John
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Dealing with the Spam; A tactic!
Anything bad said about, to, for or otherwise of the posters of these awful ads deserves them. Now I want to say really nasty things to these guys. But they will never see it or care in the slightest. They have done their dirty work and we are giving them more then they could hope for. We keep their ads up front, on the first page. I ask you all DO NOT respond. Yes it will take will power I know. CW will delete them when they get to it and hopefully no one will see them much at all. This tactic will dis-empower these people and will make it less useful for them to do this. With each reply we play into their whole marketing model. Do not be part of their game. We need only to report them. Best John Just so you all know that are new this thread has the approval of CW. The below is from a post on this thread from our own Brandon Ryan. I would read all the posts on that page because they are great. (Page 2) Just did some deleting and banning....and man it feels good. Sorry you guys have to be subjected to this at times, but as you know it's the world we live in. In my not so humble opinion, these sorts of spammers should be viewed with the same sort of disdain we usually reserve for violent criminals - in the 1300's that is. I'm thinking tar, feathers, nasty spikes - that sort of thing. Is there anyone here who wouldn't gladly take a swing at one if given the chance in person? Sometimes I'm shocked at the level of my own hatred for these vultures, but they really are the ruiners of all things good.
I agree that the best policy for you forumites is to ignore the posts when they show up and rest assured they will be deleted with extreme prejudice as soon as they are detected.
post edited by John - 2008/06/08 06:59:50
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 00:27:29
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I noticed all the spam earlier today, and wondered then, how do I report them. I had ignored the spam earlier, but I'm home alone late on a Saturday night. So I pulled up their web site. I laughed out loud when I saw how they were displaying those shoes with cardboard crates in the background, the color written in what appeared to be Chinese. I couldn't pass up the chance to make a joke about my 4 inch red high heels.
I agree with what you are saying, we should just ignore them and report them.
How do we report them?
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 00:29:34
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John, I agree with you completely. But I am wired to respond to stupid with stupid. I simply do not possess the willpower necessary to abstain from being a smartass when these guys post. I (as you may have noticed) live for a good smarmy response or fake debate. I fear I lack the simplistic sophistication needed to ignore anything that puts those "funny little pictures" in my head. Please give me a pass from your no-response edict, otherwise I will fail and show myself to be the compulsive freak that I truly am... Sincerely, a weird dude  
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 00:33:29
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Tdye; Look at the bottom of the post in question on the right side where it says report. Jinga; I hear you and understand your point. Heck I have done the same thing in the past. The thing is you are very funny and when you post it often need to have an answering post or at least a LOL. This just gives the spamer what they are looking for. I would be careful with clicking on them they may have a spy checking you out when you get there. It is also a bit of "Never let them see you sweat" kind of idea. If they get nothing from us, no response at all, it may dissuade them from further posting here though I don't think so. But who knows it can't hurt. It also occurs to me they may have it so they are sbscribed here when any of of us post on their thred they may know. Best John
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tdye
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 00:38:10
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Cool! Now I get to be part of the spam cops.
I wasn't logged in earlier, and the report option doesn't show up, unless you're logged in.
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 00:38:14
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 00:52:15
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Jinga and anyone. Feel free to say any and all smart-ass stuff you want here. We will then judge it as to form and funniness.  Points will be given to the ones that dis these ah, guys the most. Rants are also welcomed. By doing this here it has two benefits 1 It will keep this up top. 2 It will thwart (I love that word) them. Best John
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 00:59:56
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John,
I just tried to report a brand new spam over on the home studio forum. For the reason type, I typed in spam, but received an error message that said I needed to input a valid reason type. Please advise. Thanks for your help John.
P.S. I wonder if they have gum sole shoes?
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:03:12
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I just tried to report a brand new spam over on the home studio forum. For the reason type, I typed in spam, but received an error message that said I needed to input a valid reason type. Please advise. Thanks for your help John.
I'm not John, but I play one on TV... I think you need to input at least two words for the reason...There was a post about that on Friday I believe. (I'm still not John, but you probably have your TV off at this hour, so you wouldn't know it by looking at us...) Also, if you combined our avatars, I'd probably be dead right now...
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:07:06
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ORIGINAL: jinga8
I just tried to report a brand new spam over on the home studio forum. For the reason type, I typed in spam, but received an error message that said I needed to input a valid reason type. Please advise. Thanks for your help John.
I'm not John, but I play one on TV... I think you need to input at least two words for the reason...There was a post about that on Friday I believe. (I'm still not John, but you probably have your TV off at this hour, so you wouldn't know it by looking at us...)
Also, if you combined our avatars, I'd probably be dead right now...
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:07:09
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Type in anything at all "bad manners" or "inappropriate posting". It isn't what you call it but what they will find in the posts that matters.
I have never reported anyone and I don't intend to start now. It is just my way of following the adage of live and let live. Though I did come close tonight.
Best
John
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:09:20
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I'm not John, but I play one on TV... I think you need to input at least two words for the reason...There was a post about that on Friday I believe. (I'm still not John, but you probably have your TV off at this hour, so you wouldn't know it by looking at us...) Also, if you combined our avatars, I'd probably be dead right now... See what I mean! This is what i'm talking about. LOL Best John
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:11:21
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ORIGINAL: jinga8
Also, if you combined our avatars, I'd probably be dead right now...
Not that you ask, but I was playing the part of Sophie Tucker, because the fat nun was too self-conscious about her weight. So I filled in for her. Know anybody in the market for a pair of size 14 red patent leather 4 inch heels? Maybe this shoe salesman spammer guy could sell them for me?
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:15:20
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Though I did come close tonight. Yeah, sorry about that. I didn't realize Bowflex infomercials could be so inflammatory... I'll be more sensitive to such sensitive issues next time... (G**Da**it! I cant shut myself up...  )
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:19:37
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Congratulate me. I just turned from a new member to a bronze member.
Hey, that gives me an idea. Now I know what to do with my red high heels.
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:21:04
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Not that you ask, but I was playing the part of Sophie Tucker, because the fat nun was too self-conscious about her weight. So I filled in for her. Know anybody in the market for a pair of size 14 red patent leather 4 inch heels? Maybe this shoe salesman spammer guy could sell them for me? So thats you in the avatar. OK, I just changed my mind and reported you to the fashion police! It is only for your own good. Best John
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:21:55
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Now I know what to do with my red high heels. Hey, 3 heel clicks and a wish and you'll be one state to the north...
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:34:05
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There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home...
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:47:27
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On a serious note. My wife and I cared for a developmentally disabled adult man in our home for nine years back when we lived in Colorado. His family had abandoned him. It's a great work that you do, Greg. Thankless, tiring, stressful, selfless, and probably underpaid. Its good to see your sense of humor. Keep up the good work, and stay happy.
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 01:56:20
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Thankless, tiring, stressful, selfless, and probably underpaid. Its good to see your sense of humor. Keep up the good work, and stay happy. Thanks. It's worth it...
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/08 13:36:27
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/10 02:51:33
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Well there is another posting so I am bumping this.
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John
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/10 03:00:37
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/10 04:09:47
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People who report spam should be aware of the fact you need to enter *2* words in the reason field, 'spam' is not enough.
Also, reacting has absolutely no value: these are posted by bots that search the webs for keywords, like walk - hence all the shoes. A good anti-bot scheme so they cannot log on and post is MUCH more effective than reporting or reacting to them.
Those bots NEVER come back to read this. It's hit and run, they expect those posts to be gone in a jiffy, but everyone who clicks their link is a bonus, in their view.
I think CW should concentrate on making it so, only humans can suss out the registration procedure (like those numbers from a pic etc, etc).
Everything *we* as posters can do about it, is just mopping with a tap running, that'll NEVER solve anything.
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/10 04:39:00
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Spam makes great fritters.
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/11 11:17:57
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Just a reminder
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/11 11:38:28
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just another reminder clicking on some of the links embedded in these spam messages may possibly treat you to a trojan or virus
Green Acres is the place to be I dont twitter, facebook, snapchat, instagram,linkedin,tumble,pinterest,flick, blah blah,lets have an old fashioned conversation!
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/11 11:48:48
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BTW shoesorder is no bot, those don't use emoticons in the thread header IIRC. Just ban his behind, I'd say.
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/11 11:52:00
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Just a reminder It's not even the weekend (Sat night..when usually the spam comes and stays..for too long) It's Wed.. CW doesn't read here too often..it shows 
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RE: Dealing with the Spam
2007/07/11 13:37:08
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Just ban his behind, I'd say. You got that right!!!! I say it too Now how can we hunt him down and ban him? Oh you mean from the forum..... Best John
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