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ParticipantParticipant@Erin Potter 172434 wrote:
We’re in the process of moving to a system where newly registered users will not be able to post without their content being reviewed by a moderator within one business day. This would stop current users like yourselves from seeing SPAM
I’m a little apprehensive about the “one business day” part. IMO every new post from an untrusted user should remain stuck in purgatory until you pass judgement. Don’t make it easy to spam on long weekends, snow days, etc. The signal to noise ratio is becoming unbearably low here, and I no longer recommend this forum to new riders because of that.
Thanks.
Participant@Jenkinms 172531 wrote:
Ahh, that does complicate things. I suppose I don’t even want to ask how many versions back we are?
Last time I tried to figure this out, it looked like BikeArlington was using a hosted vbulletin service from what looked to me like a second rate provider (this was after Apple had announced that upcoming iPhone OS versions would not allow apps to connect to Web Services except over https yet BA’s vendor did not offer https service even as an added cost option [which is all the more shameful since SNI, CloudFlare, and Let’s Encrypt have essentially dropped the price of https to zero]).
ParticipantJanuary 10, 2018 at 1:08 am in reply to: https for this forum website? (might help with spammers…) #1080896Participant@Erin Potter 171233 wrote:
As noted above, it’s something we’re exploring.
You’re referring to “working on how best to improve the forum”? OK, got it. Thanks.
January 8, 2018 at 11:12 pm in reply to: https for this forum website? (might help with spammers…) #1080771Participant…and what about https?
January 6, 2018 at 5:44 pm in reply to: https for this forum website? (might help with spammers…) #1080664ParticipantErin, Henry…?
Participant@jrenaut 170773 wrote:
Dealing with time zones and dates is one of the most difficult things in coding. It would really be much easier if we could just count seconds since the beginning of time and correct for time zones only when you need to display for a person.
Um, you pretty much described what time_t and tzdata do…
Participant@drevil 170747 wrote:
It’s such a cool feeling biking on ice.
Indeed. One thing I loved about Chicago(-land): it would get cold enough long enough to ride on the ponds in the forest preserves.
January 3, 2018 at 1:09 pm in reply to: RSVP on this thread — FS Welcome Happy Hour Celebration – Wedn. 10 Jan. 2018 #1080426ParticipantI’ll be there.
December 31, 2017 at 4:07 am in reply to: https for this forum website? (might help with spammers…) #1080051ParticipantMy primary interest in https is not decreasing spam. I’ve seen a number of posts by BikeArlington staff about spam lately (but unfortunately nothing about using https to safeguard our privacy and authentication credentials) and it sounds like the free CloudFlare https service would also help in that regard.
ParticipantParticipantParticipantParticipant@cvcalhoun 169677 wrote:
You don’t need a Fitbit. There is a Strava app that you can use on any smartphone. But you will need a way of recording your miles–either a special purpose device like a Garmin, or a smartphone with Strava installed.
Will players not be allowed to manually enter rides through the Strava website this year? (I know this has been a point of contention in the past.)
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