Spam out of control: Q&A ineffective

[vijayninel]

Originally Posted by Lancerforhire

Well, any ranting from you past this is pointless; you just don't want that spam gone badly enough, eh?

He is not ranting and he is being sensible. Most visitors will never pay for membership of a forum. And while your mod will surely keep away spammers but it will also keep away most visitors from joining the forum even though they may be potentially great forum members.

It a very drastic measure and is like throwing the baby with the bath water. It will also work in only certain rare niche forums where people are willing to pay for membership otherwise it can do more damage than spam by deterring members from joining.

Acceptable anti-spam measures should not just be effective but also not cost anyone anything and cause the least inconvenience to members or forum staff.