Dear Members, Because TheWaterNetwork is now so large and active, we have attracted, unfortunately, a lot of spammers. The Network is free and o...

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Dear Members,

Because TheWaterNetwork is now so large and active, we have attracted, unfortunately, a lot of spammers. The Network is free and open for all to join. Up until this time we have not added a "request to join" to make joining easy.

This is creating spam and extra work on the part of our editors to delete the spam accounts now on average 10 a day.

We are considering to change the registration process to require new members to request to join, they will then have to be approved by a moderator.

Your comments/suggestions welcome!

In the meantime if you see a spam account, please report it by making a comment here with the link to the account.

Your patience and understanding on this matter is much appreciated!

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  1. Good morning,

     

    I would have an idea on how to reduce the risk of "ghost" or "spam" accounts.
    It would be enough to provide in the User Agreement a field where the new member would be required to fill in his data and allow through solving a Captcha the access.
    An eventual "bot" account cannot do all this and therefore its undesirable actions would be prevented from the beginning.
    I hope more good ideas can come here from other users!
    Good work everyone and congratulations!
    Duilio

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