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Is it time to close the forum?
Posted By: Steve LevinsonDate: 1/29/05 6:32 a.m.

For those of you new to the Story Forum, don't worry, I'm not talking about shutting the forum down. There has been a discussion off and on for quite some time about whether or not the forum should remain open. The people who maintain it are pretty adamant that it remain completely open, so anyone can post, but the level of spamming is reaching the rediculous. Active threads are getting bumped down and off the main screen just because of the proliferations of the "test" posts.

My question is this - why not require registration to make a post. It's not like you have to provide a legitimate e-mail address or anything, but the act of registration would preclude an automated assault on the forum by the likes of Mr. "test-ignore". I vote in favor of closure - Durandal might try to escape it, but it's really inevitable.

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Is it time to close the forum?Steve Levinson 1/29/05 6:32 a.m.
     Re: Is it time to close the forum?tcm 1/29/05 6:40 a.m.
     Re: Is it time to close the forum?Simon of team Sigma 1/29/05 7:26 a.m.
     Re: Is it time to close the forum?blake37 1/29/05 7:32 a.m.
     Re: Is it time to close the forum?Andrew Nagy 1/29/05 7:59 a.m.
           Re: Is it time to close the forum?Simon of team Sigma 1/29/05 8:18 a.m.
                 Re: Is it time to close the forum?Claude Errera 1/30/05 5:19 a.m.
                       You could...Bob-B-Q 1/30/05 6:04 a.m.
                             Re: You could...Simon of team Sigma 1/30/05 11:58 a.m.
                       Re: Is it time to close the forum?goran 1/30/05 11:42 a.m.
           Re: Is it time to close the forum?Steve Levinson 1/29/05 8:33 a.m.
                 Re: Is it time to close the forum?Simon of team Sigma 1/29/05 8:44 a.m.
                       Re: Is it time to close the forum?Bob-B-Q 1/29/05 8:45 a.m.
                             Re: Is it time to close the forum?Adam Ashwell 1/29/05 9:24 a.m.
                                   Re: Is it time to close the forum?Count Zero 1/29/05 9:27 a.m.
                                         I vote yes.ukimalefu 1/29/05 4:13 p.m.
                                               Re: I vote yes.Ori 1/29/05 8:05 p.m.
                                                     I vote yes. *NM*Me_43 1/29/05 10:20 p.m.
                                                     Re: I vote yes.TwelveMotion 1/29/05 11:36 p.m.
                                         Re: Is it time to close the forum?thermoplyae 1/29/05 4:26 p.m.
     Re: Is it time to close the forum?Deathmonger 1/29/05 5:40 p.m.
     Yes, Please! *NM*K-chi 1/29/05 6:38 p.m.

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