Recent content by Steve Freides

A user on the forum I admin mentioned this recently, "I wish this forum software showed all replies to a post, for example post 13 has 3 replies that can be seen and expanded at the end of post 13" and when I asked for a bit more information about it, they mentioned Discourse, something I know...

Duh - I guess because I never used that, it didn't even register with me that it existed. Perfect - my two IP addresses have only been used by the two accounts from the same person that I'm trying to discourage. Thank you, will investigate. I am in a funny position - part-time employee...

I am dealing with a problem user who has registered for and uses our forum from one of two specific IP addresses and, when we stopped approving their posts, simply created another user account for themselves and attempted to post but from one of those same two IP addresses. Both addresses come...

Is this a well-documented thing and does it happen across all sizes of forums and all kinds of content? Thanks. -S-

I'm considering this: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/guest-management-log-visits-thread-view-limit.10189/ as a way of better understanding Guest users. My forum this morning at 0745 EST had 11 members and over 1300 Guests. The add-on says it can sort bots from Guests by whether or...

Would anyone care to talk me through this? I found 🤖 and put it in my paste buffer. I've gotten this far: and it comes up with an icon for this I didn't choose. How do I change it to be something else? NB: I am called an admin of my forum but we have a separate person, an outside...

Excellent - I never knew this was an option in the ACP, will run this by my in-house colleagues then, if they're on board, implement it this way. Many thanks. -S-

Of interest on the topic of detecting AI and related matters: https://xenforo.com/community/forums/forum-management.84/ - AI Spam Post Detector Proposal - a Reaction option (like the existing Like, Love, Ha-Ha, etc.) for "I think this is AI-generated" Why? - we've had a lot of post recently...

Thank you for a complete answer. This isn't a big deal, but I thought if i could help, I would. Not a thing worth resorting to using a backup. -S-

A question I've been unable to answer. When a user deletes their custom avatar by mistake, is that file still on the server? Assuming we have it, how could I restore it for the user? I see in the ACP I can upload a file for the user but that isn't the goal here, and it looks like what I can...

Thank you. A related question, if you will. In CRON, I see trophy points being recalculated but not user titles, which are based on trophy points. Would this be handled by a different CRON entry? Likewise, under Data Maintenance, I see an option to recalculate trophies but not user titles...

I award trophy points based on multiple criteria and have a user title ladder based on trophy points. Registered User for 2 years - award 50 trophy points if user has been registered for at least 730 days. Registered User for 3 years - award 75 trophy points if user has been registered for at...

On my forum, I am not technically as admin but a moderator. I function as the admin of the forum for all intents and purposes in its day to day operation but, e.g., I cannot see the admin log, only the moderator log. I need to be able to see who is being ignored, by how many people, and be...

I've received DM's from a few members of our forum expressing displeasure with one regular participant - several of these people have exercised the "Ignore" option. Is there a way to report on who is being ignored and by how many people? Thanks in advance for your replies. -S-

What you're suggesting is a good idea and thanks for that - we may try it. But it's not exactly what I want. I'd still like posts in those nodes counted towards the user's total as seen elsewhere, just not towards the user's total when we're awarding trophies. That would be my ideal solution...