Question about "Welcome to our newest member,"

[Snowhog]

We are running vBulletin 4.2.1.

Is there a modification we can make so only new members who complete the registration confirmation process get identified by the "Welcome to our newest member," in the Statistics section of "What's Going On?"?

[Frosti]

I concur, would love to know how to not show a spam person until someone becomes a full member

[Zachery]

Have you tried upgrading to 4.2.2?

[CAG CheechDogg]

Originally Posted by Zachery

Have you tried upgrading to 4.2.2?

So upgrading to 4.2.2 fixes this issue?

You didn't even attempt to answer his question, instead you continue to ask questions instead of answering them and just frustrating people ... why?

[ozzy47]

Originally Posted by Zachery

Have you tried upgrading to 4.2.2?

Zachary, the OP did, this thread is almost two years old.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Zachary, the OP did, this thread is almost two years old.

Lol ... I just don't understand his methods when someone asks a question ..specially ones where they are needing help and or asking for a way to do something ... I have bitten my tongue in the past to avoid any problems, but he just doesn't seem to understand the fact that not everyone is as "knowledgeable" as he is which is why they ask questions ...

Simply telling someone to "upgrade" or asking them if they have upgraded doesn't answer anyone's questions and frustrates them instead ... To me it seems like he doesn't even bother to read and take anything into consideration and instead just wants people to upgrade without giving them an explanation as to how upgrading will or should help .....

[ozzy47]

Well their excuse is that only the latest version of vB is supported. But this question is not on vB.com it is on vB.org, so there should be no issue with that, as they are not on the official support site.

But I will say, if this thread was posted today, I would have also suggested to the OP to upgrade, and see it that fixes the issue, since the version they were running has many unpatched security issues.

[CAG CheechDogg]

It doesn't fix the issue though ... I still see spam and unverified registrations show up on 4.2.2 sites ....

And like you said, this is not a question on vb.com ..it's here and questions should just be answered instead of just trying to brush things under the rug and suggesting that simply upgrading "might" fix the issue ... if he doesn't know if upgrading "will" fix the issue then he shouldn't even comment or "unintentionally" patronize people asking questions as he so often seems to do ...

Most of the questions people ask here are questions that they are told to ask here and not on vb.com because like you said it is not a supported version of vB, yet he comes on here and answers them with questions or in a patronizing manner like he does on vB.com and that I don't think is right at all ....

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by CAG CheechDogg

Lol ... I just don't understand his methods when someone asks a question ..specially ones where they are needing help and or asking for a way to do something ... I have bitten my tongue in the past to avoid any problems, but he just doesn't seem to understand the fact that not everyone is as "knowledgeable" as he is which is why they ask questions ...

Simply telling someone to "upgrade" or asking them if they have upgraded doesn't answer anyone's questions and frustrates them instead ... To me it seems like he doesn't even bother to read and take anything into consideration and instead just wants people to upgrade without giving them an explanation as to how upgrading will or should help .....

This is why I stopped posting drunk, like 20 years ago.

[ozzy47]

Originally Posted by CAG CheechDogg

It doesn't fix the issue though ... I still see spam and unverified registrations show up on 4.2.2 sites ....

Yes I know, this has been a long standing issue.