hall of shame

garbanzo · 02-27-2009, 01:44 PM

i PM'd a mod, hopefully it will get sorted. i was excited to find such a great music forum. i hope my experience here improves

mr dave · 02-27-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Yesterday when I came online here I had to delete 6 accounts and all their posts and about about 12 threads , and deal with 2 members queries which meant spending approx 15 mins doing this before I could even begin to post anything myself.

If I was to edit all the posts individually and then start PMing reminders to people telling them to read the rules, then you could add about another half hour to that.

And the thing is only a small minority of these spammers bother coming back once they've got their spam posted to read these PMs.

i totally get what you're saying here but i think johne has a valid point with the idea of displaying the terms before joining. although from what i remember that already happens. maybe just a terms for dummies version with the main points in bold, especially the ones that hit a grey area (like myspace links in their sig)

maybe something like:

1 - single word posts are frowned upon
2 - making 15 posts as fast as possible so you can drop a link in your 16th then not posting again that day will get your account deleted.
3 - don't put a link in your signature until you've bookmarked the site and made it part of your regular surfing routine.

sleepy jack · 02-27-2009, 05:40 PM

If someone is registering just to spam/advertise they're just going to look at that and keep going.

mr dave · 02-27-2009, 08:38 PM

true enough, although it might prevent some noobs from making the mistake

garbanzo · 02-27-2009, 10:50 PM

ok this post used to be a big long rant but that does no good to nobody.

so i'm just going to shut up and keep posting about music.

i'll wait for my 50th post before i even think about posting a youtube video again, just so nobody else accuses me of being a spammer

TheBig3 · 02-28-2009, 04:55 PM

I actually know a spammer in real life. My boss at work got banned from ****ign facebook for spamming her moronic book tour on every group she joined.

She joined groups just to promote her ****. I can tell you right now, spammers are folks how have an agenda and its not suitable to ours.

lucifer_sam · 03-04-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

I actually know a spammer in real life. My boss at work got banned from ****ign facebook for spamming her moronic book tour on every group she joined.

She joined groups just to promote her ****. I can tell you right now, spammers are folks how have an agenda and its not suitable to ours.

see there's a fine line between promotion and being a general sh*thead. if you're going to access media with a large viewership and divert attention for an ulterior purpose you're much better off taking an advertisement out of a paper.

i just don't understand how these spammers are able to justify being complete c*nts. do those extra one or two listens matter enough for them to abandon respect for others?

02-27-2009, 10:50 PM	#25 (permalink)
garbanzo Recommended by 4 out of 5 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Budapest Posts: 137	ok this post used to be a big long rant but that does no good to nobody. so i'm just going to shut up and keep posting about music. i'll wait for my 50th post before i even think about posting a youtube video again, just so nobody else accuses me of being a spammer Last edited by garbanzo; 02-28-2009 at 12:01 AM.

02-28-2009, 04:55 PM	#26 (permalink)
TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	I actually know a spammer in real life. My boss at work got banned from **ign facebook for spamming her moronic book tour on every group she joined. She joined groups just to promote her **. I can tell you right now, spammers are folks how have an agenda and its not suitable to ours. __________________ I've moved to a new address

02-27-2009, 01:44 PM	#21 (permalink)
garbanzo Recommended by 4 out of 5 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Budapest Posts: 137	i PM'd a mod, hopefully it will get sorted. i was excited to find such a great music forum. i hope my experience here improves

02-27-2009, 05:40 PM	#23 (permalink)
sleepy jack isfckingdead Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 18,967	If someone is registering just to spam/advertise they're just going to look at that and keep going.