# Only allow user profiles for TL1 and above?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-allow-user-profiles-for-tl1-and-above/21436>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 22, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-allow-user-profiles-for-tl1-and-above/21436 "2014-10-22T22:37:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-allow-user-profiles-for-tl1-and-above/21436/5 "2014-10-23T00:48:49Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Remember that no urls are linked in user profiles for trust level 0 (new) users.
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> Also all user profiles are no index out of the box per robots.txt.

That fact has never stopped “Profile SPAMmers” from creating accounts just to drop links, urls, spiels, etc on a page that no member will see and bots will never index. And most never return again.

Think, xRumer et al. and SPAM mill “backlink services”.  
What SEO “experts” lack in intelligence they make for with persistance.

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