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gyre · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:28 am Post subject:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?p=489332&highlight=#489332

gyre · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:03 am Post subject:

Spam posts or language issues?
http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?p=504610#504610

AntiM · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:22 am Post subject:

I will look into it, and into the commercial sigline links. Thank you.

Dork · Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 1958 Location: Sydney (for now)

Looks 99% spam to me - unless you get a coherent reply from them I say dump the posts.

andy · Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 12

I try to enjoy reading ePlaya and go to the site a few times a week, but I think a bigger problem than the spammers is a comparatively small number of uber-posters who take what could be serious threads and turn almost any discussion into an off-topic jokefest. These are the folks who have 5-10 thousand posts or more on ePlaya. Once this starts, any serious conversation is lost for that thread.

This is often compounded by huge signatures that fill some much of the screen that you have to scroll constantly just to read a thread. Seriously, there is no reason for the same graphic animation to be playing a dozen times in the same thread.

gyre · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject:

Andy, you should post more.

The problem is a lack of participation by most people that visit the site.
You can stay on topic even if others do not.

I will poke fun at anyone and anything.
That won't keep you from talking about it, if you like.

And no one actually has more than a thousand posts on here.
That would clearly be insane.

Deb Prothero · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:50 am Post subject:

I'm thinking this is a sales call:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?p=504756#504756

Whoever it is has been hanging around for hours.

Deb Prothero · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:59 am Post subject:

This one too, I think:

tromby24's entry:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=6580&start=240

AntiM · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:13 am Post subject:

Got them, thanks. do me a favor and don't reply at all on spam threads. not even spam alert.

theCryptofishist · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:18 am Post subject:

Sorry, my bad.
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AntiM · Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject:

I know how tempting it is, but easier for me if there are no replies attached to the spam. And if it is embedded in a thread and I delete it, then the remaining posts remarking on it are just weird. Not that there's anything wrong with weird...

AntiM · Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:59 am Post subject:

Dork, no reply, deleted.

Deb Prothero · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:24 am Post subject:

Thanks Anti M;

Sorry I didn't know about the "no reply" idea. I will resist the temptation next time.

gyre · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=32377
Zhennyross

Dork · Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 1958 Location: Sydney (for now)

Got it, thanks!

theCryptofishist · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject:

Trade Buzzing is a suspiciously suggestive name. I know, we don't have pre-emptive strikes here. You might want to keep an eye on them.
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AntiM · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:39 pm Post subject:

yeah, they have commercial linkage in their profile. That I can't touch, but I can pass it along, thanks.

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http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=32457&highlight=
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jkisha · Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 3306 Location: Los Angeles

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=32457

I thought this was spam too. Their only post...and the first page the link takes you to seems to be more focused on signing up and making money than it does watching movies.

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gyre · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:52 am Post subject:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?p=505801#505801
Stephenxanders

gyre · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:53 am Post subject:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?p=505757#505757
dawson 2 posts

AntiM · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject:

Got them, thanks.

Sail Man · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:09 am Post subject:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=32465&highlight=

Don't know if this one has been seen yet
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AntiM · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:11 am Post subject:

Got him, thanks.

gyre · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:07 am Post subject:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=32447
jeanjones

Deb Prothero · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:53 am Post subject:

another one

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=32489

gyre · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:12 am Post subject:

At least that one isn't sneaky!

Deb Prothero · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:32 am Post subject:

looks like Alice found another spot:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?t=32490

gyre · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:52 am Post subject:

http://eplaya.burningman.com/viewtopic.php?p=507366#507366

AntiM · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:56 am Post subject:

Got it, thanks.