To those applying for registration on the forum:
First, if you are wishing to sign up just to
ask questions or provide us with a single topic of information, please send an e-mail to me directly at sneezefurs@gmail.com
Next, there is a
bug with the registration process that will clear the multiple choice portions of your profile -- This happens if you do not fill in
DATE OF BIRTH and then go back to correct it. It is required that you enter an accurate date of birth, and anyone found to have entered inaccurate information will be banned. This is for the safety of other users.
If you do not fill out most-to-all of your profile,
I will likely not approve your registration. The main reason for this is that I want people to be both socially open to others, as well as invested enough to share something about yourself. As this is a community forum, it's nice to learn about the various preferences towards sneezes .
There
are fields for those who do not know the answer, so when you leave everything as skipped, it indicates you did not read things, or aren't willing to spend the time to answer (--or you encountered the aforementioned bug). That my philosophy. So, for myself and the others of this community, please
fully fill out your profile when registering!
Another issue to consider is that forums still get bots signing up for them, no matter what preventative measures are included. That's an additional reason that I reject accounts that don't take the time to properly fill things out, or that fall into certain patterns; it is often a bot registration. Below is an example of an account from the past that was clearly a bot.
Do you have a sneezing fetish?: Possibly / Curious
Why do you want to join sneezefurs.org?: You will find details about article marketing on mine website. thanks Mrs. Caprario [/url=http://URL REMOVED]article marketing[/url]
How did you find this site?: google
Furry Gender Preference: Skipped
Sneeze Gender Preference: Skipped
Sneeze Species Preference: Skipped
Fav. Part of Sneeze: Skipped
Fav. Part of Sneeze Cont.: You will discover additional information about article marketing on mine internet site. thanks! Mr. Caprario [/url=http://URL REMOVED]article marketing[/url]
Enjoys Adult Sneeze-Content: Skipped
Anthro or Non-anthro?: Skipped
Because of this, anyone who types 'google' with no capitalization or other words is an automatic red flag when it comes to approving registration. Please try to at least write a sentence.
Also, anyone who skips all of the fields is subject to extra scrutiny and generally must have a detailed reason for why they are signing up that would have things make sense for ~not~ filling out the fields.
In the end, I'm not trying to deny anyone legitimate the chance to view the content on this site, but I feel it's very important to keep the bots from signing up. This prevents spam posts and spidering of the member-only data of the site. This scrutiny also helps to deter troll accounts from signing up, as they usually are among the lazier applications.
Hopefully this helps better clear up my stance on member approval and the importance of taking the time to fill out your profile fully and honestly.
And remember that if you need to reach out to me or the site, it's okay to just send an email.
I look forward to all the new members of the site in the future. ^_^
-FS
