WARNING: I believe I have been spamed on this site!

It's sort of fun waiting to see who else got it too.
 
I got it too, but i didn't see a need to post that, everyone else seems to have taken care of that, but since you are so interested.
 
i imed radman asking if he received it too but he didnt. i looked and saw that the user joined today so i just figured it to be spam.

spam: is an inappropriate attempt to use email, or another networked communications facility by sending the same message to numerous people who didn't ask for it.
www.nrw.qld.gov.au/about/policy/documents/2976/definitions.html
 
What I don't get is why? They are giving you the book to read for free. There's no links to advertising. Why would you go spam a bunch of people... making them mad at you and hope they come to your website and read your book. Their motives are a little odd to be sure.
 
Did anyone actuallly click on the link and go to the site? Was it really porn or was it a free book to read? The spam filters on my job said it was a link to a porn site but it does not take a lot to trigger our internet security features here. Most of the times the filter is right though. People who do this are not too creative I mean I agree with the other response that said why would you get people mad at you and then hope they visit your site and buy goods or services.
 
It's sort of fun waiting to see who else got it too.
Well...as opposed to posting it to every one I just forwarded it on to a moderator....but I got the message herpes as well
 
i imed radman asking if he received it too but he didnt. i looked and saw that the user joined today so i just figured it to be spam.

spam: is an inappropriate attempt to use email, or another networked communications facility by sending the same message to numerous people who didn't ask for it.
www.nrw.qld.gov.au/about/policy/documents/2976/definitions.html


I was wrong, I hadn't been on CB recently enough to know I got the message. I got it. I'm kinda thinkin about readin it anyways though. I don't read enough these days.
 
Did anyone actuallly click on the link and go to the site? Was it really porn or was it a free book to read? The spam filters on my job said it was a link to a porn site but it does not take a lot to trigger our internet security features here. Most of the times the filter is right though. People who do this are not too creative I mean I agree with the other response that said why would you get people mad at you and then hope they visit your site and buy goods or services.


It really is just a book. At least the first page is. Haven't read that much yet.
 
That's uncomfortably close to a rigging issue....


Joe

OOPs, You're right Joe. I gues whatrigger is gonna jump on my head now. or he'll probably say, " That's cause God didn't hire a certified rigger."

:twisted:

I'm thinking this might have just been a hit building spam thing. either;
A. somebody was trying to overload somebody elses bandwidth allocation

OR

B. Somebod's trying to actually publish this godawful book, and they wanted to go to a publisher and say, " Look how many hit's I've had on the website. Sure the book sucks, but it's popular."
 
it's sex related but not porn. some dude going by the nickname of zenofeller, or "zeno" set up this site that seem essentially like a ranting blog. in my opinion he appears to be kinda crazy, and possibly (from the layout) some sort of SM/satanist type, i don't know. apparently he and his signifigant other, a girl that goes by the name of chet, travel a lot...i don't know, it kinda freaked me out a bit so i didn't poke around too much. i don't know what to think of the connection to these Pavlina people (a huband & wife "inspirational speaker" couple that came up when i googled erinpavlina, as gaffer240 suggested for kicks) perhaps they're one and the same or people that hate one another via the wonderful internets...i don't even know why i care, it just all seems so weird...
 
Refer to Red Above: The Stage Manager type? Oh,... that, am I going to have to write out "Stage Manager" from now on to avoid confusion? :rolleyes:

Inspirational speaking couple with creepy sex related ranting blog-book-website. Wow! Did anyone book them for LDI?


Excuse me. Don't you have some Homework you should be doing ?
:twisted:
 
wow.... ummm..... wow... this a crazy thread. But, let me address the initial topic. The point of the original post of the thread (some of you may need to go back and read it again, as the thread has jumped around a bit)

1) The user has been removed and the pm deleted from everybody's account. (Yes, I have the power to do such things :) )

2) said former user's ISP has been notified.

3) the mechanism by which the user sent the message has been patched.

4) this is probably only the third time in almost twice as many years this has occured.

5) no need to restrict your pm messages to moderators and buddy list users only. This community is still small enough not to need to do that.

6) I'm glad this many people are on the site on a daily enough basis to make us a target (oddly enough, that means the site is doing well)

7) uummm.... seven was a good movie?

8) point eight needs to be here because it's in between point seven and point nine

9) I'm tired and have not had enough caffeine

10) Thinkgeek.com makes caffeinated soap... I got some for christmas last year, it works great
 

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