JPbowhunter
AH fanatic
G'day guys,
Probably one for admins but figured I'd see if others agreed or not.
As some of you will have seen from my own threads I'm keen on hunting africa in a couple of years if i can find the hunt for me. Part of what i do in searching is read hunt reports and operator threads.
Initially i would read a thread and see a ton of recommendations for a particularly outfit and think it was looking pretty promising. Then i started listening to the more regular guys and doing my own snooping and started realising that many, and i do stress many, were clearly fake. Guys signing up, posting one comment singing the praises of this outfit or that one and never coming back.
I've seen on other forums ways to prevent scammers and trolls. Usually it takes the form of people having to write an introduction thread or having to posts x amount of times before being able to start threads.
I wonder if for this forum it would be worth setting it up that a new member can only comment on another persons report or safari planning post after they've made 5 posts or done an introduction thread or their own hunt report for example.
Just an idea to clean up the clearly fake users that clutter real and honest discussion on here.
What do folks think?
Probably one for admins but figured I'd see if others agreed or not.
As some of you will have seen from my own threads I'm keen on hunting africa in a couple of years if i can find the hunt for me. Part of what i do in searching is read hunt reports and operator threads.
Initially i would read a thread and see a ton of recommendations for a particularly outfit and think it was looking pretty promising. Then i started listening to the more regular guys and doing my own snooping and started realising that many, and i do stress many, were clearly fake. Guys signing up, posting one comment singing the praises of this outfit or that one and never coming back.
I've seen on other forums ways to prevent scammers and trolls. Usually it takes the form of people having to write an introduction thread or having to posts x amount of times before being able to start threads.
I wonder if for this forum it would be worth setting it up that a new member can only comment on another persons report or safari planning post after they've made 5 posts or done an introduction thread or their own hunt report for example.
Just an idea to clean up the clearly fake users that clutter real and honest discussion on here.
What do folks think?