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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: The Villain for Testing on May 20, 2019, 09:46:33 PM

Title: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: The Villain for Testing on May 20, 2019, 09:46:33 PM
Send me lots of quatloos or I will make lots of very annoying posts on your forum, possibly IN LARGE COMIC SANS FONT

Please report me for spamming so we can do some testing.
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: polly_mer on May 21, 2019, 05:44:59 AM
Why, you Villain!  How dare you!

Forumites, please keep reporting so we can practice moderator discussion using the various tools available to us including responding to updates as more reports roll in.
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: polly_mer on May 21, 2019, 06:20:56 AM
For those who would also like to play, go ahead.  Have fun and be tasteful.
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: fast_and_bulbous on May 21, 2019, 06:23:52 AM
It seems that in obvious cases like this, removal is straightforward and does not really require any discussion. I would simply nuke a post like that and assuming it was just bad judgment PM the person with a warning.

It's the posters who are subtle trolls that will give us the most pain, I assure you. The ones that sow division, even amongst moderators. We will get those and they will not be fun to deal with.
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: polly_mer on May 21, 2019, 06:30:06 AM
Yes, I understand that.  I still need practice with reports, editing, and which buttons to click in what order to read both the user notices and the other moderator comments.

This test isn't about whether the particular post is spam; this test is whether I can reliably get all the notices I expect, what is required for notices to fall off the first notice warning system, and to explore the various communication avenues from various stakeholders in this particular system.

I appreciate everyone's patience and willingness to participate as I come up to  speed in the system.
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: Thursday's_Child on May 21, 2019, 06:58:22 AM
Hi Polly! 
Per your request, I'm not posting spam

And, now I'm being subtle!

Lets try a little linkie since these are the new fora Wild West days:  https://xkcd.com/2152/
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: mamselle on May 21, 2019, 07:00:21 AM
OOOhhhh!!

I'll play!

M.
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: bhiennsona on May 21, 2019, 08:13:52 AM

Spam: https://www.spam.com/images/5/f/5/5f57337cd256de4e1ad3bb9d1c8409e1c1ec8bc2/spam-classic-455.png
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: aside on May 21, 2019, 08:38:06 AM
A brief history of SPAM:  https://www.eater.com/2014/7/9/6191681/a-brief-history-of-spam-an-american-meat-icon (https://www.eater.com/2014/7/9/6191681/a-brief-history-of-spam-an-american-meat-icon)


Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: mamselle on May 21, 2019, 09:59:22 AM
I vant to spam your fo-rum!!!

(Click Here)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_von_Count#/media/File:Count_von_Count_kneeling.png (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_von_Count#/media/File:Count_von_Count_kneeling.png)
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: Vkw10 on May 21, 2019, 07:06:11 PM
Yet another spam message.


Spam Recipes: https://www.spam.com/recipes (https://www.spam.com/recipes)
Title: Re: I want to spam your forum!
Post by: historywoman on May 23, 2019, 12:51:22 AM
AHA!  So you wish us to SPAM-A-LOT?

https://youtu.be/m9wdYy3tCm4 (https://youtu.be/m9wdYy3tCm4)

Here's your SPAM, Madame!

HW
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