Is there a way to make normal users into moderators after they reach a certain number of posts?

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Is there a way to make normal users into moderators after they reach a certain number of posts?

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Let's say that a particular member is very active in my forum. I would like that once he reaches 50 posts, then he becomes a moderator who can delete posts that are flagged by the members.
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That sounds like a dangerous practice to me. If a user wanted to he could post 50 topics or posts in double quick time then obliterate your board.
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Mick wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:52 am That sounds like a dangerous practice to me. If a user wanted to he could post 50 topics or posts in double quick time then obliterate your board.
I didn't think of that. Perhaps we could also have some kind of minimum number of days that the user has registered on the forum?

I'm just trying to find a way to ease down the burden on the moderator to delete spam posts, and put it somehow on an automated bot or some sort of rule/option. The last thing that I want is for my moderator to spend hours going through spam posts and deleting them manually.
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For what you're asking you'd need an extension which you can request in Extension Requests but if this is all about spam there are better ways of handling it. Can you post a link to your board so we can have a look to see if we can help please?
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Are there really that many users who would really become moderators? It sounds like automating (the act of assigning a group membership) a task that will be carried out maybe 6 times a year only.
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Quantity (of posts) does not always equate to quality (of persons intelligence)

Making people Moderators automatically is doomed to failure.

There are far better and easier ways to deal with SPAM, see the info below.

See How to clean up a board hit by spam for some suggestions.

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mugenh wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:48 am Let's say that a particular member is very active in my forum. I would like that once he reaches 50 posts, then he becomes a moderator who can delete posts that are flagged by the members.
Have you thought about setting up some automated checks for spam protection? It can be quite effective and cuts down on moderation overhead.
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But to answer the question the Autogroup Extension can do this.
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JLA wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:35 pm
mugenh wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:48 am Let's say that a particular member is very active in my forum. I would like that once he reaches 50 posts, then he becomes a moderator who can delete posts that are flagged by the members.
Have you thought about setting up some automated checks for spam protection? It can be quite effective and cuts down on moderation overhead.
Yes. I was just wondering about taking precautions before the website gets hit by spam. I come from a country where the spam rate is pretty high. Not that I mean to compare with other places, but I just speak from experience after seeing other sites in my country.

stevemaury wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:08 pm But to answer the question the Autogroup Extension can do this.
Great! Thanks for suggesting this! I think I'm done with this thread. :thumbsup:
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mugenh wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:00 pmI come from a country where the spam rate is pretty high
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mugenh wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:00 pmI think I'm done with this thread
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mugenh wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 6:00 pm
JLA wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:35 pm
mugenh wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:48 am Let's say that a particular member is very active in my forum. I would like that once he reaches 50 posts, then he becomes a moderator who can delete posts that are flagged by the members.
Have you thought about setting up some automated checks for spam protection? It can be quite effective and cuts down on moderation overhead.
Yes. I was just wondering about taking precautions before the website gets hit by spam. I come from a country where the spam rate is pretty high. Not that I mean to compare with other places, but I just speak from experience after seeing other sites in my country.

stevemaury wrote: Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:08 pm But to answer the question the Autogroup Extension can do this.
Great! Thanks for suggesting this! I think I'm done with this thread. :thumbsup:
well you should really consider setting up multiple layers of automated checks for spam protection as well as a real time log monitor tool such as the old version (version 3) of WhosOn used in conjunction with logging tools in PHPBB. You'll be able to knock out a great majority of it with only a fraction of the resources/overhead typically needed to moderate and manage your board
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A properly set up Q&A with NRU post threshold set at one is enough for the average board owner, there’s no need to go over the top.
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If you do for the automatic moderator option, make sure those moderators only have soft-delete permissions so that you can at least check on what has been deleted (and restore if necessary). Once a certain automatic moderator has gained your trust, then you could consider perma-delete permissions.
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