a complaint for the moderators

lumberjim · 09-23-2006, 11:11 PM

now, I know that 'spam' is severely frowned upon here, and you mods take your duties very seriously and all, but earlier today i could have sworn that i glimpsed a thread entitled ' Interested in Ukrainian Women?' or something of that nature. I'm sure it was spam, and recognized it as such immediately, but i never got the chance to reply to it. you see, sometimes i think that spam threads make good leaping off points for our own particular idiom of zany replies and comments. maybe you three could excercise a little patience with a spam thread that has as much obvious promise as that one did. knowwaddumsayin? all i am say_____ing ....is give spam a chance.

9th Engineer · 09-23-2006, 11:38 PM

So ban the poster, leave the post then.

Griff · 09-24-2006, 07:07 AM

Can we break the links as well?

Undertoad · 09-24-2006, 07:11 AM

That's all well and good, but there are three of us now and we are probably not going to put our heads together to figure out whether a spam is compelling enough to not be deleted. The problem is a horrid one, have you looked at the Entertainment front page for example, without hitting the New Posts button?

Griff · 09-24-2006, 07:19 AM

Maybe a better idea would be a mocking clone thread if someone sees one with potential.

SteveDallas · 09-24-2006, 07:41 AM

I expect Jim simply wanted to chat with some of the Ukrainian women.

footfootfoot · 09-24-2006, 09:10 AM

I agree with jim, I posted my brilliant theory about mail order brides as a solution to all our domestic problems in the ukrainian women thread and now it's gone.

Do not blame me for all our domestic problems.

Break the links, but don't take away our precious opportunities to ridicule spammers. It is one of the ways we set ourselves apart as an higher order of beings.

glatt · 09-24-2006, 01:17 PM

When in doubt, delete the SPAM. There's too damn much of it.

footfootfoot · 09-24-2006, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Maybe a better idea would be a mocking clone thread if someone sees one with potential.

I'd be all for a Mocking Clone thread as long as we can be sure Carly Simon and James Taylor won't record a song about it.

09-23-2006, 11:11 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	a complaint for the moderators now, I know that 'spam' is severely frowned upon here, and you mods take your duties very seriously and all, but earlier today i could have sworn that i glimpsed a thread entitled ' Interested in Ukrainian Women?' or something of that nature. I'm sure it was spam, and recognized it as such immediately, but i never got the chance to reply to it. you see, sometimes i think that spam threads make good leaping off points for our own particular idiom of zany replies and comments. maybe you three could excercise a little patience with a spam thread that has as much obvious promise as that one did. knowwaddumsayin? all i am say_____ing ....is give spam a chance. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 09-23-2006 at 11:45 PM.

09-23-2006, 11:38 PM	#2
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	So ban the poster, leave the post then. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-24-2006, 07:07 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Can we break the links as well? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-24-2006, 07:19 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Maybe a better idea would be a mocking clone thread if someone sees one with potential. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-24-2006, 09:10 AM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I agree with jim, I posted my brilliant theory about mail order brides as a solution to all our domestic problems in the ukrainian women thread and now it's gone. Do not blame me for all our domestic problems. Break the links, but don't take away our precious opportunities to ridicule spammers. It is one of the ways we set ourselves apart as an higher order of beings. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-24-2006, 07:11 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's all well and good, but there are three of us now and we are probably not going to put our heads together to figure out whether a spam is compelling enough to not be deleted. The problem is a horrid one, have you looked at the Entertainment front page for example, without hitting the New Posts button?

09-24-2006, 07:41 AM	#6
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I expect Jim simply wanted to chat with some of the Ukrainian women.

09-24-2006, 01:17 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	When in doubt, delete the SPAM. There's too damn much of it.

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