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On 29/01/2009 11:01, Martijn Grooten wrote: <snip> > If your forum is small enough and your anti-spam measure is unique > enough, you'll keep most of the spammers out, just because it won't be > viable enough for them to break it. Unique enough means asking users a > question such as 'What is the name of the Linux penguin?' or 'What is > the capital of Cornwall?' combined with something that forbids them to > post more than one URL per post (or, if the forum is only open to > registered users, any URL unless they have posted more than 10 posts > already). > > /Puts on flame retardant jacket... Cornwall has a capital? :-) Didn't realise, I was to busy sampling the cider when I went there on holiday last May. >> Why is it that many a Google search gets to a forum question without an >> answer? Could it be that people don't have time to write answers >> because they are busy moderating? >> > > No, it's because forums don't work as well to create communities. > They're ideal to join, post your question and only come back to check > answers to your own post, which is what many people do. And which is > why I don't think DCGLUG should become a forum. > That can be so frustrating too. I often find when I'm searching for something on Google it'll come up with a post on something like the Linux Questions forum or the Ubuntu forum where someone has asked a question but never gets a reply. :-( I often find in cases linked to Linux I find the answer from either a google search pointing to a mailing list or asking on mailing lists I'm subscribed to. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html