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Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:43 pm

Commerce:
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=12804

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:14 pm

got it. thanks.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:35 pm

More commerce:
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 351#228351

Rockdad · Post by **Rockdad** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:47 pm

and more

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 351#228351

Never mind same as K4

blueniteowl · Post by **blueniteowl** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:00 pm

Advertising for a dating website.

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 711#228711

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:46 pm

Yeah, I really wanna meet singles...

What I really want is an end to the BS spam.

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 711#228711

OK - it was already reported - but jeez, folks, can't we kill this shit??

This wasn't happening 3 weeks ago. Maybe BRC needs its own IT dep't FT to shut this shit down, rather than unpaid volunteers??

This abuse is getting to be too much. That and the "freedom of expression so walk on us" mentallity.

You're a 21st century business. Start behaving like one, not a frigging artist's 60's commune.

Sorry... but enough is enough.

bb

bb

blueniteowl · Post by **blueniteowl** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:12 pm

Or maybe if they actually accepted the help of other volunteers. Because the three, oh sorry make that two for the next six months, moderators can really handle it all.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:16 pm

uhhh... what?

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:01 pm

Sorry for my outburst, but I just watched over the weekend another list I'm a member of go dead over a spam attack, a DOS attack, and a hacker. And no one cares this could happen here.

Don't mean to be snarky, sorry. But fer gods sake - get some help. If they turn out to be creepazoids, then withdraw their admin privileges. Whatever.

You got a buncha people who have asked to help time and time again. Some of them (like me! >grins<) have gotten so tired of "volunteering" to help and rejected (mostly latently, ignored as if the offer never was made, or blatantly, as in "we don't need the help") we've gotten burned out on trying, and have gotten, um, "less friendly than average" over being denied over and over, thereby keeping us out of the running, thereby making us snarkier and snarkier, thereby making us even more "undesirable", etc...

See a mobius loop here?

It makes those of us dealing with the flood of socks, etc, for however many months now, who have, with integrity, communicated our commitment to support this fight, want to say...

So long, and thanks for all the fish. >grins<

bb

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:38 pm

volunteering... you mean the task of deleting spammer accounts?

or the task of deleting their posts?

or the task of module installation?

i see the topics where people report them to have action taken and thats whats being done right now, so far only emily and spanky are the people to be able to lock accounts. since spanks has a bunch of other things to get to that leaves emily. chai, antiM, me... we can only delete posts and report spammers like everyone else does (well, i dont because i look at other things) but if you are talking about having the technical skills analyzing/installing/testing module updates to phpbb to solve the probelm rather than chasing down its after effects, nope, have not found anyone who has stepped foreward to volunteer.

not disagreeing with you or anyone sue, that was an honest question. i dont understand.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Mon May 01, 2006 7:48 pm

spectabillis wrote:volunteering...
or the task of module installation?

.... but if you are talking about having the technical skills analyzing/installing/testing module updates to phpbb to solve the probelm rather than chasing down its after effects, nope, have not found anyone who has stepped foreward to volunteer.

Not to be snarky but I thought DVD Burner has volunteered over and over again to help with this....but his offers have been rebuffed. Correct me if I'm wrong on that but I don't think I am.

Since I run 2 phpBB boards myself I've sent up a suggestion for a module upgrade / tweak or two and it seems to have vanished in File 13.....I'm wondering if there's really a desire to proactively fix the problems or is the admin team stuck in firefighting mode? It seems like it takes a crisis to get action when a little bit of prevention would make things so much easier for all involved. That's my $0.02 on the subject if anyone cares.

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Tue May 02, 2006 8:01 am

Kinetic IV wrote:Since I run 2 phpBB boards myself I've sent up a suggestion for a module upgrade / tweak or two and it seems to have vanished in File 13.....

i feel the same way... i keep researching, asking, suggesting, pleading for mods to get installed, but despite them only taking a few minutes (according to their description) they still never get installed until there's an issue. it IS frustrating.

and we have had php knowledgable volunteers sign on, get frustrated with the amount of hoops they have to jump through to get access and get unified direction and then they just fade away. i know DVD has put his hand up, but there's history/politics there that makes him an uncomfortable choice.. i think even DVD would admit that.

i'm glad you all care about the board so much, but you're barking up the wrong tree by posting this negativity here. i know that's ironic, but it's true. spanky doesn't keep up with the boards. he's got too many other irons in the fire, and it seems to me, needs real, in the office, not remote, not volunteer, HELP.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:15 am

Blatant Commerce for LASIK services:
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 2b6#230069

Post by **AntiM** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:33 am

Got it, thanks.

Rockdad · Post by **Rockdad** » Fri May 05, 2006 9:38 am

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 367#230367

commerce

"beast_boy05"]

Fishy your doing it again...

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Fri May 05, 2006 3:14 pm

hey gang, can y'all keep the sock puppets in one thread? we culled the one down to three pages, working on the other threads, but i don't really want to have to clean them out of here too... i get it if you just posted these in the wrong place, no worries, just asking y'all to be mindful is all. thanks.

emily

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Fri May 05, 2006 3:16 pm

Rockdad wrote:http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 367#230367

commerce

"beast_boy05"]

Fishy your doing it again...

got it, thanks.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:57 am

Adult themed commerce:
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 057#233057

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Fri May 12, 2006 7:18 am

got that last one, sorry emily that i deleted it before noting the owner/account. and i cleared year round connections -> regionals and events, starting to chip away at open discussion but there are like three or four pages of alfredicko/guest posts.

ThePikey · Post by **ThePikey** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:13 pm

Commerce.
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=12883

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Sat May 13, 2006 4:37 pm

Yes. I'll second that - PLEASE, please remove this one - freaking blatant and a huge suck up of bandwidth that could be better used spreading legitimate doom!

bb

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=12883

emily sparkle · Post by **emily sparkle** » Sat May 13, 2006 6:09 pm

um. got it. just another spambot.

Kinetic IV · Post by **Kinetic IV** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:55 am

More Phone Commerce:
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 710#233710

It's from Josealex, a brand new sock account.

ThePikey · Post by **ThePikey** » Sun May 14, 2006 11:13 am

Also here

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=12891
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=12892

Neutrality · Post by **Neutrality** » Sun May 14, 2006 1:18 pm

This one by "fuckartdamntheman", I think, is the work of a spammer masquerading as a troll, intruding on a nonspam thread. He tosses out this flamebait

hey i have a briliant idea! we should burn the man down like 3 or 4 days early as a terrorist act! just to show the people who started this fucking shit that we aint putting up with their bull shit! whos with me? find me at -- deleted -- my name is --deleted --

and once you get to the domain he specifies, you see this

This site may contain sexually explicit images and adult material. Under NO circumstances should this site be viewed by minors or by persons not seeking to view adult material. By clicking on the ENTER button below, you affirm that you are over the age of 18 (or over the legal age in your state/country) and that you are not offended by adult material. If you are not over the legal age for your state or country, or if you are offended by adult material, PLEASE leave now by clicking the EXIT button below.

A little more subtle than the usual sex spam, but not by much.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Sun May 14, 2006 3:35 pm

deleted the commercial posts from - http://eplaya.burningman.org/profile.ph ... le&u=15764

ed: addr 81.199.55.102 81.199.55.102.rmts.satcom-systems.net

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:58 am

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 743#233743
Did we get this tent for sale?

Post by **AntiM** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:02 am

I sent a pm, poster is supposed to change the post. We'll see.

ThePikey · Post by **ThePikey** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:34 pm

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=12905

Post says bikes for sale, has a link to a site full of motorcycle ads.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue May 16, 2006 12:46 pm

got the post and passed on the user to emily, thanks.

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