The format of the forum can do nothing about the nature of people. You know yourself that spamming started just around Christmas time and eased off somewhat with another wave coming along. People are the problem, not the forum. PhpBB2 is not an option for ensuring the security of the forum and it's members so put that thought out to pasture. We daren't go back to the old format. Prior to Christmas 2008, we weren't having many problems with spamming. Policing the forum is more efficient that before because we have more Moderators so policing isn't really the problem either.dave brum wrote:I think that the sheer amount of ungenuine and salacious postings on this page from people who have absolutely nothing to do with pianos and/or music is yet another argument for putting these pages back to how it was last year. The fact that myself and other users are reporting such postings almost daily, sometimes twice daily indicates to me that policing the UK Piano Page was certainly not a problem (for users and moderators alike) in the olden days.
I think that goes without saying - it has been happening long before this post. Note that a new username is used for each piece of spam and it is quite easy for someone to assume another name so banning usernames does not permanently solve the problem either.dave brum wrote:Do we have the Moderators' assurances also that accounts of people whose wish is to abuse the UK Piano Page are promptly suspended?
A lot of the spam is coming from without UK and is posted during the early hours of the morning as a consequence. Bear in mind, all our Moderators have full-time job committments and willingly take on the moderating role on a voluntary basis. Like most forums, they don't get paid for their input to the forum and, sadly, don't get enough recognition for the great job they are doing at the forefront as well as behind the scenes.
