Responding to spam threads

as the poster boy for what exaggerated measures can happen when you do
post to spam. i now watch with joy as some of them seem to last forever.
like the big fat one that pops up out of no where.

everytime spam hits the board i get a covered in goose pimples. i no
longer report since i wouldnt want to annoy Sir Gilbus with fluff.

BTW, i guess the [censored] shots in the News and Announcements section that
have been there for almost 3 days isnt spam eh?
right click fast boys

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Thanks for the time you spend with this forum. I'm sure much time is
spent doing this work and for the good of the overall forum. I am very
appreciative of this forum and the work that is done to keep it
running.

Thanks

Bill

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jagur said:

*as the poster boy for what exaggerated measures can happen when you
do post to spam. i now watch with joy as some of them seem to last
forever. like the big fat one that pops up out of no where.

*

You're a poster boy in more than one thread right now, aren't you? I
hope they find the article and get your photo posted.

The big, fat one really is a pain. It apparently crossed over from a
bicycling forum somewhere.

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Here, here! I couldn't agree more! Let me be the first to point out
that most of what I say constatutes Spam, and that you have my full
support in banning anyone who encourages me by responding.

What say you?

😄

-C

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harper said:

The big, fat one really is a pain. It apparently crossed over from a
bicycling forum somewhere.

Most spam, including that one, could be robomoderated out of the forum
by discarding messages posted to more than one newsgroup. That
wouldn't fix rec.sport.unicycling on Usenet (the newsgroup would have
to become moderated and Gilby would have to take on even more work to
do that), but it would fix most of the garbage for most of the
participants.

Since I read Usenet, this doesn't help me directly. You can suggest
it if you like the idea.

Ken

Ken Cline said:

Most spam, including that one, could be robomoderated out of the forum
by discarding messages posted to more than one newsgroup. That
wouldn't fix rec.sport.unicycling on Usenet (the newsgroup would have
to become moderated and Gilby would have to take on even more work to
do that),

Gilby doesn't seem to be so newsgroup-minded so I can't see him taking
that on.

Quoted message said:

but it would fix most of the garbage for most of the
participants.

Since I read Usenet, this doesn't help me directly. You can suggest
it if you like the idea.

Fortunately, there is little spam on the newsgroup (knock it off). As
it is, I can easily deal with it.

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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(Klaas Bil) said:

Ken Cline said:

Most spam, including that one, could be robomoderated out of the forum
by discarding messages posted to more than one newsgroup. That
wouldn't fix rec.sport.unicycling on Usenet (the newsgroup would have
to become moderated and Gilby would have to take on even more work to
do that),

Gilby doesn't seem to be so newsgroup-minded so I can't see him taking
that on.

Taking what on? Filtering out cross-posted Usenet messages before
they are posted to unicyclist.com should be very easy and would help
keep that forum clean of junk without involving moderators. The
filter is nearly trivial: reject any message with a comma in the
"newsgroups:" line. I think it's a win, but it doesn't help me since
I read r.s.u. on Usenet.

Moderating Usenet r.s.u., on the other hand, is a much more ambitious
task - one that would either require Gilby or a team of moderators to
commit to maintain. Not worth it in my estimation.

Spam is a Most Agreagious Offence in Nangon. Suspision of Spam or
encouraging Spam by further discource results in imediate imprizonment
with trial some time later.

Currently my uncle and Governer of Nangon Province Lia Xio suffers the
company of several Spamers at the Central Prizon in Bijing including my
brother Lia Phat and Infamouse Spamer Jagur Thomas.

My brother hopes for a quick release as the recounting of Jagurs glory
day as Bicylce messanger grows intolerable with each retelling. Let
his suffering be an example to you all.

Lia Zan
Depute Lurker of Nangon Prefecture

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Ken, I quoted too liberally. I commented specifically on your
statement "the newsgroup would have to become moderated and Gilby
would have to take on even more work to do that".

Moderating the newsgroup on Usenet is what I can't see Gilby taking
on.

Ken Cline said:

(Klaas Bil) said:

Ken Cline said:

Most spam, including that one, could be robomoderated out of the forum
by discarding messages posted to more than one newsgroup. That
wouldn't fix rec.sport.unicycling on Usenet (the newsgroup would have
to become moderated and Gilby would have to take on even more work to
do that),

Gilby doesn't seem to be so newsgroup-minded so I can't see him taking
that on.

Taking what on? Filtering out cross-posted Usenet messages before
they are posted to unicyclist.com should be very easy and would help
keep that forum clean of junk without involving moderators. The
filter is nearly trivial: reject any message with a comma in the
"newsgroups:" line. I think it's a win, but it doesn't help me since
I read r.s.u. on Usenet.

Moderating Usenet r.s.u., on the other hand, is a much more ambitious
task - one that would either require Gilby or a team of moderators to
commit to maintain. Not worth it in my estimation.

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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