"Real" new members joining.

[youngkyle]

Ditto.  Someday I'll make it to a meet, and see the rambler ranch.  Facebook is for people who want attention. if you want friends, go outside.

[IowaEagle]

Almost home.  Great to hear!

[maddog]

I myself am not a huge fan of facebook even though I do use it but i'm only on there for maybe ten minuets at the most a day and that's just so I can catch up with family members I don't have phone numbers for.

[youngkyle]

This seems to be the subject for this, but I remember having to be given the all clear before I was allowed to join.  obviously a spam stopper, but how does it work? how do you know if someone is real vs fake, and how do you go about it?  Seems like it would be awfully time consuming.

[IowaEagle]

Thru years of "profiling" Kyle.  We do have bad member software, but the legitimate looking ones  do get an extra look.  I am pretty good at it now, and Vangremlin has caught on quickly.

[1985amceagle]

watching what does happen, it looks like the majority that apply lately are spammers. both IE and Vangremlin are doing a great job! im sending a few eggs your way

[IowaEagle]

We take new member registrations seriously and it will not take us days or weeks to approve new members, like it was in the latter Nest days.

[youngkyle]

If I remember correctly it was a matter of 10 minutes or so for me.

[IowaEagle]

That long?  I guess we were slipping that day.  :-)

[youngkyle]

haha,  I was thinking at most.  I'm sure it was quite low.