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jacksdad
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Posted: August 27 2018 at 2:16am |
As I'm sure many of you have noticed, we're are currently being targeted by spammers of the nastiest kind. Apologies for the mess, but the moderators are on it and spending a lot of time cleaning it up. To put it in perspective, we can see well over a hundred new spam posts on a bad day, but thanks to mods around the globe, there's usually someone online to take care of it immediately if not sooner. I just wanted to give a shout out to the members working incredibly hard to stay on top of it. A huge thank you goes out to Technophobe, Penham, Hachi and Jen147. Your help is much appreciated. If I missed anyone, I apologize - with so much spam, it's difficult to know who's taking them down sometimes.
Rest assured it's not our first rodeo, and we will beat them because we always do. Normal service will resume shortly... |
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"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
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Penham
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We are here!
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Jen147
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carbon20
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many thanks ,your work is greatly appreciated ,its a pity there are a few Spoilers out there,
never mind they might GET A LIFE at some stage and Grow up sad little people ............ Cheers again for the GREAT work you Moderator's do from Downunder, love my AFT family......... |
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.🖖
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Technophobe
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We love you back, Carbon.
My thanks to my fellow moderators too. Especially JD who can't thank himself - despite deserving it! |
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His lips or pen are moving. |
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Thank Mods, a thankless job but so appreciated by us regulars! We appreciate all of you!
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jacksdad
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Thank you, guys. I know we have our differences, but we're all family when it comes down to it. We don't appreciate it when someone shows up on our block and disrespects us. And we take spam very personally around here
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"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
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EdwinSm,
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You are doing a great job in removing spam. It did appear to me that the forum has recently been targeted, and I felt sorry for all the extra work that you have in clearing thing up
THANK you all you moderators. |
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Technophobe
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Thank you both. Things have been difficult recently! Your appreciation helps make it worthwhile.
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How do you tell if a politician is lying?
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arirish
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Thanks to all Mods! Y'all do a great job!
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Buy more ammo!
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jacksdad
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Thanks, arirish. We're deleting them as soon as we see them. Hopefully they'll get tired of wasting their time soon and bother someone else.
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"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
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EdwinSm,
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Wishing you all the best today, Mods, in the face of a massive spam attack (on nearly every main tread )
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Technophobe
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Thank you for noticing!
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How do you tell if a politician is lying?
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Technophobe
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Thankfully Albert has foiled our spemmers. BLESS HIM!!!
For anyone missing the spam, will this do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE |
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jacksdad
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Wow. So quiet here. Love it
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"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
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Darn you, Techno, you beat me to the punch!! |
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KiwiMum
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Is this why I couldn't connect to the site yesterday? I tried all day but no joy. Anyway, well done moderators.
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Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.
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jacksdad
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I had the same problem. Not sure what caused it, KiwiMum.
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"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep"
"Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary. |
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Technophobe
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I could not get on this morning. I messaged Albert on facebook and he said the server company were doing some spontaneous* work. So I don't think it was as a direct product of the spam.
Whatever the reason, all is fine now. *He was as delighted as the rest of us at their kind decision to warn everyone in advance. - How very thoughtful of them! |
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Jen147
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I couldn't get on last night either.
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