Mar 1, 2018, 03:16 PM
Hey PokemonForever,
So, we're all aware of the spam bots that plagued our website last year. They were our largest problem with the site. To combat this, the mods decided to make it that all new accounts must be verified by an admin. Since then, we have received zero spam threads.
However, is it totally worth it?
We all know that our website is rather low in traffic. We need new members if we plan to keep our website alive. However, our new members cannot post right away. Because of this, very few of our new members stick around. That doesn't work.
While the spam bots are annoying, I have heard that they are fairly easy to deal with, and don't really do anything to the site besides take up space. So, is our defense against spam bots really worth severely hurting our chances of gaining new traffic?
So, we're all aware of the spam bots that plagued our website last year. They were our largest problem with the site. To combat this, the mods decided to make it that all new accounts must be verified by an admin. Since then, we have received zero spam threads.
However, is it totally worth it?
We all know that our website is rather low in traffic. We need new members if we plan to keep our website alive. However, our new members cannot post right away. Because of this, very few of our new members stick around. That doesn't work.
While the spam bots are annoying, I have heard that they are fairly easy to deal with, and don't really do anything to the site besides take up space. So, is our defense against spam bots really worth severely hurting our chances of gaining new traffic?
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