Mánaðarskipt færslusafn fyrir: september 2025

Aðgerðir bættar við til að loka fyrir kínverska ruslpóstsendendur

Við höfum tekið eftir tilraunum kínverskra ruslpóstsendenda til að nýta sér Kerika og við erum að grípa til aðgerða til að draga úr þessum vandræðum. Við vorum vön að loka fyrir þessa ruslpóstsendendur einn í einu, en það er augljóslega tímafrekt, sérstaklega þegar hópur þeirra reynir sama bragðið, sem er að senda út tugi eða hundruð boða til fólks um að taka þátt í Kerika-spjallborðum sínum.

Þessir ruslpóstsendendur nota VPN til að virðast vera frá öðrum löndum, en það var mynstur í notkun þeirra á Kerika: öll boð liðsins sem þeir sendu út tengjast sama áfangastað: qq.com, sem er stór kínversk vefgátt rekin af Tencent, aðallega þekkt fyrir spjallþjónustu sína, QQ.

Þó að við styðjum kínversku sem tungumál, þá höfum við enga lögmæta notendur í Kína þar sem Kína lokar fyrir Google og svo margar aðrar þjónustur. Sem þýðir að það verður aldrei lögmæt notkun til að bæta fólki af qq.com léninu við Kerika-spjallborð.

Við erum að kynna einfalda blokkun: við munum halda svartan lista yfir lén, þar á meðal qq.com, þar sem kerfið mun koma í veg fyrir að þú bætir við liðsmönnum. Þetta mun hjálpa til við að stöðva kínverska ruslpóstsendendur sem miða á annað fólk frá Kína.

We are switching to a 14-day free trial for new users

We have had a 30-day free trial period for new users for a very long time, but we have long seen that people don’t really need the full 4 weeks to make up their mind about whether Kerika is what they are looking for, or not.

In fact, a trial period has a disadvantage in that people tend to forget they are in a free trial until they start getting reminders that the trial is about to end!

A more practical — and industry-standard — approach is to offer 14-day free trial from now on. This should provide ample time to make up your mind about whether Kerika is the best way for your remote team to get more done!

Hiding and showing columns

If you are working on a Task Board, the Board Settings dialog’s Column tab can now let you hide or show columns.

To use this feature, open the Board Settings dialog by clicking on the gear button that appears on the top-right corner when you are viewing a Task Board, and then switching to the COLUMNS tab.

When you hover over any column in the list an options button (three dots) will appear:

Screenshot showing the options button that appears when user hovers over a column in the Columns tab of the Board Settings dialog.

Click on that and you will see the Actions menu.:

Screenshot showing the Columns tab of Board Settings dialog for Task Boards.  Clicking on any column will show an Actions menu, including the Hide/Show Column option.
The Columns tab of Board Settings dialog for Task Boards

This makes it easier to manage boards with large numbers of columns.

Account Admins: a new Kerika Feature

Account Owners can now designate other members of their Account Team to be Account Admins, which will allow these people to also manage the subscriptions and membership of that account.  This can help where the actual ownership of the Kerika account is someone from outside the user community, like a purchasing department.

Managing Account Admins can be done from the Manage Account screen, by the Account Owner:

Once you are in the Manage Users screen, select one of the Team Members on the account: hover over the name and a MANAGE USER button will appear:

Screenshot showing button on hover over an Account Team Member

In the Team Member details dialog, click on TAKE ACTION:

Screenshot showing the Take Action button on the Account Team Member dialog

And select Make this user an Account Admin:

Screenshot showing how to change the role of an Account Team Member

An Account Admin can set up other Team Members from that Account to also be Account Admins.

Account Admins have a lot of power over the Account; they can:

  • Access any board
  • Add people to, or remove from, any board
  • Change people’s roles on any board
  • Add people to the Account and buy subscriptions
  • Change the subscription plan

So be careful who you add as an Account Admin!