Beethoven.com

by **Catmando** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:44 pm

I should also be getting trademark fees for them using "razor".

Oh well, at least they didn't put the "y" in there.

by **Selma in Sandy Eggo** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:51 pm

I edited out the two dead links from here.
Kindly send Sarge and his kill squad out with the cellphone repellent, again.
Thank you, Sarge and the Kill Squad

ps - No, Shapley, I would not buy anything from a "hotmail" address; nor from a spammer of any other variety either. I also don't buy stocks over the phone from people who call me during dinner time.[/i]

by **Serenity** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:19 am

Sarge, please deploy counter-spam initiative...

by **OperaTenor** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:53 pm

In the interest of security, and based on a post I read earlier(and of course can't find - whining about no "Today's Active Topics" yet again), maybe we should keep an eye on the new members as they show up on the directory page, and expose the spammers/bots/whatevers that way.

For instance, the current newest member, "blndgdjejqw", is nothing more than a link to a porn search engine.

by **bignaf** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:18 pm

I think as long as they don't annoy us with spam, let them register. I don't think an inactive member with a porn link in their profile is a very succesful manner of advertising. It might be a standard member, and the site might not actually be porn (did you click on the link?), it might just be a provocative name...

by **OperaTenor** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:42 am

Yup, clicked on the link, got a slimeball porn search engine.

by **bignaf** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:59 am

I don't think the term and conditions of the board prohibit having disgusting URL in the profile though. as long as the member is not spamming, it is within the law, and doesn't really bother the average member (not counting people like you and mw who spend so much time on the board we check the profile of every new member

).

by **Sarge** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:43 pm

Instead of DELETING members that violate Terms of Service, etc, it's more important to "BAN" them.

All I would need is their Username, IP Address (admins/moderators can see this), or an email address of the suspected member.

Deleting an account, removes member information from the database. So the person can RE-USE the email address to register for an account.

Banning a member will make it impossible for the person to use the email address again.

blndgdjejqw <--- BANNED

Sarge

by **OperaTenor** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:31 pm

[Plankton voice] "I like it! MWHAHAHAHAHA!" [/Plankton voice]

by **Selma in Sandy Eggo** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:25 am

Sarge wrote:Instead of DELETING members that violate Terms of Service, etc, it's more important to "BAN" them.

blndgdjejqw <--- BANNED

Sarge

Sarge, our invisible shield :bow:

by **barfle** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:34 pm

And the latest one lists "sex music eminem" as interests... :crazy:

by **bignaf** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:37 pm

i don't think these bots are worth the effort, until they begin spamming.

by **barfle** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:33 pm

And the latest newbie's website is cheap meds. :curse:

by **Selma in Sandy Eggo** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:17 am

barfle wrote:And the latest newbie's website is cheap meds.

Hey, I could use some cheap meds. Wonder if they've got anything to make the office :dunce:

smart?

by **Catmando** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:02 pm

Latest "member" looks like another sleezy porn link. :yuk:

by **Serenity** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:20 pm

Chris & Sarge, is there a way to deter these new members from using the Beethoven site as a springboard or lure?

by **Catmando** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:29 pm

Anything site or username with the words "porn" or "incest" in their profile should be given the old heeve-ho!

by **CLarsen** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:43 pm

Ok, the latest one was deleted. :curse:

If there are any others that ya'll have found please let us know. Thank you to the neighborhood watch for keeping the spammers of our board!

Chris & Sarge, is there a way to deter these new members from using the Beethoven site as a springboard or lure?

Unfortunately we can't do much more to deter them as they are manually signing up and using legitimate email adresses so we have to dump them as we get them.