Please help, PHP programming needed for this forum

Can someone write a bit of PHP code to allow anonymous posters to post on this type of forum?
Some important information that helps Gnutella has been posted by anonymous posters, and this should continue.
Flaming is a problem on any forum but places like slashdot still allow anonymous posting.
The new idea is to simply "hide" a anonymous post, leaving only a small link that people can click on if they want to.
When you click on that link, it opens that message and presents three buttons, "it's a flame" "approve" "needs editing".
If enough DIFFERENT regular users approve the post, it's posted, otherwise it's rejected and removed.
Another feature you can add later is a selection in a users settings to always show the anon posts.

To do this, you may want to look over the code and developer forum at
http://www.vbulletin.com/download/
http://www.vbulletin.org/

Please help out!

better start a new gnutella forum, for everybody to post and with good mods which sort the out the troll brawl.

Originally posted by Unregistered
better start a new gnutella forum, for everybody to post and with good mods which sort the out the troll brawl.

That would be a good solution for the short term, but a simple program mod would allow all the users here to help control spam and flames and the mods could relax.

[Morgwen]

Originally posted by Unregistered
That would be a good solution for the short term, but a simple program mod would allow all the users here to help control spam and flames and the mods could relax.

Are you a PHP coder?

Morgwen

there is "Report this post to a moderator" (which only registerd users can click).
but hey... we should all avoid to visit websites where you get popups, blinking banners and forced to register. last is a sign for a strange policy and new visitors are not that much wanted.

[Morgwen]

Originally posted by Unregistered
we should all avoid to visit websites where you get popups, blinking banners and forced to register.

You have to avoid a lot of websites then, what do you suggest how CycloCide should pay his bills? Will you pay them for him?

there is "Report this post to a moderator" (which only registerd users can click)

I am not sure but I think this has something to do with the vBulletin software!

last is a sign for a strange policy and new visitors are not that much wanted.

New visitors are welcome, at least I welcome every user if registered or unregistered...

I think this is unfair, CycloCide offers here a free side he don´t ask for payment or something else, this side helps thousands of users... and you complain about some ads - download a pop up stopper...

And registration is really no big deal, what do you loose?

You should know that the mods of this sides here don´t get money for this and if the users are registered its much easier for us to overview the actions of the users and we recodnize the bad guys very fast... if you have better solutions I am all ear...

Morgwen

[tshdos]

Originally posted by Morgwen

You have to avoid a lot of websites then, what do you suggest how CycloCide should pay his bills? Will you pay them for him?

I will

Why not try a donation system instead of banners?

IMO, unless Cyclocide is on some type on impression system, it doesn't seem like these banners would draw much revenue. I think it should at least be tested, if it doesn't work... back to the banners. I would donate, anyone else?

[Morgwen]

Originally posted by tshdos
Why not try a donation system instead of banners?

If you like start a poll.

Morgwen

Originally posted by Morgwen

You have to avoid a lot of websites then, what do you suggest how CycloCide should pay his bills? Will you pay them for him?

banners fine. read again: bad are popups, blinking banners, registration force

[CycloCide]

Originally posted by tshdos


I will

Why not try a donation system instead of banners?

IMO, unless Cyclocide is on some type on impression system, it doesn't seem like these banners would draw much revenue. I think it should at least be tested, if it doesn't work... back to the banners. I would donate, anyone else?

The donation system doesn't work unless you have user loyalty.

The banner ads are hybrid CPM/CPC/CPA.

[ursula]

I love all of this nonsense trying to find a way to avoid the death-defying dangers of registration here!
Complications piled on top of complications... absurd....
But, nothing beats those of you geniuses who think that posting your e-mail addresses is somehow 'safe' and registering is not.
Brilliant!

And.... a good one, really.... Contributions to support Gnutella Forums.... Wonderful idea! Of course, none of you would mind establishing an automatic payment system with your banks or *********** companies to guarantee payment of the 'beloved contribution' EVERY month, right?

Get real, gang. It will help when you're older.

[bobomon]

I find the value of this forum 1000 times greater than the amount I am paying for it's use - I do think that flashing red banner ad sucks though. . .

[ursula]

Hey, bobomon, imagine how many times the mods see it!!!!!!
But, it isn't forever, right?

Right?... Please tell me yes!

[tshdos]

The donation system doesn't work unless you have user loyalty.

I think you may be surprised

And.... a good one, really.... Contributions to support Gnutella Forums.... Wonderful idea! Of course, none of you would mind establishing an automatic payment system with your banks or *********** companies to guarantee payment of the 'beloved contribution' EVERY month, right?

Thanks for the description of a paid membership system which has absolutely nothing to do with the original suggestion.

The suggestion was to setup a way so that users could donate to the forum IF they wanted to. They would receive no special treatment or anything. No automatic payments (unless the user set that up themselves). This would obviously have to be done through some type of third party service of which there are many 'good' ones available. If this comes up being equal to the amount gained by banners, maybe CycloCide can drop the banners (on this site).

It couldn't hurt to try it at least. What would be lost... you keep the banners up until you see if it works. If it does great you drop the banners until contributions don't cover the costs anymore. If it doesn't work, nothing lost just keep the banners in place.

Ursula, would you contribute ?

Originally posted by ursula
And.... a good one, really.... Contributions to support Gnutella Forums.... Wonderful idea!

Get real, gang. It will help when you're older.

It is a good idea, the only problem is those "older" people here are technically challenged and thus can't figure out how to copy / paste in a simple pay pal button. Too bad.
All us "younger" people know how, and we even see the potential of this, but "old foagies" that think they are older and wiser are set in their ways. Oh well. Alzheimers is also very common in seniors.
Younger people are superior, faster and better, so you keep your "I'm older" attitude, it doesn't impress me and as a "super mod" here you shouldn't be insulting us with your power trip.