Warning - The thread below this is NSFW (obviously)

[MightyMouser]

Just figured I'd post this just to be safe; until rahl gets a chance to delete the other thread

[Noyjitat]

Don't know why this forum is all of the sudden getting hit by spam bots again. I remember when Rahl deleted hundreds of users at least a few years ago. Don't know why its starting up again.

Does vbulletin have a CAPTCHA feature? May help eliminate some of the spam. I ask this because I haven't really registered on a vbulletin forum in quite awhile so I don't remember if the registration form had CAPTCHA or not.

[Francko]

I find this forum s/w much more clunky to use the phpbb, but I deleted the threads.

In phpbb there is a feature where you can require a user's first three posts to be manually approved which has eliminated 99% of the spammers we had.

Plus, phpbb is free!

[Noyjitat]

Rahl used phpbb for the longest time and still used it for the SOV forums for quite awhile. (not sure if he still does since I haven't visited that site in awhile)

I don't remember all the reasons but he gave a list of reasons why he was dropping phpbb. I'm pretty sure it had alot to do with bugs and quality though.

[Rahl]

PHPBB was crap. Shitty admin tools. Shitty features. Way out of date. Upgrades were a bitch. The number of exploits was getting out of control. So, I chucked it.

PHPBB 3 is supposed to be better, but they sucked to long for me to go back. I like vBulletin much better. Upgrades are easy. Very few security problems. Admin tools are easy. Plus, I can call and get support quickly and easily. No contest.