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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2021 04:54pm
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Why can’t the mods weed out all this spam? Why can’t they implement a waiting period of some kind so people can’t join and post new threads the same day?
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ICC
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2021 05:31pm
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Quoting: Irrigation Guy Why can’t the mods weed out all this spam?
They also have normal lives away from here?
Quoting: Irrigation Guy Why can’t they implement a waiting period of some kind so people can’t join and post new threads the same day?
Waiting periods are annoying to bona fide new members and just delay the spam posts from today to a later day. Some spammers will signup and wait up to a week or more before posting their spam. At least that is what I have seen elsewhere.
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2021 05:48pm
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Quoting: ICC Quoting: Irrigation Guy Why can’t the mods weed out all this spam? They also have normal lives away from here? Quoting: Irrigation Guy Why can’t they implement a waiting period of some kind so people can’t join and post new threads the same day? Waiting periods are annoying to bona fide new members and just delay the spam posts from today to a later day. Some spammers will signup and wait up to a week or more before posting their spam. At least that is what I have seen elsewhere
I get that they have lives out side of here but this forum seems to have far more of this crap than any other I frequent. Just wondering what the difference is. How do others combat this problem?
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FishHog
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2021 05:49pm
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Why complain about a free site. Pretty sure it’s a one man show and he always cleans up that crap in a day or so
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2021 05:59pm - Edited by: Irrigation Guy
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Quoting: FishHog Why complain about a free site. Pretty sure it’s a one man show and he always cleans up that crap in a day or so
I guess I am more curious than complaining as to why this site is plagued with spam and many others aren’t. You are right the spam really doesn’t affect me in any real negative way. I suppose I should have worded my original post a little better. I mean no ill will
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frankpaige
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2021 07:16pm
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Irrigation Guy,
They are probably at the cabin finishing up some project. Ginny quit at noon and his batteries are dead. Saw the cooler and said..... Well, you know what he said!
The spam is irritating and maybe I should only come here once a day to get some tips.
But? I don't
Hope everyone has had a productive and joy filled summer. Maybe Mother Nature will be kind and give me a few more weeks there and a early spring.
To all. Thanks for your expertise.
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paulz
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2021 08:26pm
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In the Target parking lot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6udxt91EME&ab_channel=YouBetcha
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2021 02:23am
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Good thread to hijack.
(Paulz) So once a month, I have to take the wife to the mall so she can go shopping. But I'm not waiting 4+ hours in the parking lot. I go back home and when she is ready, she calls me on the cell. Yesterday she spent 4.5 hours. I'm thinking she will come out with at least 4 bags. Nope. Just her backpack. I'm like honey, you were in there 4.5 hours and didn't buy anything? (shock) :-o No she bought 2 pairs of pants, put them in the back pack. We get home and she gives me the fashion show. Strips and puts on what she bought and does kind of a model walk and turns, and fanny wiggle. She takes off these black pants and tosses them to me to put on the second pair. I look at the tag and it says suggested retail 69.99. Hi Ho credit card. But then I find the store tag and it says 15.99. She's a good shopper. Paulz, Target Husbands is a great idea. Funny video. Thanks. Dave
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WILL1E
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2021 07:45am
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I just emailed Alex offering to help with moderating again since i'm on here so much now and will be until the cabin is done. We shall see.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2021 01:26pm
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Small site, simple set-up for a forum, owner operated on his own time and nickel I expect. Something like this, started with enthusiasm over the idea and topic, can turn into a headache for the founder then suddenly....poof. It aint easy being the only one wearing all the hats.
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WILL1E
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2021 01:48pm
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Alex has given me moderator privilege's again to at least help with the obvious things. So hopefully i'll be able to help out where i can!
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paulz
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2021 03:01pm
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Quoting: DaveBell Good thread to hijack.
Ha. Two weeks ago was my wife's birthday. I promised the whole day to her. Where to, the mall of course, three of em. Even went in Bed Barh and Beyond, never thought I would. Target, Ross... The day was not a total loss however, as even Home Depot got a walk through. And of course she found something there.
Yeah Target Husbands pretty funny.
Haven't noticed any spam, besides my own. Good job getting after it.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2021 04:44pm
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My wife's b-day tomorrow. She isnt a 'maller' anymore (thank God!). Think Ive got more than half a chance she might say,"can we go to the cabin today?".
Do know for sure we'll get a nice dinner tomorrow night, the supperclub down the road does a 'free on your b-day' meal, grill yer own Premium steaks.
(wonder what kind of Spam this one'll generate?)
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Brettny
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# Posted: 23 Sep 2021 09:15pm
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I don't think I have been to a mall in at least 5yrs. Unless you count dicks that's connected to one. Everything they sell there they also sell online (except for guns/ammo) and i have better things to do that wait on line, drive there/back and walk around a store looking for something they dont have. Thankfully she also feels the same and covid hit that home real hard.
Sorry but I hate retail stores, free returns and shipping are nearly everywhere now
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 24 Sep 2021 09:50am
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Wha Hoo!
Wasnt even 8am and wife says CABIN all day?
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 24 Sep 2021 02:14pm
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Yeap - all good points here - couldn't say better myself:
Quoting: ICC Waiting periods are annoying to bona fide new members and just delay the spam posts from today to a later day.
Quoting: FishHog Pretty sure it’s a one man show and he always cleans up that crap in a day or so
Quoting: ICC They also have normal lives away from here?
Quoting: gcrank1 Small site, simple set-up for a forum, owner operated on his own time and nickel I expect. Something like this, started with enthusiasm over the idea and topic, can turn into a headache for the founder then suddenly....poof. It aint easy being the only one wearing all the hats.
Quoting: WILL1E moderator privilege's again to at least help with the obvious things. So hopefully i'll be able to help out where i can!
Thanks for offering help, WILL1E.
Other volunteers?
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 25 Sep 2021 04:47am
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I will. Was a mod on Polaris Forums.
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 26 Sep 2021 10:10pm
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Thanks Dave!
Just sent you an email with details.
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 27 Sep 2021 09:26am
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Hey cabin builder great site. Thank You for providing it for us and all the time you put into it. I appreciate it, thanks again
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paulz
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# Posted: 27 Sep 2021 09:58am
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Yes, thanks CB.
And Dave too. I would volunteer but then I'd have to stop spamming. 
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 29 Sep 2021 02:57pm
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Quoting: Irrigation Guy How do others combat this problem?
There is forum software called Bulletin Board but it costs money. The new person is on probation for a couple of months where their posts are approved before they show up in public. When their posts are shown to be typical contributors/participants, they are removed from probation. So you never see spam. On the Polaris forums, we had six moderators to keep up with all the traffic. The BB software was paid for by ATV vendors who got their own forum to advertise new stuff, sales, etc. We don't have 25,000 members to support an operation like that. I think we will be fine. We have a couple of constant mods who will mow the grass and clean up the litter.
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 5 Oct 2021 11:15am
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First spammer deleted (annaw...). They hit this forum twice (in case you need a plumber in Singapore). Forensic trace of IP shows location as Romania. European spam records show they have hit a company in Amsterdam four times last month.
Reminder: Never click the link they post.
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paulz
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# Posted: 5 Oct 2021 12:27pm
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Good work Dave. I noticed a couple of threads I started, and have been dormant, recently got spammed. The burlap for example which I think is still up, maybe not spam? Hope I'm not a specific target.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 5 Oct 2021 03:40pm
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Quoting: paulz The burlap for example which I think is still up, maybe not spam?
"Then I caught it in some field staples to stay in place." - I think it's a fare bet English is their first language looking at this sentence.
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 5 Oct 2021 10:27pm
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Burlap thread (Paulz)
Milton
Registration date 30 Sep 2021
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
consulted with jscustomlandscaping in Vancouver WA. about burlap. (weird)
His IP resolves to Hostroyale_Glasgow_Network. England. (high​ fraud risk ISP)
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2021 08:23am
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Dave, we like to torment them with some anti spam replys, so let us have a little fun first, then toss them out on their caboose. I never click on their links. 
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DaveBell
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2021 03:21pm
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Okay, but your reply's will be graded.
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bushbunkie
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2021 03:26pm
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Thanks to all for your work...I hate when spammers invade our little cabin community of like minded folks!
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2021 06:48pm
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Quoting: DaveBell There is forum software called Bulletin Board but it costs money. The new person is on probation for a couple of months where their posts are approved before they show up in public. When their posts are shown to be typical contributors/participants, they are removed from probation. So you never see spam. On the Polaris forums, we had six moderators to keep up with all the traffic. The BB software was paid for by ATV vendors who got their own forum to advertise new stuff, sales, etc. We don't have 25,000 members to support an operation like that. I think we will be fine. We have a couple of constant mods who will mow the grass and clean up the litter.
Thank you for the time you put into the site. I am sorry if my initial post came off as aggressive.
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Fanman
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2021 09:08pm
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Quoting: toyota_mdt_tech Dave, we like to torment them with some anti spam replys, so let us have a little fun first, then toss them out on their caboose. I never click on their links.
No point, there isn't a human behind the spam, just a bot. They don't care if you read it or expect replies or even care if the links are clicked. It's all about page ranking, the more pages with links to their sites the higher they get in the search engine results. Delete them immediately and they don't get what they want.
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