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So I've been getting requests from multiple people over at the TrekBBS asking if they can join Flare, since I'm apparently some sort of bigwig concerning this place While I share Shik's attitude about this place being selective, I also think that new blood would be great for Flare. There is interest, and it sounds like all that needs to be done is a board upgrade and some sort of captcha put in place for spam. Could this realistically happen, or should I just tell these people that they're just not going to be able to join?
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Explain to them about The Trials.
New meat—er, blood might be nice, if only to get YTA moving again.
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Well, surprisingly I managed to clear out the registration queue so we can open up the board for registrations again. But, given the flood of spam-bots that flow through our non-CAPTCHA registration system, I think what might be the best way to do this is open registrations for a 24 hour period and get everyone to register during that window. That way, I have a better chance of approving genuine registrations.
Mark, do you have a thread going on TrekBBS about this? I have no idea if this sort of thing would be permitted by the staff there as we are essentially encouraging folks to go to a "competitor" as it were...
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What I can do is contact one of the mods over there and see if it's ok for me to make a post about this (honestly, I sincerely doubt that they think we're a competitor to them )
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Just to let everyone know, the Subspace Comms Network has just been updated in exactly the same way Flare needs to be (with the spam protection, etc.)
-------------------- "A film made in 2008 isn't going to look like a TV series from 1966 if it wants to make any money. As long as the characters act the same way, and the spirit of the story remains the same then it's "real" Star Trek. Everything else is window dressing." -StCoop
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So the admins at the TrekBBS are cool with me posting that Flare will be open for registrations for a 24 hour period. I just need to know when that will be. I can post this now, so that when there is a confirmed date, people will already know about it, and I'll make sure to update the post on that day as well.
-------------------- "A film made in 2008 isn't going to look like a TV series from 1966 if it wants to make any money. As long as the characters act the same way, and the spirit of the story remains the same then it's "real" Star Trek. Everything else is window dressing." -StCoop
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-------------------- "A film made in 2008 isn't going to look like a TV series from 1966 if it wants to make any money. As long as the characters act the same way, and the spirit of the story remains the same then it's "real" Star Trek. Everything else is window dressing." -StCoop
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So, um, I kinda forgot to open registrations at 0000 this morning. So, I just opened them up and will leave the board open until 0000 ADT Sunday. I posted to the thread on TrekBBS to that effect.
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Sweet- I sensed a disturbance in the ether and returned just in time for new member initiations!
Smiles everyone...smiles!
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When I came to the site just now, there were five forums with new-post indicators by them. Usually, there's maybe two at most. I thought "man, the new people are having a big effect already". Turns out, there weren't actually any new people. Weird.
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While I share Shik's attitude about this place being selective, I also think that new blood would be great for Flare. There is interest, and it sounds like all that needs to be done is a board upgrade and some sort of captcha put in place for spam. Could this realistically happen, or should I just tell these people that they're just not going to be able to join?![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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