Posted by Dinah on November 3, 2005, at 9:24:50
You've given the newbie board plenty of time to see how it works with restricted posting. How about giving it some time with unrestricted posting, to see how it goes. It doesn't have to be permanent, if your worst fears come to be true.
What about requiring some sort of ID or payment to register to post? Or to register to post off the newbie board, or something like that? Does anyone have any other ideas to stop duplicate poster names? What about requiring a non hotmail or Yahoo email address? Can checks be automatically made at registration to see if it's likely the poster registering is already registered? And if so to put in a message to contact you for the ok to register? Lots of groups require approval to register, and while that may be difficult for you given the size of Babble and that you're one person, if the number of people who needed to be approved could be reduced by automation, it might be worthwhile?
And to send up a trial balloon for a new idea. How about a board for work related issues? Mental health issues often have some sort of impact on employment.
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