Post by graham on Jun 15, 2020 12:43:33 GMT
Hi to all
Some of our members may remember that about three years ago we had a load of grief on the forum from two non member persons who obviously felt they had an axe to grind with AFA and posted some very inflammatory comments about certain members. We also had an incident where we received a couple of spam attacks around the same time, one for beds (!) and one where a load of Chinese script was posted on a specific section. Both were dealt with and presented no further issues.
We decided at that time that it would be best to make the forum "members only" meaning that it was impossible to view anything here without registering, thus keeping the spammers and trouble makers out.
Although we have always had a steady trickle of new members joining us, it has dried up somewhat over the past couple of months, rather surprisingly considering many of us are sat at home furloughed, looking for something to entertain ourselves with.
The decision has been taken that as of today, AFA will revert to being an open forum, this means that guests may view all sections of the forum but can't start a thread or reply to a post without first registering. This allows potential members to see what we are all about before deciding whether they'd like to join us.
We also of course have had two additional admin on the team for a couple of years, Bob RH226 and Mark bizfreeq so I'm sure that between them, plus Bill, Jeff and myself, any spam or unwanted material can be removed quickly, not that I'm expecting there to be much, if any at all.
So please, if any of you know of a fellow enthusiast who might like to join us, then please extend an invitation, and they, like everyone else here, will be made to feel most welcome.
Many thanks
Graham
Some of our members may remember that about three years ago we had a load of grief on the forum from two non member persons who obviously felt they had an axe to grind with AFA and posted some very inflammatory comments about certain members. We also had an incident where we received a couple of spam attacks around the same time, one for beds (!) and one where a load of Chinese script was posted on a specific section. Both were dealt with and presented no further issues.
We decided at that time that it would be best to make the forum "members only" meaning that it was impossible to view anything here without registering, thus keeping the spammers and trouble makers out.
Although we have always had a steady trickle of new members joining us, it has dried up somewhat over the past couple of months, rather surprisingly considering many of us are sat at home furloughed, looking for something to entertain ourselves with.
The decision has been taken that as of today, AFA will revert to being an open forum, this means that guests may view all sections of the forum but can't start a thread or reply to a post without first registering. This allows potential members to see what we are all about before deciding whether they'd like to join us.
We also of course have had two additional admin on the team for a couple of years, Bob RH226 and Mark bizfreeq so I'm sure that between them, plus Bill, Jeff and myself, any spam or unwanted material can be removed quickly, not that I'm expecting there to be much, if any at all.
So please, if any of you know of a fellow enthusiast who might like to join us, then please extend an invitation, and they, like everyone else here, will be made to feel most welcome.
Many thanks
Graham