The spammer's account is deactivated. I'll delete the posts.
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
DXMachina - Oct 15, 2002 1:52:33 pm PDT #533 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Consuela - Oct 15, 2002 1:54:11 pm PDT #534 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Thanks, DX. That was quick.
§ ita § - Oct 15, 2002 1:54:21 pm PDT #535 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Question: those have been noted as obvious spam.
Do we warn before deactivation, or assume total non-Buffista intent?
Betsy HP - Oct 15, 2002 1:57:07 pm PDT #536 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I think we warn if there's a reasonable doubt the person is spamming. In that case, there was no reasonable doubt.
Like, if I show up and say
"Hey, this is a really cool board! If you like Buffy, you might like my Ebay auctions!", that's cause for a warning.
But spamming on topics completely non-germane to the board? Death. Death by foot. Death by stompy foot.
DXMachina - Oct 15, 2002 1:59:17 pm PDT #537 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I saw absolutely no intent to join the flow of the conversation so I deactivated. My feeling is that if they're upset, they can email the admin and ask to be reactivated.
Dana - Oct 15, 2002 1:59:34 pm PDT #538 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Especially when accompanied by a message about how to save ourselves from going to hell.
Some of us like it there.
Jessica - Oct 15, 2002 2:05:12 pm PDT #539 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Now I'm almost sorry I missed it.
Almost.
§ ita § - Oct 15, 2002 2:06:08 pm PDT #540 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Did you e-mail the person, DX? I just see this as a place where lines can get blurry, as obvious varies from person to person.
In this case, I agree that wrist smacking is more than useless, but I think form dictates an e-mail explaining what was done, and why.
DXMachina - Oct 15, 2002 2:10:29 pm PDT #541 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I didn't. You're right, I should, although it ought to be from the admin e-mail account, for which I don't have the access codes handy.
Jon B. - Oct 15, 2002 2:31:22 pm PDT #542 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Access codes? There are access codes?
What email program do you use DX? I use Eudora and you can easily create a "personality" with any return email address you like.