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14 years ago

The stereotype isn't exactly accurate, my friend. :rolleyes:

I, on purpose, avoid leaving small posts because I am aware of how it appears to others. At this stage in the game, anybody with brain one knows that trolling forums with crap replies is the worst idea as they'll be flamed for spamming quicker than Lindsay Lohan can toot a line of coke.

In response to the post though, they come from Michigan. Detroit mostly. Hard times, my friend....hard times.

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CDarklock 14 years ago

Originally Posted by ktmurf

from Michigan. Detroit

Cue sax solo!

At least the heart of rock and roll is still beatin' there.
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- ktmurf 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by CDarklock
  
  Cue sax solo!
  
  At least the heart of rock and roll is still beatin' there.
  
  If we're going to cue a sax solo, we're going to have to go ahead and play our Eddie Murphy cop movie card too!!!
  
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Valdor Kiebach

14 years ago

yeah, I agree

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Steven Fullman 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Valdor Kiebach

yeah, I agree

Me, too.

[I can't believe I've gotten away with posting one liners like that one for over 3,000 posts]

Also, my username here is "Steven Fullman", but my *real* name is actually sfu72.

Genius, hey?
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- rhj12345 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Steven Fullman
  
  Me, too.
  Also, my username here is "Steven Fullman", but my *real* name is actually sfu72.
  
  Genius, hey?
  
  Um...I thought your name was -Guy who made great plugin, and now my WP site rocks!! LOL
  
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  Steven Fullman 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by rhj12345
  
  Um...I thought your name was -Guy who made great plugin, and now my WP site rocks!! LOL
  
  Rob
  
  Obviously, being a typically understated Brit, I couldn't possibly comment...
  
  Thanks Rob!
  
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sbucciarel Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Valdor Kiebach

yeah, I agree

ditto whoops ... message too short.
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Keith Boisvert

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

.......that have a fairly short name followed by a number and the vast majority of their posts are like "yeah, I agree" or "what a great post!". They look like:

lulu22
broker71
emombu6

Where in the heck are they coming from? I say we keep a close eye on these.......

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Scott Ames

14 years ago

Nice job.. keep em coming.

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Tina Golden 14 years ago

Also, my username here is "Steven Fullman", but my *real* name is actually sfu72.

Are you sure that's not a typo? I could have sworn it was stfu72.

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- JaniG 14 years ago
  
  might be the same perosn
  
  look at their Join Date!
  
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- Steven Fullman 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by TMG Enterprises
  
  Are you sure that's not a typo? I could have sworn it was stfu72.
  
  Tina
  
  Tina,
  
  Look at that...proofreading whilst off duty!
  
  What a pro
  
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- Kirahster 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by TMG Enterprises
  
  Are you sure that's not a typo? I could have sworn it was stfu72.
  
  Tina
  
  When I read that post I was thinking the exact same thing!!
  
  Nothing personal Steve! But that is what those letters make me think.
  
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  Steven Fullman 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kirahster
  
  When I read that post I was thinking the exact same thing!!
  
  Nothing personal Steve! But that is what those letters make me think.
  
  I should've seen that one coming, hey.
  
  I've long since forgotten all those IRC acronyms...
  
  stfu72
  
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Michael Mayo 14 years ago

Ok
All
You
Guys
and
Gals
Are
Asking
for
it.

mm9876

@Rod,
I've busted one today and reported it.
The guy vanished so fast my head is still spinning. :confused:
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Riz

14 years ago

Lol - the replies from the board veterans just cracked me up.

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Jag82

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

.......that have a fairly short name followed by a number and the vast majority of their posts are like "yeah, I agree" or "what a great post!". They look like:

lulu22
broker71
emombu6

Where in the heck are they coming from? I say we keep a close eye on these.......

Oh no! That looks suspiciously like a description of my nickname.

Please don't keep an eye on me. =P

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Rod Cortez

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Jag82

Oh no! That looks suspiciously like a description of my nickname.

Please don't keep an eye on me. =P

Jag you've been BUSTED..........

lol

Originally Posted by kindsvater

There was another post about this. Some spammer is creating tons of accounts and was complaining that the implemented post count in order to send PM spam to Warriors was too high.

Yeah, in that post the spammer made the OP and then he complained about the PM rule. Then Allen chimed in and called him out.....and he mysteriously disappeared in the backwoods of Louisana.....hahahaha

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ForeignProfessor

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Jag82

Oh no! That looks suspiciously like a description of my nickname.

Please don't keep an eye on me. =P

Were the other 81 Jags taken already? This forum is pretty popular eh

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jelelg 14 years ago

We've got to start somewhere. I'm just too busy learning, working and failing to say much on here. When I do have some success will probably say more.

Great post by the way!
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Jag82

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ForeignProfessor

Were the other 81 Jags taken already? This forum is pretty popular eh

Actually "82" stands for a very special year - 1982.

And yes, this forum is indeed pretty popular.

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ForeignProfessor

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Jag82

Actually "82" stands for a very special year - 1982.

And yes, this forum is indeed pretty popular.

Yeah I guessed haha. Actually I use 1980 in my email address and also as the last 4 digits of my cellphone number for the same reason =) In fact '80 is more special than '82

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Agung Prabowo 14 years ago

Oh NO my name is agung69
but my weirdname is ag361364

ROFL :p
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- MorpheusMirror 14 years ago
  
  Great thread, and running joke.
  
  Is this to short? I hope not.
  
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Jag82

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ForeignProfessor

Yeah I guessed haha. Actually I use 1980 in my email address and also as the last 4 digits of my cellphone number for the same reason =) In fact '80 is more special than '82

Okay. '80 is good too. Both '80 and '82 are good.

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

Why, you doin' sumpin funny we shouldn't sees?

Shhhh...not so loud.

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tjmiller 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Jag82

Okay. '80 is good too. Both '80 and '82 are good.

But '88 is the best. (A very significant year for me.) That is what I use in my email and Twitter and some forums, I actually use tjm88 as my nickname. Sure glad I didn't do that here! Wouldn't want to arouse any suspicion.
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kindsvater

14 years ago

There was another post about this. Some spammer is creating tons of accounts and was complaining that the implemented post count in order to send PM spam to Warriors was too high.

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Bev Clement

14 years ago

Steven I thought your name was Pudsey

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Mike Shain 14 years ago

I made a post about this Wednesday but it got deleted immediately.

I didn't name names but I did say watch xxxxxx post a WSO. The very next day (Thursday) they posted a WSO.

How about that...
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- Killer Joe 14 years ago
  
  Pudsey :confused:
  
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Louise Green

14 years ago

I'm fairly sure the "broker" person you mentioned above is a PM spammer, recently banned by Allen. I don't know if they are all the same person trying to beat the 50 posts-before-PM rule, but it wouldn't surprise me.

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travlinguy

14 years ago

git a rope!

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JasonP

14 years ago

This has turned out to be a pretty funny thread. I know my reply is a bit too long to be included in the joke, but it is annoying to see people doing this.

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Bob Harmon 14 years ago

My side hurts from laughing right now...seriously funny stuff here!
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MichaelHiles

14 years ago

PM spammers have indeed been active.

Got hit by a "sparrow7" the other day.

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Steven Carl Kelly

14 years ago

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John Rogers

14 years ago

Me too. Pour me another drink, will ya?

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Steven Fullman 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Bev Clement

Steven I thought your name was Pudsey

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scrofford

14 years ago

great post!
Yeah I agree!
Excellent Post!

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Jill Carpenter 14 years ago

oops, wrong thread.
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- johnknow 14 years ago
  
  Welllllll, here it is in a nut shell. There are rules you must follow before you can post an inane question that, provided you would put forth the effort, you could have found many, many, many answers to. However, before you can post said inane question you must provide at least 8 inane responses.
  
  For instance, I have a squidoo lens I despearately wish for some experienced warriors to, perhaps, if they have the time, give me some guidance on but I cannot post a link in my post until such time as I've made 8? or is it 10? posts.
  
  While I have no problem with this I do have a problem with, from myself, answering, in any significant way, someone's im questions.
  
  I feel I lack knowledge, experience, even after pt for 2 years now, and I'd hate to point that person in a wrong direction.
  
  Soooo, I look for posts that require a minimum of "effective response".
  
  And now "GREAT POST"; hehe.
  
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Steven D Smith

14 years ago

I'm glad I don't have numbers after name. I'm pretty low on the post count myself.

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Kevin Riley 14 years ago

Ich auch
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14 years ago

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reapr

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

.......that have a fairly short name followed by a number and the vast majority of their posts are like "yeah, I agree" or "what a great post!". They look like:

lulu22
broker71
emombu6

Where in the heck are they coming from? I say we keep a close eye on these.......

RoD

yeah I agree, great post ...

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JeffLam

14 years ago

Hey on a serious note:

anyone recieved like spam PMs in your PM box?

I remembered a few days ago someone sent me something with a "Forums are full of gold nuggets" with a link shortened by tinyurl service.

I promptly replied and told the guy gold nuggets belong in Mcdonalds and not in forums.

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Okay I didn't, sorry.

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bobsstuff

14 years ago

What I hate is when I leave a one liner.

I occasionally feel compelled to leave a comment of thanks, more than just hitting the THANKS button but have nothing to add to the thread. I seldom do it, but sometimes one line is all I have to say.

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tryinhere

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

.......that have a fairly short name followed by a number and the vast majority of their posts are like "yeah, I agree" or "what a great post!". They look like:
lulu22
broker71
emombu6
Where in the heck are they coming from? I say we keep a close eye on these.......
RoD

These would be from a forum posting service, they claim to make relevant posts on forums to build you links, for a small charge.

the give away is the number as it is the id used by the staffers who make the post.

check the Sig's and they are the people who they would be posting for on the paid service

the problem is these people make it sound like a great service to those people buying, and i am sure they never really see the rubbish posted by these people.

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Wham

14 years ago

do you need a certain amount of posts to be able to put links in sigs?

chances are they just want a backlink

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spartanic

14 years ago

Could be that these new people are leaving short posts so that they get passed the trial period faster.

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Jill Carpenter 14 years ago

Originally Posted by spartanic

Could be that these new people are leaving short posts so that they get passed the trial period faster.

Congrats! You just reached 50 posts!
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- JohnMcCabe 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Jag82
  
  Oh no! That looks suspiciously like a description of my nickname.
  
  Please don't keep an eye on me. =P
  
  Why, you doin' sumpin funny we shouldn't sees?
  
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Forest_Parks

14 years ago

I don't agree, j/k

wtf2009

(Damn I am pretty new here so I better write some more filler to this post

).

I have noticed the spammers getting creative on my blogs now. I'm actually enjoying the jokes they keep leaving as they are so bloody crap!

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Matias1021

14 years ago

true......

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Karan Goel

14 years ago

Well, most of these are spammers!

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sandmn

Banned 14 years ago

yeah, I agree on that

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John Taylor 14 years ago

Originally Posted by sandmn

yeah, I agree on that

That's not surprising as the vast majority
of your posts are one liners.
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TheWealthSquad

14 years ago

One line? I can't say hi in one line. I am very glad I don't have any numbers in my name. My parents were poor and numbers cost more than regular letters.

This was really good information that I couldn't find any where else. I am really glad you posted it. I am certain that I will learn much more from you in the coming days. I am going to mention this post to my friends so they can learn from it as well.

See spammer's just need to be more creative :0 (This is almost word for word what was left on one of my blog's recently.. one that simple had a filler page that said - Coming soon)

See I can't even stick to one line for a joke. Sigh. I think I need a time out.

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moneycoach123

14 years ago

Yeah, I totally agree, what a great post keep up the great detective work!

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Todd Sampson

14 years ago

Yes, I have noticed this and reported several of them recently.
I think as long as we stay vigilant this will not become a huge problem.

-Todd

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Texas_Guns

14 years ago

i post this find interesting on my favorite subject.

(An actual spam comment on one of my blogs.
Just seemed so fitting here.)

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mmurtha

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

.......that have a fairly short name followed by a number and the vast majority of their posts are like "yeah, I agree" or "what a great post!". They look like:

lulu22
broker71
emombu6

Where in the heck are they coming from? I say we keep a close eye on these.......

RoD

Rod,

Yup, and names like that with numbers attached usually means they are using automated software to spam with - whether it be for links in their profiles or simply to build post count to get sig links.

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paulie888

14 years ago

I agree, it's really so annoying when they put in some idiotic 2 or 3 word sentence to raise their post count. People in here are not stupid, they're going to figure out you're nothing more than a spam-tastic jackass once you do it a few times. They must have left their brains behind when they joined this forum...lol

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um1001

14 years ago

Well I admit that my 'handle' sounds like one of these spammers but the "um" actually stands for Umbrelo Media, which is the name of my business.

In retrospect, I should have joined with my actual name.

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Rod Cortez

14 years ago

Originally Posted by um1001

Well I admit that my 'handle' sounds like one of these spammers but the "um" actually stands for Umbrelo Media, which is the name of my business.

In retrospect, I should have joined with my actual name.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you used to be able to submit a support ticket via the help desk and have them change your user name. That's how I did it a couple years ago.

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