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Default Spam! - 03-04-2007, 10:02

Ba moved a thread from Boardania to the Dungeon Dimensions. The poster calls itself Thunderzeee. It might be a good idea to terminate this waste of bits from the boards.
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Default 03-04-2007, 10:11

But... Thunderzee shares some letters... maybe it is related to Terry Pratchett in some manner? Shall we not give him a chance?

A chance to arrange a coffin for his cyber self that is.


edit: coffine sounds like it wakes you up in the morning after a hard nights death.


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Default 03-04-2007, 11:28

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Default 03-04-2007, 12:53

Terminate away.


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Default 03-04-2007, 13:09

I got rid of that all together. I think that kind of spam needs to be deleted instead of moved. As its main purpose is to get a free link it doesn't matter to them if we move it to another forum... or I suppose I could have just removed the link, what do you think?
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Default 03-04-2007, 13:23

In general, removing the link and citing why would be best. In the case of posts/posters that are only here for spam though, delete away. We hardly need a history reference of one-post topics that just have links in them. What on earth are we supposed to do with them, if the poster isn't going to post again anyway?


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Default 03-04-2007, 15:57

Ben, it was clearly a spambot post, nothing more, nothing less, which is why I reported it... Spambots are a menace, first time I've seen one manage to post here though, did anything change when the board upgraded that would favour that Mal ?


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Ben, it was clearly a spambot post, nothing more, nothing less, which is why I reported it...
Umm, Kat? Read Ben's post again, and this time LAHJ.


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Default 03-04-2007, 16:52

GAAAHHH... I told it it was Sunday, didn't I ? You people never listen


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Default 03-05-2007, 06:00

Another spammer. The thread was deleted.
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Default 03-06-2007, 14:34

Opinions on this post?
On the one hand, clearly spam, but, on the other, relevant and probably of interest.


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Default 03-06-2007, 14:46

It doesn't look so bad, or has a link been removed or something?
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Default 03-06-2007, 14:51

I think it's spam, especially as they haven't posted anything else and it sounds like an advertising spiel. I don't mind someone saying, "The DVD's coming out on <date>, I can't wait to see it as I've heard it's x, y and z!", but that post was obviously just marketing blurb.

I can't remember if someone has posted the release date before - but maybe we could do that afterwards, or delete the extraneous parts of that post, leaving a explanatory warning for the poster?


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Default 03-06-2007, 15:10

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It doesn't look so bad, or has a link been removed or something?
It's not so bad, but, as Ben says, it's evidently just marketing blurb.


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Default 03-06-2007, 19:25

Especially as our friend the Khan only posts here to tell us - his friends - about the wonderful products he has to sell, and ask us for free feedback (we are his friends after all)


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