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Reply 560 of 836, by Stiletto

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DracoNihil wrote:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=46237
obvious warez link

Got it. ... was also in the wrong subforum.

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Reply 561 of 836, by Tetrium

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OMG someone please stop this senseless madness! 😲

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Whats missing in your collections?
My retro rigs (old topic)
Interesting Vogons threads (links to Vogonswiki)
Report spammers here!

Reply 562 of 836, by PCBONEZ

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Actually if you look there is quite a bit of spam in the members list dating all the way back to 2002.
A lot of it is obvious.
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GRUMPY OLD FART - On Hiatus, sort'a
Mann-Made Global Warming. - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.

Reply 564 of 836, by PCBONEZ

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Yet their spam persists in the list.

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Mann-Made Global Warming. - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.

Reply 567 of 836, by PCBONEZ

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Examples of what exactly?
My point is the spam links in the members list are still fully functional even when the member's account isn't.
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Actually if you look there is quite a bit of spam in the members list dating all the way back to 2002.
A lot of it is obvious.
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I think it's incredibly funny that if I post the same links in this thread as examples the spam police come along and delete it while the same links in the members list are left alone.
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GRUMPY OLD FART - On Hiatus, sort'a
Mann-Made Global Warming. - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.

Reply 568 of 836, by Qbix

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visibility.
the memberlist can't be viewed without being logged in, while your post can.
Spammers post in order to get visibility for their links. So the removal effort is concentrated on where they would get the most exposure.

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How to ask questions the smart way!

Reply 569 of 836, by PCBONEZ

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Then the question is why are spammers left in the members list at all.

GRUMPY OLD FART - On Hiatus, sort'a
Mann-Made Global Warming. - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.

Reply 570 of 836, by Qbix

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as it takes a lot work to delete them.
You don't want to know how many pages I have been through already.

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Reply 572 of 836, by PCBONEZ

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I don't think it's usually a matter of targeting, they just throw it out randomly at any place they trip over.
If it was targeting it would at least be somewhat related to the site topic and it usually isn't.
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Mann-Made Global Warming. - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.

Reply 573 of 836, by CapnCrunch53

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This guy: User 32745

Examples: Rollercoaster tycoon 2 not running?
Colin McRae Rally 1 on Win8.1 - how I get it super smooth (also on Win8)
DECAP runtime error

Posted in a bunch of threads in the Windows section.

PCs, Macs, old and new... too much stuff.

Reply 576 of 836, by keenmaster486

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I saw that too. Why on earth would a spammer post something about the latest Batman movie, in the VOGONS forum, in Russian? What gain does he expect to have from it? And what kind of blockhead does he think would click on that, anyway? A bit hard to understand... 😖

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Reply 578 of 836, by Stiletto

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keenmaster486 wrote:

I saw that too. Why on earth would a spammer post something about the latest Batman movie, in the VOGONS forum, in Russian? What gain does he expect to have from it? And what kind of blockhead does he think would click on that, anyway? A bit hard to understand... 😖

What makes you think the spammer was a human? 😉

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do the Fandango!" - Queen

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Reply 579 of 836, by keenmaster486

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Well, even if it was a robot or something, somebody had to program it. I guess enough people click on those things and see ads (maybe) that someone out there makes money on it. Good thing we have an automatic army of anti-spam people! 😉

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