Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Poster with no profile??

Aug 23, 2011 8:01PM PDT

Discussion is locked

- Collapse -
Wait for it...
Aug 23, 2011 8:29PM PDT

The servers sync up eventually.

- Collapse -
It is a known limitation...
Aug 24, 2011 11:26AM PDT

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

- Collapse -
I had once thought of suggesting a short moratorium
Aug 24, 2011 10:22PM PDT

on newly registered members being allowed to post thinking that it might curb some of the hit and run spam...those with no intention of visiting again. I don't know if that would help much.

- Collapse -
Don't get me started!
Aug 24, 2011 10:39PM PDT
Happy

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
- Collapse -
I have no ability to think of such things
Aug 25, 2011 12:27AM PDT

because I am totally social network disease free and intend to stay that way. Happy

- Collapse -
I thought of that, too...
Aug 24, 2011 10:58PM PDT

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