shelley
chang
I remember registering for a cubing forum (might have been either the puzzleproz or cube4you forum.. either way I only registered and never post there) and the registration form had a field for you to list your interests. Your registration would only be approved if your interests included the word "cubing." This was stated in the rules which you had to read before registering. In my haste I only skimmed it and missed that part, but since cubing is one of my interests anyway, I got in
I was thinking this might be a good way to prevent people registering just to spam. They probably wouldn't bother to read the rules and likely wouldn't have cubing as an interest. People who want to join the forum legitimately would be more likely to read the rules, and even if they don't, they wouldn't be here if cubing wasn't one of their interests.
EDIT: I also noticed that a lot of spammers fill in "1" as their WCA ID. Maybe you could automatically reject anyone who does that.
I was thinking this might be a good way to prevent people registering just to spam. They probably wouldn't bother to read the rules and likely wouldn't have cubing as an interest. People who want to join the forum legitimately would be more likely to read the rules, and even if they don't, they wouldn't be here if cubing wasn't one of their interests.
EDIT: I also noticed that a lot of spammers fill in "1" as their WCA ID. Maybe you could automatically reject anyone who does that.
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