Don't get carried away, Drich, I wasn't offering you a staff job. Merely the use of my mop.
The point I was making is that having a dedicated spam thread not only makes extra work for staff, who are all unpaid and do this job in addition to having real lives, but also carries an unrealistic expectation of a typical spammer. A person whose sole intent is to use this place for free advertising isn't likely to be interested in where they do it. That of course goes not only double but through the roof for spambots. Combine that with the fact that we are not an advertising host, plus the fact that every link posted will have to get the snip.
Bottom line is to ask why we ought to countenance setting aside a specialised area where people can break the rules.
The point I was making is that having a dedicated spam thread not only makes extra work for staff, who are all unpaid and do this job in addition to having real lives, but also carries an unrealistic expectation of a typical spammer. A person whose sole intent is to use this place for free advertising isn't likely to be interested in where they do it. That of course goes not only double but through the roof for spambots. Combine that with the fact that we are not an advertising host, plus the fact that every link posted will have to get the snip.
Bottom line is to ask why we ought to countenance setting aside a specialised area where people can break the rules.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
