Discouraged members

[Yoda]

Hi

Can someone explain to me what the function of discouraged members is? And when and why would we use this?


Thanks


Regards


Yoda

 

[oman]

Hi

Can someone explain to me what the function of discouraged members is? And when and why would we use this?


Thanks


Regards


Yoda

This should explain it for you. - http://xenforo.com/help/discouraging-banning/

 

[Carlos]

Lets say you create a Forum, and it got big. One of the members starts stirring up trouble on your site - this person keeps persisting onto creating trouble on your site and you told him many times not to do it. You ban this person. But he comes back and makes a new account, you ban that too. You see this person again under a new account, you're now tired of this person.

What do you do about it? You discourage him to a page of your choosing. The person is redirected to a blank page, or a page you specify in the discourage options.

If he[/she] really makes you that annoyed, you can use the IP discourage. It will block registration from that particular IP.

I use this for all spammers, to prevent them from coming back.