PF Blogs disabled for regular users

  • Thread starter Greg Bernhardt
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In summary, to help combat spam, the blog system has been disabled for the next few days. This only affects normal users trying to post a new entry. Abnormal users can still post. However, this does not include irregular users. The situation is being monitored and updates will follow.
  • #36
Ok this thing needs to be permanent. The spam in blogs resumed again :yuck:

https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php?b=2153
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php?b=2154
 
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  • #37
cronxeh said:
Ok this thing needs to be permanent. The spam in blogs resumed again :yuck:

https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php?b=2153
https://www.physicsforums.com/blog.php?b=2154
We've been deleting them as fast as they appear. Please continue reporting them!
 
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  • #38
Grrr I should be able to block again tonight and start thinking of new solutions
 
  • #39
Greg Bernhardt said:
Grrr I should be able to block again tonight and start thinking of new solutions

Pay for gold account, get blog. Someone can have my blog, I don't use it.
 
  • #40
You can't just open up blogs to people who have at least a certain number of posts? Yeah it'll keep people from joining and starting up a blog right away but if they're going to be around long enough for a blog to make sense writing then they should build up a halfway decent post count anyway (doesn't need to be a huge number)
 
  • #41
Office_Shredder said:
You can't just open up blogs to people who have at least a certain number of posts? Yeah it'll keep people from joining and starting up a blog right away but if they're going to be around long enough for a blog to make sensedecent post count anyway (doesn't need to be a huge number)

indeed but I'm on Zambia and won't be able to do it for a couple weeks
 
  • #42
blogs for normal users has been deactivated again. i'll be able to implement a permanent solution to our spam problem in a couple weeks
 
  • #43
Greg Bernhardt said:
blogs for normal users has been deactivated again. i'll be able to implement a permanent solution to our spam problem in a couple weeks

Have you been into a time machine or something?! :biggrin:
 
  • #44
Any plans to work on this? Just looking for an update. Wanted to post on my blog today.

Thanks.
 
  • #45
Norman said:
Any plans to work on this? Just looking for an update. Wanted to post on my blog today.

Thanks.

try now
 
  • #46
Thanks Greg for the quick response! It is working.
 

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