[Wikedjuggalo]

Originally Posted by LetItSnow

I'm told by one of my fellow local admins that a good share of car forums have been getting high spam traffic recently (including the one we run, of course). We switched from captcha to a question to answer, and the source just changed from exclusively Chinese IPs to a combination of Chinese and other worldwide IPs (mostly European).

Try not to cuss at the admins too much; no matter what they do, it'll be considered wrong. Anyone who's willing to do volunteer work in a forum is probably not doing a half-assed effort, and a no-win situation like this can only be tended to by a best guess.

Ridding the world of spam is not something any admins can do; I volunteer the loudest cussers to find the solution!

I don't think it will be viewed as a no win situation. There are solutions, lets come to one. We obviously can't just approve everyone automatically. As we can see that results in masses of spam. Why not allow some of the other mods the ability to approve new members? That way the burden is not placed on one or two people.

If this is absolutely not going to happen, I am sure we can come up with another solution. We all want to see this forum continue to thrive, people come and people go. Interest changes and people will leave. But if we can't get new members in the base will dwindle and dry out. Lets stop pointing fingers and make a solution. Some are willing to volunteer time and effort, it is up to others to accept it.