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[BigV]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Third-world spammers continue to be a problem for us. The practice of not allowing new accounts to start threads has completely vexed them, but they continue to open and (usually) validate new accounts to TRY to post new threads. And they continue to do this at the same pace as they did when they were successful at it.

It's like somebody gave them a script to follow...

Every two-three months I clean out all the accounts that registered and never validated, and all the accounts that registered and haven't logged in months. Hundreds of accounts get deleted, half of them with gobbledygook names, the other half with names like xxviagraxx that give their game away.

I reckon this is temporary too, but perhaps longer lasting that previous strategies to block their access. I wonder if we'll ever get to the stage that for full fledged read write edit thread access to the cellar we'll require a peer reviewed application. Essay format. Ten sample posts. Examples of wit and eloquence.

Glad I got grandfathered in. :whew:

[Shawnee123]

Only if you had written it, Zen.

[ZenGum]

Rule #3 of the internet:
If you can think it, there is porn of it.

[LJ]

that reminds me of a dvd i saw once:

'Horny sluts who love to fuck cowboys and their horses on the prairie XII'. It was better than the first eleven by that name, IMHO.

[LJ]

so, anyway...i got bored, and went to the members list to check and see if hardcorebondageslut had posted....but theres was no one of that name listed. were you just making it up? or did the admins delete the account...?

[Drax]

Originally Posted by LJ

so, anyway...i got bored, and went to the members list to check and see if hardcorebondageslut had posted....but theres was no one of that name listed. were you just making it up? or did the admins delete the account...?

I already informed them of this (post #8).

[Undertoad]

That's Rule 34.

[ZenGum]

Well, you were quick with the citations ... but I maintain that the original sources are mistaken. Do you really reckon the Principle of the Proliferation of Pornography is the 34th law of the internet? Much too high IMHO.
Can you really think of 33 laws that would have come before it?
1. If you can sell it, they will spam it.
2. If a site yells "FREE!" very loudly .. they are trying to sell you something.
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34. If you can think it, there is porn of it.

Nah, too high.

EDIT: Reconsidering in the light of overwhelming evidence.

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[Razzmatazz13]

It's rule 34 because of some guy writing up a list that everyone thought was hilarious 70 bazillion years ago on the interwebz.

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com...f_The_Internet

The list shifts around a bit whenever I find it, but the porn rule is ALWAYS rule 34.

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Razzmatazz13

It's rule 34 because of some guy writing up a list that everyone thought was hilarious 70 bazillion years ago on the interwebz.

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com...f_The_Internet



The list shifts around a bit whenever I find it, but the porn rule is ALWAYS rule 34.

Is that like, dog years? :p

[Razzmatazz13]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Is that like, dog years? :p

Nah, I forgot to do the exchange from "teenager time", sorry.