David on 15/3/2005 at 16:30

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Okie dokey, I guess a few of you saw the reigious spam that was posted in four forums accross TTLG.
I noticed that a few of you posted replies to their threads - can I ask you not to do this in future and, if possible, not even read the threads that are obviously spam.
The reason is that lately spam bots (the posts aren't made by people but by bots who are not going to read your 'marvellous' (:p) replies) have been embedding hit counters into their spam threads.

I would presume that the reason for this is so they can track which forums return the best hits so that they can spam them again and again.

So you see, by posting in (and even reading!) these threads, you're encouraging them to come back and spam over and over again, which is something I'm sure you want as little as I do!

So please, don't reply or read threads that are obviously spam.

Thanks :)

scumble on 15/3/2005 at 16:40

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Noted. I don't suppose there are spamfilters for forums are there?

Matthew on 15/3/2005 at 16:46

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Sorry David, I guess it's one of the few times I can unleash my ire against the poster without running like a baby from the ensuing flamewar. :P

A hit counter - is that what the odd blank spot at the bottom of the religious post was?

Turtle on 15/3/2005 at 17:08

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I vote all threads require Mod approval before being displayed.
Just a quick perusal to make sure it's legit and bam.
Of course, I also vote that girls show me their boobies and that one's not going too well.

David on 15/3/2005 at 17:21

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Pig, if you can't tell that "FREE GAMES CONSOLE OF YOUR CHOICE" by a username you don't recognise is spam then there's something very wrong :p


Matthew, yes that was the hit counter