Should RIU close its flood gates for the time being?

What I mean is that they should stop letting people create new accounts for a few months or possibly more. This place is starting to become an unpleasant one due to all the new trolls making 50 new accounts each day and all the spam. I barely go on the forums just wait for ppl to PM me then I come on here and check.

Something needs to be done IMO, its getting to a ridiculous point....

havent been very active at all lately either because of the bs.. pretty annoying when half the new posts are about some effing movie or fake passports.. hope they get their shit together soon.. maybe make it so that new accounts cant create a new thread for the first week..

It's how the world turns...

When you make an account, you can't give rep or pm intill a certain amount of posts.
So they Spam....

Some people come on here make an account, ask one question, then never log back on. So the unfortunate that don't know how to use google... What about them?
I suggest, a test. For ever new account. And where you lack in the test(on Cultivating)is where you're only aloud to post.
As you progress and learn, more forums will be opened up to you.

If you're that desperate, to take a Long test, just to troll and get banned 5 minutes after you spam... How many people will do that?

Plus... It will teach people where to post the right threads in which forum

I tend to agree, I just came back after taking about a year off because of this and all of the rude people. I mean it is a forum and I just got tired of people that have a different method of growing or opinion going apecrap that you didn't do things the way they do. I have been reading and posting again for about a week, I do see more spam and the insults are getting out of hand IMHO.

Jeffdogg said:

What I mean is that they should stop letting people create new accounts for a few months or possibly more. This place is starting to become an unpleasant one due to all the new trolls making 50 new accounts each day and all the spam. I barely go on the forums just wait for ppl to PM me then I come on here and check.

Something needs to be done IMO, its getting to a ridiculous point....

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Hmm good idea, the summerfag problem is everywhere not just riu
but the biggest trolls here, have been here for years and have 15k+ posts and more
what's to be done about them lol ?

What is to be done about the elitist that think the forum belongs to them? Surely we also need to protect everyones eyes from them too

Seriously though, the spam stinks but is not nearly as bad as when I open my personal e-mail I have had for 20 years. I don't understand why you cannot just block it out, it is not like any other forum does not have the same issue, if they don't there is probably little to no activity. That is just the price you pay.

It is a problem but the admin does his best to eliminate sock puppet accounts. Also, he's allowed the use of the ban hammer more in the last couple of months to deserving individuals. People always find a work-around. Don't feed the trolls.

I can see both points of view. I am sure the admin and mods are doing more behind
the scenes than we imagine. As far as spam I can ignore that,but I am overwhelmed with the
same couple of questions being asked that are clearly answered in a sticky i.e."How to tell the sex of a plant"
I like Fenian's idea and think all new accounts should be directed to the most basic of information.I love helping
people as long as I am not doing all of their research for them.

sohighifly said:

I can see both points of view. I am sure the admin and mods are doing more behind
the scenes than we imagine. As far as spam I can ignore that,but I am overwhelmed with the
same couple of questions being asked that are clearly answered in a sticky i.e."How to tell the sex of a plant"
I like Fenian's idea and think all new accounts should be directed to the most basic of information.I love helping
people as long as I am not doing all of their research for them.

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Just to play devils advocate a bit, you know you are not required to answer questions you deem redundant or unimportant right?



They do direct people to the stickies, but if someone wants to post a question you feel is below you, just ignore it

If all the people who act like that, DIDN'T act like that... How much help do you think you'd get on this Site?..... Honestly

hbbum said:

Just to play devils advocate a bit, you know you are not required to answer questions you deem redundant or unimportant right?

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They do direct people to the stickies, but if someone wants to post a question you feel is below you, just ignore it

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I see what your saying and it is definitely not below me,I am a new grower myself. My point was to try and curb
a bit of the overcrowding of the same questions that make it cluttered in some sub-forums.

a question being asked and all who answer but one isn't a regular here(potp). i see allot of names that are never really here, commenting like they have been part of the system for a good while. when you people start visiting the entire RIU site then ask the question, most of you i've never seen in the black b,talk n t, poli,sexual, concentrate,gardening,general m growing, advanced ect threads. explore some then you can bitch.

A test is a wonderful idea! I concur with that totally. The vast majority of spam artists will not take the time to learn or even google enough to pass it, therefore eliminating them almost completely.

Does anyone actually use the private section of the site? I just found it myself, but all the post counts say 0, not sure if that is just a security thing, but i would pay to stop seeing a lot of these folks... I even toyed with the idea of starting up an invite only cannabis forum because of all the troll everywhere, not just on RUI. Bought a domain and everything, but then realized i dont know anyone to invite LOL

DB

I thought I read that they shut them down (do not offer premium any longer). I don't care for the spam much either, but I guess I am just so used to being advertised to non-stop that it all turns into white noise.

to the spam, actually our spam filter catches most of it , more than 90% the ones that DO come on the forums, they are removed almost immediately you do get the odd one during night time between 4-7am when most of us mods are sleeping. we are a big site it happens thats spam,

rude users: if you encounter a rude user please use the report post, its impossible to read every single thread ever created on here though we try our best, but things slip by, if users are not helping us by using the report feature we will never know
alternatively if you encounter a rude user directing their rudeness AT YOU do not respond back, many times its takes two to tango the issue couldve been dropped or resolved but the attacked user feels the need to bite back for what reason on the internet i dont know

Trolls: regarding trolls ignore them, they only stay because people go into their threads and speak their 2 cents, if people didnt they would go awya because they have nothing to say

and lastly , we are volunteers all of us work our asses off for the love of the site, we like to give back and while we understand things can be frustrating, you can stick it out , or you can leave thats your choice

and heres my last take on this users only ever make these threads, generally when the OP has encounter a fight on the board somewhere that is the issue 99% of the time

the Elite rolling society is no longer available no one uses it , sorry guys

silasraven said:

a question being asked and all who answer but one isn't a regular here(potp). i see allot of names that are never really here, commenting like they have been part of the system for a good while. when you people start visiting the entire RIU site then ask the question, most of you i've never seen in the black b,talk n t, poli,sexual, concentrate,gardening,general m growing, advanced ect threads. explore some then you can bitch.

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I am sorry do you own this forum, I didn't know I had to touch every part of RIU that doesn't interest me to be a part of the community.My apologies good sir.

As a closet farmer from the old school, I can attest there is an exceptional amount of fucktards active (or shall we say mentally inactive) on RIU. Imo this is due to the instant info society we have created as a result of online access and the availability of cheap growing equipment sold by online retailers. Before RIU and other sites became prevalent we used to have to go to numerous websites and read these things they used to call books to learn about how to grow good bud. Having a frame of reference provided by the likes of Ed Rosenthal and other authors helps understand what the fuck everyone is talking about here....educate yourselves dammit!
It bothers me that with the wealth of info available that some idiot will start a post by asking. How do u do hydro? Or some other way to broad request. Lazy people should just buy their shit. If you lack the interest in researching to find answers then maybe you shouldn't be growing anything but houseplants.
There will always be trolls and sometimes I actually enjoy reading the banter for the sheer entertainment of it. I have been a lurker on RIU for some time and have been enlightened by the knowledge available here that I am grateful for. Admin should not close the flood gates just yet, but I think many users here are too trusting of others, myself included. There is no way to tell of someone is law enforcement and uploading pics leaves a permanent record of your grow for all to see.
There is a literal treasure trove of info here for those willing to digest it, but please do a little research on the topic before posting dumb shit. Unless its fuckin funny of course...

Lol!!

And there you have it Folks.
But Sunni, don't you get Paid for the Work that your blessed Heart Does?

I don't wanna Mod anymore... Hahahaha

Fenian Brotherhood said:

Lol!!

And there you have it Folks.
But Sunni, don't you get Paid for the Work that your blessed Heart Does?

I don't wanna Mod anymore... Hahahaha

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no mods benefit financially in any way form the site we do it cause we wanna we are strictly volunteers