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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 6:38 am
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2018 at 6:39 am by Edwardo Piet.)
When spam isn't created by a spam bot it's something so repetitive and anti-discussion that it almost could have been created by a bot.
Think ProgrammingGodJordan if you want an example of a human spammer. He behaved like a spambot.
I firmly believe that he believed in his ideas and wasn't here to troll. But he was anti-discussion.
Garbage discussion isn't the problem. It's being anti-discussion that is the problem. If you want an example of garbage discussion look to Little Rik (who does at least quote and respond to all of Jor's responses to him, for example). If you want an example of anti-discussion look to PGR.
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 7:37 am
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Quote:The spread of e-mail and email harvesting software significantly lowered the cost of sending scam letters by using the Internet.
While Nigeria is most often the nation referred to in these scams, they may originate in other nations as well. For example, in 2006, 61% of Internet criminals were traced to locations in the United States.
Quote:and 6% to locations in Nigeria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam
America? This came as a huge surprise.
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 7:41 am
Allegedly a meat or meat-like substance of indeterminate origin. (Definitely does not taste like chicken.)
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 7:52 am
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2018 at 7:53 am by SteelCurtain.)
If not for the community elements of this forum, we'd lost most of our patronage, including me.
I have come to my own conclusion that arguing on the internet is a complete waste of time for me. I think many of our members are in the same boat.
I think the Prime Directive allows us to always be better than Facebook. But it is still the internet. There will always be riffraff. The internet is where riffraff lives.
Did I just use the term riffraff? I'm old.
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 8:22 am
(May 17, 2018 at 7:52 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I think the Prime Directive allows us to always be better than Facebook. But it is still the internet. There will always be riffraff. The internet is where riffraff lives.
Did I just use the term riffraff? I'm old.
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 4:22 pm
(May 17, 2018 at 7:52 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: If not for the community elements of this forum, we'd lost most of our patronage, including me.
I have come to my own conclusion that arguing on the internet is a complete waste of time for me. I think many of our members are in the same boat.
I think the Prime Directive allows us to always be better than Facebook. But it is still the internet. There will always be riffraff. The internet is where riffraff lives.
Did I just use the term riffraff? I'm old.
We got riffrats once. Just get a cat.
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 5:30 pm
(May 17, 2018 at 1:06 am)Losty Wrote: How do we decide what is good discussion and what is garbage?
If the staff are involved it is, by definition, good.
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 5:42 pm
Spam
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 6:32 pm
(May 17, 2018 at 7:52 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: If not for the community elements of this forum, we'd lost most of our patronage, including me.
I have come to my own conclusion that arguing on the internet is a complete waste of time for me. I think many of our members are in the same boat.
I think the Prime Directive allows us to always be better than Facebook. But it is still the internet. There will always be riffraff. The internet is where riffraff lives.
Did I just use the term riffraff? I'm old.
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RE: Spam Definition
May 17, 2018 at 6:36 pm
(May 17, 2018 at 7:41 am)Whateverist Wrote: Allegedly a meat or meat-like substance of indeterminate origin. (Definitely does not taste like chicken.)
Hey! Spam is quality reconstituted shoulder detritus brined in a mixture of salt, salt, sugar, and potato starch. It;s basically every food group.
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