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New member signup/approval
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:14 pm
by uwmcscott
There was pretty busy thread over on the SX/Rondo facebook group which appears to have mulitple AGF members as well. There were more that one old AGF members that were not even aware that the .net site exists and thought AGF was dead.
Several members from here, me included shared the link and an invite to come here. One user mentioned that he tried to sign up here but that his registration was pending approval from mods. Just wanted to make sure we aren't turning people away by not realizing they are trying to sign up - is that an automatic feature or do mods manually approve new members?
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:17 pm
by mickey
Not that I am aware of.
It has always been automagic.
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:18 pm
by slowhand84
uwmcscott wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:14 pm
There was pretty busy thread over on the SX/Rondo facebook group which appears to have mulitple AGF members as well. There were more that one old AGF members that were not even aware that the .net site exists and thought AGF was dead.
Several members from here, me included shared the link and an invite to come here. One user mentioned that he tried to sign up here but that his registration was pending approval from mods. Just wanted to make sure we aren't turning people away by not realizing they are trying to sign up - is that an automatic feature or do mods manually approve new members?
Not sure how they're doing it here but I think having people get approved is a good idea...in today's world there are 100,000 bots and scammers and all types of things trying to get into every group imaginable so unless we want this place overrun with that crap having members manually approved (and making them maybe answer some guitar related questions) is a sound idea.
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 4:40 pm
by uwmcscott
mickey wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:17 pm
Not that I am aware of.
It has always been automagic.
I asked him to pass on what he used as the new username, he definitely said that when he went through the sign-up process that a mod needed to approve it - or at least that was the message he got. I'd hate to think people might be getting turned away because something is blocking them from signing up.
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 5:41 pm
by mickey
Me too. But it has always been sign up & go.
I'm around here more than Patrick, TJ & Rich combined have been lately.
Everyone's life is busier some times than at others.
We have always had folks sign up & never return, take a look at the members list & you'll see.
Never have understood that.
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:01 am
by UrenragK
Sorry for the delay, there is an approval step as we were getting overrun with spam signups,
Please let me know the usernames and I will sort it!
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:09 am
by mickey
UrenragK wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:01 am
Sorry for the delay, there is an approval step as we were getting overrun with spam signups,
Please let me know the usernames and I will sort it!
Sure would be nice if y'all would let TJ & me know about it.
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:14 am
by UrenragK
Sent you a PM Mickey,
I have approved 5 new accounts, and removed about 20 spam accounts
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:40 am
by UrenragK
Apologies for the delay, life, new house, dog, and job has kept me away!
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:48 am
by mickey
It appears to work, just need some new members to approve.
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:58 am
by uwmcscott
UrenragK wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:14 am
Sent you a PM Mickey,
I have approved 5 new accounts, and removed about 20 spam accounts
Thanks, I passed this on to the folks over on FB that were waiting as well and if they didn't see anything I asked them to pass on their UN.
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:01 am
by UrenragK
It's kinda hard to know if an account is real or not, I look at the email address to see if it 'looks' like a real address, the user,e to see if it's remotely sensible, and the location of the IP
Hopefully I've got it right this time, if we get any spam I'm sure Mickey will be all over it
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:06 am
by RockYoWorld
Do new members have to prove that their neck is stable?
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:10 am
by UrenragK
I'm sure you guys will help them wind it in if it isn't
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:01 pm
by thepezident
Maybe that can be a verification question in order to sort spammers/bots....
Complete the sentence.
Neck is ________________?
1. Unstable
2. Purple
3. Round
4. Stable
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:02 pm
by thepezident
thepezident wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:01 pm
Maybe that can be a verification question in order to sort spammers/bots....
Complete the sentence.
Neck is ________________.
1. Unstable
2. Purple
3. Round
4. Stable
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:04 pm
by UrenragK
We already have a question, but once the bots figure the answer, it starts again, it's WAY better than it used to be, but still a good few coming through in clumps (technical term)
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:50 pm
by mickey
IF I did it right, I just activated a new user named "snarph" something.
Welcome home snarph!
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:03 pm
by UrenragK
Looks like you did it right
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:12 pm
by Friedl
Hey, thanks Scott for posting that this site is up. I just (re)joined, too. I’m liking the new site; great job everyone.
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:14 pm
by mickey
Friedl wrote: ↑Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:12 pm
Hey, thanks Scott for posting that this site is up. I just (re)joined, too. I’m liking the new site; great job everyone.
Welcome home!
Re: New member signup/approval
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:28 pm
by nomadh
New old members cool. Welcome back guys
