Kevin's Watch Rules and Guidelines - Revised

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue May 24, 2011 5:51 am

wasn't that a Don Will-I-Am song?

Living on South African Time?

Post by **Avatar** » Wed May 25, 2011 4:25 am

Can we stop cluttering up the rules thread?

--A

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed May 25, 2011 5:04 am

Avatar wrote:Can we stop cluttering up the rules thread?

--A

i iwll attempt. scouts honor.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu May 26, 2011 4:24 am

You're full of it Sarge.

Good. Otherwise these posts will mysteriously disappear...

--A

Post by **Cameraman Jenn** » Thu May 26, 2011 6:28 am

WAIT A MINUTE??? We have RULES AND GUIDELINES? When did THIS happen?

Post by **Avatar** » Fri May 27, 2011 4:27 am

This version? The 22nd of January 2007.

(*sigh* :LOLS:

)

--A

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:18 am

you notice that was not me - i am behaving.

Post by **Cameraman Jenn** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:31 am

Was that right after I joined?

Post by **sgt.null** » Fri May 27, 2011 6:52 am

i am misunderstood. other than a forced exile, a slight banning and various threats of banning i have more or less behaved.

Post by **Vain** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:31 am

Is there a different definitin of dilly-dallying that I don't know of?

Yes Jenn - they were created for you so that you could break them

Post by **Avatar** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:26 am

This is the quality of moderator we get these days?

--A

Post by **[Syl]** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:07 pm

Despite the prodigious lengths that our admins and mods have gone to in order to stop or root out spam, it still happens. Until you hear from an admin (hint, not me), take this as advice, but...

Follow the old internet adage and 'Don't feed the trolls.' Look, it's not like email spam. They're not trying to get you to buy their products or even click on their links. They're trying to increase their search engine rankings. Responding to them, no matter how clever you think you are, only helps them. The more they're rewarded, the more it's worth their time to re-register and do it over again.

The registration should clue you in that these are people setting up the accounts, not bots. They get paid to do it (pennies, but it can add up) by small internet 'media' companies. The good ones can do it so well a normal poster wouldn't notice it's spam.

You want to help? Just PM the mod/s of the forum or other mods to let them know it's there. Beyond rewarding the spammers, adding posts to the threads makes it that much harder for the mods or admins to clean it up (unless they choose to just delete your post with it, which, unless it's a policy, still requires them to make that consideration.

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:21 pm

resist the urge to post? it seems inhumane, i am not....

Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:57 am

There are two games in the Mallory's on that - the responses anyone wishes to post to the spam threads can be posted there CuffCufflink Gown and Accessories- The spambot game and carriers... thread - defence against bots and non-readers

Unless people are that much not eager to post in the Mallory's - though I don't see how it's worse than posting in an actual spam thread elsewhere.

Post by **sgt.null** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 2:47 pm

Effaeldm wrote:There are two games in the Mallory's on that - the responses anyone wishes to post to the spam threads can be posted there CuffCufflink Gown and Accessories- The spambot game and carriers... thread - defence against bots and non-readers

Unless people are that much not eager to post in the Mallory's - though I don't see how it's worse than posting in an actual spam thread elsewhere.

6ix of one, baker's dozen the other really...

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:24 am

Hahaha.

Syl is absolutely right. But you don't have to worry...if you want to reply you can, but you'll probably lose the post when the spam gets deleted.

Their reward in replies is usually that it gives them the opportunity to reply in turn, but most are too low quality to do that. They create an account, make a post, and move on. If the post stays, they benefit. If it doesn't, they don't care, they got paid anyway.

Probably have a disclaimer saying they're not responsible if the links don't last.

So, we just delete the thread. It's not policy per se, but we just do it. If you can live with that, reply to your hearts content. But if you want posterity, better to do it in Mallorys.

--A

Post by **Revan** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:54 pm

Am I the only one who's concerned there's a user called Goatkiller666?

Why does he kill goats? Is it for some sacrificial ritual? Is he Albus Dumbledores brothers worst enemy? Is the 666 in reference to Satan or how many goats he kills?

Important questions we all need to ask ourselves.

Post by **Savor Dam** » Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:51 pm

No worries, Revan. Goat was a Gravin Threndor gamer and gamemaster who didn't post outside of that forum. Was very active about eight years ago, but as Gravin Threndor withered away, he took the games he was running to some other site and hasn't been seen since, at least to the best of my knowledge.

Menolly used to have a very active correspondence with him, but she hasn't mentioned him (either as Goat or his RL identity) in years.

Post by **Kizza** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:01 am

A friend of mine had a goat called Trevor.
Crazy thing would take lit cigarettes out of peoples hands and eat them. Only the lit ones mind you.

Trevor just vanished one day. Hope Goatrooter666 had nothing to do with it,

Post by **Revan** » Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:05 am

Kizza wrote:A friend of mine had a goat called Trevor.
Crazy thing would take lit cigarettes out of peoples hands and eat them. Only the lit ones mind you.

Trevor just vanished one day. Hope Goatrooter666 had nothing to do with it,

The goat probably died of cancer.

Someone should have told it smoking is bad for you.