that these changes will eliminate the recent influx of scammers sending PMs to folks looking for rentals!

please email me at tugadmin@tug2.net if you experience issues with the forums relating to your user group!
 
ok..colors should work now.

newbies with less than 3 posts will now show RED under their username, after making a few posts you should automatically be promoted to the GUEST group and have the ability to start conversations etc.
 
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ha, im not sure if id help or hurt there.... perhaps two negatives make a positive?
 
Some long time members and guests are getting caught by this.
 
can you cite some examples so that I can look into it further?

it should not impact anyone who was already in the TUG MEMBER group.
 
TUGBrian said:
can you cite some examples so that I can look into it further?

it should not impact anyone who was already in the TUG MEMBER group.
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He may be referencing this thread that involves two newbies...They cant communicate yet...
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isnt a tug member, so hopefully itll switch over when it does its nightly reset/maint job. every time i look at the log another 100 or so users get switched. guess i figured it would do them all at once but clearly thats not the case.
 
just forced the job to run again and another 100 or so got done (including those in that post)

if i had to guess, perhaps it works its way backwards based on recent activity? its certainly not working as I pictured it would when implementing a change like this for sure.
 
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Passepartout said:
Yes, I saw that. Blame it on 7 decade old memory. Not the first time, Won't be the last.
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It's cool. I have the same problem and I'm years younger than you.

Bill
 
ok, seems to still be promoting folks as they log in or post...so im going to stop dinking with it and keep an eye on it.

please let me know if someone makes a post/reply etc and has more than 3 posts...but still shows as a red newbie!
 
I cannot send a PM to someone showing as a Newbie but is not a newbie at all, just not a member.
 
when is the last time they visited the site and or posted?

username?
 
TUGBrian said:
when is the last time they visited the site and or posted?

username?
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Today. So weird. I typed in their username to send them a message. It said the message couldn't be sent after I typed it out.
 
can i get a hint on what said username might be to look into it further?
 
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