Ok we all know whats going on and by who, we also know how difficult it is to stop as even if we put restrictions at a member level he can just create a new account and start again.

So here is a few suggestions...am not sure of the set up for this board so some may already be in place - if they are, great! Now lets get the rest in place as well

  1. Unique Email address for every sign up (so he has to regsiter for a new email addrress as well as here)
  2. Email verification of address
  3. only 1 sign up from any given IP every 24hrs
  4. Cookie placed to block any new registrations from machine for 24hrs
  5. New thread limit of 4 per hr per member / IP
  6. If a thread is bumped which is over 2 months old a 'send back' button which senior members can use to _unbump_ the thread
  7. Increase flood protection time to 3mins
  8. Maximum of 10 posts per hr from any member / IP
  9. Add image verification to signup screen
  10. No more than 3 logins (to different accounts) from any ip in 24hrs
  11. Better swear word filters in username


Ok these are easy to implement features that wouldn't restict normal users too much - infact most people wont notice they are there.

Also I suggest some sort of 'smart' member managment.

For example :

each action performed which is normal for an attack such as this throws up a flag and adds to a total for that member.

so say a member bumps 2 threads over 2months old within 30mins - they score 1 point

they have a post rejected due to the flood protection 6 times in half an hr - another point

they create the maximum allowed number of new threads 2hrs running - 3rd point

and so on

then we could compare the number of points scored alongside ap status and length of membership. If the result is less than a certain cut off point - a notification is sent to an admin to review the users actions, and they are suspended until outcome is decided. Admin can then ban or remove suspension.

Oh and last idea :

as well as the report button link / negative aps - there should be a report member button. This could work similar to APs but with a lower cut off point.

Rather than banning member if they hit the limit of reports in any 24hr period they would have posting/ap rights removed and their account could be flagged for review by an admin.

Just some ideas - any chance of getting at least some of these implemented. There is nothing really difficult to code up in them...

what does everyone else think?