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    • Impman66I
      Impman66
      last edited by

      Looks like you have earned that rep yourself, with your contributions, and your helpful litle guide.
      Nice one, but one more shouldn't hurt any I will upvote you :)

      Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
      Power Supply used: Generic 5v 2.5A Panasonic
      RetroPie Version Used : 4.5.1
      Built From: Retropie website
      USB Devices connected: 2 x Dragonrise N64 Encoders

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      • sad_musoS
        sad_muso @Impman66
        last edited by

        @Impman66 Awww, thanks; very kind indeed :)

        Pi 4B 4GB
        PSU: LABISTS 5.1V 3A
        SD: SanDisk Extreme 32 GB for OS
        USB: 2.0 - Wired keyboard / Plugable Bluetooth 4.0 adapter, 3.0 - Crucial MX300 275GB SSD in Novatech caddy for ROMS
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        • ClydeC
          Clyde
          last edited by

          Just a blasphemous thought: Why not drop the reputation requirement for a signature completely if mere asking gets one enough points to do it anyway? 😉

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          • cellyC
            celly @Clyde
            last edited by

            @Clyde and for that Clyde, you get a point.

            Everyone, look under your chairs! You ALL get a point!

            Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @Clyde
              last edited by

              @Clyde said in Forum Signature:

              Why not drop the reputation requirement for a signature completely if mere asking gets one enough points to do it anyway?

              It's mainly an anti-spam/bot measure.

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              • sad_musoS
                sad_muso @Clyde
                last edited by

                @Clyde Mere asking? I'll have you know that I've contributed countless pointless posts to this forum over the past month or so! :D

                Pi 4B 4GB
                PSU: LABISTS 5.1V 3A
                SD: SanDisk Extreme 32 GB for OS
                USB: 2.0 - Wired keyboard / Plugable Bluetooth 4.0 adapter, 3.0 - Crucial MX300 275GB SSD in Novatech caddy for ROMS
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                  Retro @sad_muso
                  last edited by

                  @sad_muso I've given you one too. Every little helps! ;)

                  Computer: Raspberry Pi 1 Model B (Rev 2)
                  RetroPie Image: Official
                  Controller: Keyboard

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                  • ClydeC
                    Clyde @sad_muso
                    last edited by

                    @sad_muso I didn't mean you but @Retro. That said, I don't begrudge anyone a signature. On the contrary, I think anyone should get one for free. 😁

                    @mitu But are signatures really an issue? They only appear with actual posts which by themselves should expose a spammer/bot really quickly, I would think.

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @Clyde
                      last edited by mitu

                      @Clyde said in Forum Signature:

                      @mitu But are signatures really an issue? They only appear with actual posts which by themselves should expose a spammer/bot really quickly, I would think.

                      You'd be surprised how sofisticated spammers have become nowadays. We had several situations where the spammers don't post any spam triggering (automatic or via user inspection) measures, only to come back several weeks/months later, edit their posts and insert the spam links. They're still indexed, and you don't see a notification or an update on the posts/topics they've been participating.
                      Things are not so simple.

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                        Retro @Clyde
                        last edited by

                        @Clyde I didn't ask for upvotes, I simply inquired as to why the signature box didn't appear for me - and I received an answer.

                        Computer: Raspberry Pi 1 Model B (Rev 2)
                        RetroPie Image: Official
                        Controller: Keyboard

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                        • sad_musoS
                          sad_muso
                          last edited by

                          It's all good guys :)

                          Pi 4B 4GB
                          PSU: LABISTS 5.1V 3A
                          SD: SanDisk Extreme 32 GB for OS
                          USB: 2.0 - Wired keyboard / Plugable Bluetooth 4.0 adapter, 3.0 - Crucial MX300 275GB SSD in Novatech caddy for ROMS
                          Controllers: 8bitdo SN30 Pro+ / 8bitdo SFC30
                          RetroPie: 4.6 official

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                          • ClydeC
                            Clyde @mitu
                            last edited by

                            @mitu It's just that I didn't see any spammer use signatures rather than the posts itself, or hear anything about it. I also never saw a forum restrict signatures based on reputation. Even your example speaks about editing posts, not signatures.

                            That said, if both editing posts and having signatures is dependant on a user's reputation, at least it would be consistant (I don't know if they are in this forum). Forums have different methods to combat spam; for example, one German Linux forum I'm part of only allows editing your own posts for a certain amount of time or until someone replies after it. No more editing after that. It prevents the subsequent spamming you described rather efficiently.

                            @Retro You're right, I misspoke. My apologies. 😇

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @Clyde
                              last edited by

                              @Clyde said in Forum Signature:

                              @mitu It's just that I didn't see any spammer use signatures rather than the posts itself, or hear anything about it. I also never saw a forum restrict signatures based on reputation. Even your example speaks about editing posts, not signatures.

                              That was just an example of how simple things are not so simple as far as spammers go.

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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators
                                last edited by

                                Spammers have made posts that are not always picked up. Then they change signature later. It's happened before.

                                We have a few anti spam measures but a lot of spam is done by people rather than being purely automated, so it's tricky to catch everything.

                                Needing some reputation to have a signature helps in this case. It's not hard to gain some upvotes. And having a signature isn't that important. Noone reads them anyway. Mine especially. Nor do people often read the sign-up agreement which also contains the same text as my signature :-)

                                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                • BuZzB
                                  BuZz administrators
                                  last edited by BuZz

                                  We also work within the features / capabilities of the forum software. I'd rather work on RetroPie than maintain custom forum plugins. I spend enough time on non retropie code admin type tasks as it is :-)

                                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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