Mr T
January 15th, 2008, 07:31 PM
A open letter to the board... (and to Don, our Admin)
I am withdrawing my offer to help with admin/moderation/spam control this board as of now.
Spam is starting to really take over. I currently have 96 unread posts. Of those 22 are clearly spam (per the topic line), 3 of those have been moved to the spam room. This does not include the spammers who are replying to posts. Our main spammer on here has 66 posts and is 2 posts away from having more posts then our Admin account! (click on members list, then click once on the posts header and it will show you how many posts everyone has.. 30 users listed per page). There are currently 196 posts in the spam room since it was started 16 months ago (I do not question the reasoning behind keeping them, but the numbers do not lie). There are many posts that should ahve been put there that havent, so that number is very low.
I'll bet you any bridge in the country that the person behind Jqyshoes, knows or has reffered many of our other spammers who have recently popped up and are racking up posts. These are not our random spammers. They have friends , they network, and make money referring other's. It is a big business.
Nothing is being done about it. Several of us have offered to volunteer for several months now, our requests go unknowleged. 6 of us at one time had the power to remove spam. Our rights were taken away without comment. Messages asking why went unanswered. By the criteria you origionally set up , 16 of us would now have spam moving powers.
I have not decided if I am going to continue as a 'regular' member of this board or not. Future action on the spam problem will determine that. I am gone from home over 11 hours a day for work. I do spend alot of time on this board in the evenings, however I dont have the time to sort through posts.
Don, I know you have other things going on that are seemingly more important then this board (your last login was Jan 10th). This board has grown by leaps and bounds. Yea there are fancier boards out there. But this one has been one of the friendliest. I felt as if Ive gotten to know quite a few people on here (some too well). Newcomers dont seem afraid to post "simple" questions on here. We are not bombarded with ads and popups when we come here. People are openingly willing to volunteer their time here. I dont feel the same about other boards. THis board has been unique. Please do something with this board before it dies and is forgotten.
Thanks
T -- Member since 2002
I am withdrawing my offer to help with admin/moderation/spam control this board as of now.
Spam is starting to really take over. I currently have 96 unread posts. Of those 22 are clearly spam (per the topic line), 3 of those have been moved to the spam room. This does not include the spammers who are replying to posts. Our main spammer on here has 66 posts and is 2 posts away from having more posts then our Admin account! (click on members list, then click once on the posts header and it will show you how many posts everyone has.. 30 users listed per page). There are currently 196 posts in the spam room since it was started 16 months ago (I do not question the reasoning behind keeping them, but the numbers do not lie). There are many posts that should ahve been put there that havent, so that number is very low.
I'll bet you any bridge in the country that the person behind Jqyshoes, knows or has reffered many of our other spammers who have recently popped up and are racking up posts. These are not our random spammers. They have friends , they network, and make money referring other's. It is a big business.
Nothing is being done about it. Several of us have offered to volunteer for several months now, our requests go unknowleged. 6 of us at one time had the power to remove spam. Our rights were taken away without comment. Messages asking why went unanswered. By the criteria you origionally set up , 16 of us would now have spam moving powers.
I have not decided if I am going to continue as a 'regular' member of this board or not. Future action on the spam problem will determine that. I am gone from home over 11 hours a day for work. I do spend alot of time on this board in the evenings, however I dont have the time to sort through posts.
Don, I know you have other things going on that are seemingly more important then this board (your last login was Jan 10th). This board has grown by leaps and bounds. Yea there are fancier boards out there. But this one has been one of the friendliest. I felt as if Ive gotten to know quite a few people on here (some too well). Newcomers dont seem afraid to post "simple" questions on here. We are not bombarded with ads and popups when we come here. People are openingly willing to volunteer their time here. I dont feel the same about other boards. THis board has been unique. Please do something with this board before it dies and is forgotten.
Thanks
T -- Member since 2002
