Wish there was a quicker way to get verified

Dago · Post by **Dago** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:07 am

I’d like to respond to a classified post but can’t view photos or PM.

Post by **BGuttman** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:10 am

Sorry, but we had problems with 'bots that would get registered and flood the forum with ads for all kinds of ridiculous stuff like male enhancement pills, Russian cement factories, bogus high end goods, etc. As a result we went to first a 2 post and now a 3 post requirement for "full membership".

I wish we could do otherwise, but if we let everybody in with one post we'd be swamped with junk.

Dago · Post by **Dago** » Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:07 am

Understood. Thanks!

JWTN · Post by **JWTN** » Wed Jan 04, 2023 6:59 am

I just found the three post requirement. Thanks!

kdsstg · Post by **kdsstg** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:54 am

Piggybacking on this to get my third. Thanks!

patbone · Post by **patbone** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:32 am

Been on and off this site for around a year now, but have never commented. Decided I should start now so I can see classified posts again since I'm getting the "You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post." alert.

Thanks!

PA

BasiestBern · Post by **BasiestBern** » Mon Apr 03, 2023 2:30 pm

I'll piggy back for verification as well

tincanbanjo · Post by **tincanbanjo** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:09 pm

Me three!

Post by **BGuttman** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:07 pm

tincanbanjo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:09 pm Me three!

Speaking of three, you need one more post to be verified

Jackjack · Post by **Jackjack** » Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:56 am

I want also verification:)

TomWest · Post by **TomWest** » Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:04 pm

Speaking of getting verified, this will be post #1. I’ve been lurking for a while… So I’ll go legit now.

studiohorn · Post by **studiohorn** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:44 am

Just wish there was a tab of the verification req’s but glad I found this!

Post by **Matt K** » Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:52 am

There is only one requirement: make three posts that are approved by a moderator.

There' a sticky in the Announcements section:
viewtopic.php?t=41

I've thoughtabout making a bot or something that sends you a PM right away, but one of the things that is restricted is PMs, so that actually wouldn't help since new people wouldn't be able to see it.

ArnoldTheEgger · Post by **ArnoldTheEgger** » Thu May 25, 2023 11:51 am

Thank you Bruce for the Information.

MCLisle · Post by **MCLisle** » Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:38 pm

I joined Trombonechat after purchasing my first trombone 2 weeks ago, and I am hoping to get verified so that I can see the photographs that have been posted in some of the threads I am reading.

This is my second post so far...

Thank you for helping me get to my goal

BZP3I · Post by **BZP3I** » Sat Jul 08, 2023 5:08 am

Hi all together, I am new to trombone chat and this is my second post to get verified.
The first one was in „Modification & Repair“ to the topic „RadialFlow“ valves.

Many regards from Germany
Martin

jrdeeds · Post by **jrdeeds** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:42 pm

Hello from Iowa. Just posting here to get my second post. I'm a founding member of the Central Iowa Wind Ensemble and play with several other groups on occasion. Primarily bass trombone, but am working up my tenor chops these days as well.

tepposal · Post by **tepposal** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:34 am

I just registered yesterday and I'm pretty sure the instruction said you'll need two posts for full membership.
From the forum I learnt that you actually need now three posts.
Maybe the admins could update this info in the instructions?

(My second post)

Post by **Matt K** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 5:24 am

I’ve been trying to lock down where it says two for a long time now. I thought I caught all of the instances. Do you remember where it said two?

tepposal · Post by **tepposal** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:59 am

I think it was on the page when you register and input all the info.

Post by **Matt K** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 4:18 pm

Interesting thanks for letting me know going to try to find that now

AtomicClock · Post by **AtomicClock** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:39 am

tepposal wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:59 am I think it was on the page when you register and input all the info.

Yes, I saw it there yesterday. Three mentions:

This is a spambot prevention measure. Please answer the following question, not an email address: What position is D Natural (the middle position of the bass clef staff)? Please include the "st", "nd" etc. such that if it is in 11th position, you put 11th instead of 11. NOTE: You are not a full member until you have 2 posts approved by a moderator. Your posts will be invisible until they are approved. After the first two approvals, your posts will be visible automatically. IF YOU MAKE 5 POSTS PRIOR TO HAVING 2 APPROVED, YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY BANNED. (This is a spam prevention measure that is, unfortunately, a necessity).

Looiz · Post by **Looiz** » Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:05 am

Thanks for posting that about the spam prevention policy. I wasn’t sure how to get back to that to verify the 3 approved post. I’ll be sure to use the search function from now on.

Blowing · Post by **Blowing** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:15 am

I suppose I'd better start piggy backing too.
Poor old pig, must be overloaded by now.

mark10450 · Post by **mark10450** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:30 am

Well I'm gonna throw my weight on that poor pig too it seems, it's surely gonna be suffering now.

Ventilbasun · Post by **Ventilbasun** » Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:51 am

I think one more trombonist on the pig won't do that much of a difference at this point

petroben · Post by **petroben** » Thu Dec 14, 2023 10:07 am

"Looks like it's time to join the piggybacking party! Hope the pig doesn't mind the extra load.

"

8thnote181 · Post by **8thnote181** » Wed Dec 27, 2023 6:14 pm

I am here to piggyback so I can upgrade my horn. Hopefully this post comes with bacon.

dpsychs · Post by **dpsychs** » Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:48 am

So I have two approved posts, and have commented on another chain (the one about David Vining) twice in attempt to get my third, but neither of them have been approved, even after a few days. I have been thoroughly enjoying reading about various topics, but of course am not able to search or see pictures, etc., because I am not approved yet. Can someone pretty please approve this post so I can be a full-fledged member?

Post by **Matt K** » Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:54 am

If you keep posting without being approved it’ll start auto denying you. Taking a look into your account now

Post by **Matt K** » Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:56 am

dpsychs wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:48 am So I have two approved posts, and have commented on another chain (the one about David Vining) twice in attempt to get my third, but neither of them have been approved, even after a few days. I have been thoroughly enjoying reading about various topics, but of course am not able to search or see pictures, etc., because I am not approved yet. Can someone pretty please approve this post so I can be a full-fledged member?

Yeah that’s what happened. Go ahead and try it now. Im not a huge fan of how phpBB handles that aspect but its unfortunately the best method we have at the moment given the excessive amount of bot traffic we get

dpsychs · Post by **dpsychs** » Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:58 am

Matt K wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:56 am
dpsychs wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:48 am So I have two approved posts, and have commented on another chain (the one about David Vining) twice in attempt to get my third, but neither of them have been approved, even after a few days. I have been thoroughly enjoying reading about various topics, but of course am not able to search or see pictures, etc., because I am not approved yet. Can someone pretty please approve this post so I can be a full-fledged member?
Yeah that’s what happened. Go ahead and try it now. Im not a huge fan of how phpBB handles that aspect but its unfortunately the best method we have at the moment given the excessive amount of bot traffic we get

Thank you thank you thank you!

OneTon · Post by **OneTon** » Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:17 pm

BGuttman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:10 am
I wish we could do otherwise, but if we let everybody in with one post we'd be swamped with junk.

Thanks for doing this, Bruce.

Mussonl · Post by **Mussonl** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:05 am

I've been trying to figure out how to private message, do you need to be verified for that? This will be my second anyway!

Post by **BGuttman** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:24 pm

You need 3 posts.

Mussonl · Post by **Mussonl** » Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:07 pm

Ah! That will be why I couldn't find it then! Thank you!

AleaD · Post by **AleaD** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:28 am

It's too bad that the approval process has to be so time consuming for the admins. Maybe the forum software will allow for an easier process one of these days.

Post by **Matt K** » Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:54 am

AleaD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:28 am It's too bad that the approval process has to be so time consuming for the admins. Maybe the forum software will allow for an easier process one of these days.

It's only going to get worse. The problem is that scammers will even figure out - by hand if they need to - something intelligible to write. That's why we had to bump from 2 to 3, to force everyone to re-prove that they were human, or at least knew something about trombones. We had a spate of incidents where people had attempted scams. It's also the reason the RSS feed is turned off for classifieds. People would use the feed and contact just about anyone who posted an ad, in an attempt to scam anyone using the classifieds.

I had an idea that I hadn't had time to think about implementation that would give people a "verified" badge like I have (I'm currently the only verified member of the forum

). The idea is that maybe we charge new members something like ~$5 to get the verified badge, and one of the mods physically calls them to talk about trombones for a few minutes... and only these people would get access to the classifieds. Like Twitter verified but... meaningful.

JubyChan · Post by **JubyChan** » Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:33 pm

Yeah i want to look at some photos someone posted so here i am making a post so i can view them. I have a vintage case that reeks of musty grossness but i saw someone revamped their musty case so im hoping i can do the same and view their tutorial

JimboFB · Post by **JimboFB** » Tue Jan 30, 2024 4:18 am

Matt K wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:54 am
AleaD wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:28 am It's too bad that the approval process has to be so time consuming for the admins. Maybe the forum software will allow for an easier process one of these days.
It's only going to get worse. The problem is that scammers will even figure out - by hand if they need to - something intelligible to write. That's why we had to bump from 2 to 3, to force everyone to re-prove that they were human, or at least knew something about trombones. We had a spate of incidents where people had attempted scams. It's also the reason the RSS feed is turned off for classifieds. People would use the feed and contact just about anyone who posted an ad, in an attempt to scam anyone using the classifieds.

I had an idea that I hadn't had time to think about implementation that would give people a "verified" badge like I have (I'm currently the only verified member of the forum ). The idea is that maybe we charge new members something like ~$5 to get the verified badge, and one of the mods physically calls them to talk about trombones for a few minutes... and only these people would get access to the classifieds. Like Twitter verified but... meaningful.

You’ll need more than a few minutes with most people on here

Post by **Matt K** » Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:07 am

Guilty as charged

SlydeMe · Post by **SlydeMe** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:41 am

BGuttman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:10 am Sorry, but we had problems with 'bots that would get registered and flood the forum with ads for all kinds of ridiculous stuff like male enhancement pills, Russian cement factories, bogus high end goods, etc. As a result we went to first a 2 post and now a 3 post requirement for "full membership".

I wish we could do otherwise, but if we let everybody in with one post we'd be swamped with junk.

Are you able to change your password after the three post minimum?

Post by **BGuttman** » Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:16 am

SlydeMe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:41 am

Are you able to change your password after the three post minimum?

You should be.

Post by **Matt K** » Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:35 am

Password changes are possible at any point. If you have issues feel free to message me.

stevesuminski · Post by **stevesuminski** » Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:03 pm

Just trying to get my third post in so I can send pms.

Cheers!

AleaD · Post by **AleaD** » Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:11 pm

Well, I think this is my third post? It's been helpful to get such a thorough response. I remember how much time it took to deal with bots on TTF some years ago, and I am not surprised that it's even worse now.

Post by **BGuttman** » Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:13 pm

AleaD wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:11 pm Well, I think this is my third post? It's been helpful to get such a thorough response. I remember how much time it took to deal with bots on TTF some years ago, and I am not surprised that it's even worse now.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but somehow you lost credit for your two earlier posts. Maybe this is something Matt K can look into. Unfortunately my magical powers do not include retroactively changing your post count (I tried).

Bonferroni · Post by **Bonferroni** » Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:55 am

Greetings from another 3rd post-er.

Iraburo25 · Post by **Iraburo25** » Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:35 am

Another 3rd post-er here. Don't mind me!

DanReiter · Post by **DanReiter** » Fri Jun 21, 2024 10:29 pm

I want to ask questions and stuff so I can learn, but I need to respond to get verified, but I need to know stuff to respond with something worthwhile.