Forum feedback forum: Poster with no profile??

Sometimes a member registers and posts in the forums before the registration is 'fully processed,' so the member has an account but it displays as 'null' or 'anonymous' for up to a few hours. Eventually it will 'correct itself' and the username and profile will appear. Regardless, deletions, bans, et cetera still work normally, so it is only an inconvenience.

John

I thought this started when "FaceBook" access was introduced. Any FB member can now access and post in these forums and the registration details are pulled from FB. But this might take time between servers and in the meantime the poster is displayed as Anonymous.

Knowing the spam and other problems FB's lack of security causes in that social network, I'm surprised we have not seen more.

I have made my feelings of such 'social networking' known before. I see CNET has added Yahoo and Google networks to the mix.

I'm going away now before my blood pressure rises any more.

Mark

But my concern was the entry barrier for legitimate users. I know that if I were a non-member and had a question/comment, but had to wait XX hours before being allowed to post, I would just go elsewhere. And I'm assuming a fair number of others feel the same way. Thus, I'd rather let users post immediately while focusing on auto-detecting possible spammers and limiting post frequency. (I seem to recall one spammer that was exceeding 300 posts an hour a while back, though we have better ways of dealing with that now.)

John