Forum/NodeBB bot to welcome new users + security features (Anti spam etc)

[Pl45m4]

I found that in some other forums (which I think are also based on NodeBB) a "forum bot" greets new users and provides an interface for help/utility. New users need to interact with the bot first before they are able to post/comment or perform any other action...

Would something like this be worth considering for the Qt Forum?
Maybe as additional feature, maybe to lower the spam post restrictions, which have become quite hard and weird... and seem arbitrary and intransparent... nobody knows why a post is blocked while a similar one does get through... while there are still more than enough BTC trade/restore spam posts that make it "live"

[SGaist]

Hi,

That wouldn't be a bad idea.

@Pedro @Nhan-Nguyen
What do think ?

[SGaist]

@Pl45m4 as for the posts removal, usually a combo of:

• pseudo promotion
• copy from existing post with links added (often using the edit feature to make it look innocent at first)
• rewrite of an existing message (before adding links)
• answer in the "topic" but out of subject since using a different library/framework
  And variants / mix of the above.

[Pedro]

Hi @Pl45m4!

I found that in some other forums (which I think are also based on NodeBB) a "forum bot" greets new users and provides an interface for help/utility. New users need to interact with the bot first before they are able to post/comment or perform any other action...
Would something like this be worth considering for the Qt Forum?

This is a great suggestion, and I have been thinking about something along these lines as well. I will bring this up at my next meeting already and see how feasible it is considering the team's overall tasks. Feel free to contact me in private about this. :)

And I believe @SGaist already answered your other question.

Sorry for the delay in the reply.

[Pl45m4]

@Pedro said in Forum/NodeBB bot to welcome new users + security features (Anti spam etc):

This is a great suggestion, and I have been thinking about something along these lines as well. I will bring this up at my next meeting already and see how feasible it is considering the team's overall tasks. Feel free to contact me in private about this. :)

Great :)
I saw this elsewhere and liked it, because the bot also included some kind of optional tutorial on how to use the forum and post correctly (how to create links and to use code tags properly) in addition to 2-3 mandatory actions which are needed to verify that you are not a bot yourself :D

And I believe @SGaist already answered your other question.

Regarding the spam/anti-bot prevention I thought more of the AKISMET false-positive message which currently prevents many users from posting code snippets.
Feels like there must have been a change in the settings lately.