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shooty

8th February 2019, 16:46
Sorry if this has been covered before.

But I am at a loss as to why these Spammers go to great length for nothing.
I.E. They enroll on here (Which takes time) Only to have their thread pulled down almost instantly.

(Good work admin and reporters by the way)

Or if they're automated, How do they get passed the 'I am not a Robot section'.

I'm Puzzled, But that's quite easy for me :-)
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mamya

8th February 2019, 17:07
Many are not automated and are paid a pittance to trawl the WWW shooting fish in a barrel - if they catch one punter per 100,000 spams they still have some success.

I agree Admin across many sites do a great job in getting rid ASAP.
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shooty

8th February 2019, 17:13
Thanks for that Mamya.
I never thought of a third party doing it (for a pittance)
Always assumed it was the person who's Business it was.

Thank you for the enlightenment :-)
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malone

8th February 2019, 17:15
Shooty, PU is keeping an eye on you....



(I'm Apostrophe Monitor this week … )
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cerasus

8th February 2019, 17:22
I'm now fearful of posting anything in case the 'apostrophe monitor' picks up my errors :(
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shooty

8th February 2019, 17:26
Well done Malone, You've passed the test !

(Hangs his head in shame)

:-)
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malone

8th February 2019, 17:27
You're safe, Cerasus. I'd planned an additional post, one saying that allowances would be made for typos - the PU is not totally authoritarian!

PS I bet you're not as fearful as I am!
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mamya

8th February 2019, 17:34
The PU thread stayed at the top of the page most of yesterday, am I fearful?

Not a bit, a bit of a rebel really. :-)
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cerasus

8th February 2019, 17:35
I tried to post something amusing with a few apostrophes, but a yellow message appeared saying it was not allowed as only 100 characters were allowed.........I had only used 24 !

I will try again: crosswords should be enjoyable . If they ain;t fun, I ain't doin' 'em !
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jigjag

8th February 2019, 17:49
Cerasus

Yes please re-try. Looking forward to it
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