Originally Posted by Pommie

That was actually my point, I couldn't see the need for this "new" rule when there wasn't a spam problem.

All the 'behind the scenes' work

Just out of curiosity, how did this one slip through.

Because it wasn't spam, it was a post about an illegal subject.

Originally Posted by Pommie

Thinking about this I get depressed. There seems to be more and more draconian type rules introduced for no good reason. I left the UK because of the Nanny state mentality and I now see it starting on this forum.

Mike.

I can only agree with you about the nanny state in the UK, however I am not completely convinced that Auz is that much better.
I dont have definite proof of this, just a gut feeling that I got on my last (short) trip to Perth.

As far as the forum is concerned, I think that the "Mods" do a sensible job of weeding out the spam and general spurious posts without being overbearing about it.

JimB

Actually, I've been really trying to improve this for a long time..

As nigel says new members sometimes get their posts moderated. This is only the case if they try to put urls or email addresses in the posts.

This method prevents a tone of spam, however it does confuse some members and also puts extra load on the mods. Today (in the last hour), I have implemented a new system which prevents the posts from initially being submitted, again this is only for people putting links or emails in there first few posts..