Something that might be nice.

[BigDon]

Barring extra work for the mods that is.

That would be if there was some indicator to show if a posting as been triangle flagged already. I mean we have five mods on at the moment but there is a big honking spam posting sitting there like rat poop in a bowl of sugar and normally I'd hit the flag but I assume everbody else has seen it already.

Being a bit compulsive though, I want to hit the flag, "just to be sure". But I won't.

This time.

Well, maybe a little bit.

[slang]

It would be nice, but would it not also lead to a flurry of "who reported me!?" discussions?

[Frog march]

people used to post "Reported" in the thread, but one time I did it and I got accidentally banned by the software, when the spam thread was deleted...so people stopped doing that.

[Moose]

Don't be afraid to hit the report button, folks. Even if five hundred people wind up reporting the same post, all reports wind up in the same thread. It doesn't make a mess and it isn't any more work for us when that happens.

Much better we get a longer reported post thread than not find out about an emergency.

[SolusLupus]

Originally Posted by Moose

Don't be afraid to hit the report button, folks.

Fine. You're SO reported! *Hit*

[gzhpcu]

Originally Posted by BigDon

Barring extra work for the mods that is.

That would be if there was some indicator to show if a posting as been triangle flagged already. I mean we have five mods on at the moment but there is a big honking spam posting sitting there like rat poop in a bowl of sugar and normally I'd hit the flag but I assume everbody else has seen it already.

Being a bit compulsive though, I want to hit the flag, "just to be sure". But I won't.

This time.

Well, maybe a little bit.

When I see a spamer, I just hit the triangle...

[Fazor]

Originally Posted by gzhpcu

When I see a spamer, I just hit the triangle...

Same. Usually take the opportunity to send a line from the Spam song to the mods along with it. I'm sure it's appreciated and never gets old.

[Arneb]

Hey, great idea. I'll do that from now on.

[BigDon]

Originally Posted by Fazor

Same. Usually take the opportunity to send a line from the Spam song to the mods along with it. I'm sure it's appreciated and never gets old.

I did that the just other day.

I'm sure ALL the mods are about at the "Oh, I haven't heard THAT before" stage.

[SolusLupus]

Monty Python was about absurdist, unpredictable humor, people! If you want to do them proud, you cannot quote from the Spam song!

Instead, talk about your tax forms.

[Frog march]

and now for something completely different

[Swift]

Originally Posted by Fazor

Same. Usually take the opportunity to send a line from the Spam song to the mods along with it. I'm sure it's appreciated and never gets old.

Gillianren, when she reports a spammer, calls them Vikings. I am ashamed to admit it, but as a newbie mod, it took me a little bit to figure that out.

[gzhpcu]

Originally Posted by Swift

Gillianren, when she reports a spammer, calls them Vikings. I am ashamed to admit it, but as a newbie mod, it took me a little bit to figure that out.

Well, maybe Monty Phyton is not all that well known in the States...

[Fazor]

I figured that at least a sizable percentage of the other people reporting did the same (now I have confirmation! woohoo!). Too many people these days strive for individuality. I don't want to be like everyone else, so I've become a conformist.

[Swift]

Originally Posted by gzhpcu

Well, maybe Monty Phyton is not all that well known in the States...

My shame is personal, since I know large portions of Holy Grail by heart, as well as many of the various TV program skits. I have no excuse and throw myself on the mercy of the court.
Man: All right, it's a fair cop, but society is to blame.
Church Policeman: Agreed.

[Gillianren]

Really, I only care about amusing myself with that one. The system makes you type something, and when I'm reporting "my, but this is horrendously rude" or "is this guy ever going to answer questions?" I have something to say. When it's a spammer, not so much. Hence "Viking." Though there has, in recent days, been one I reported as a "Chinese Viking"--I don't actually remember why--and one I reported as a Nigerian Viking--I'm sure we all know why.

[BigDon]

Hey! I happen to know a Nigerian Viking, (at least by birth). I'll ask if it was him and tell him to knock it off. There CAN'T be all that many of them.

[gzhpcu]

The Monty Pyhton Spam skit:
http://www.detritus.org/spam/skit.html

[mahesh]

Originally Posted by Gillianren

...--and one I reported as a Nigerian Viking--I'm sure we all know why.

the same one wanted to give me ten million US dollars from his mother's account! ....how quaint...

[SolusLupus]

Originally Posted by BigDon

Hey! I happen to know a Nigerian Viking, (at least by birth). I'll ask if it was him and tell him to knock it off. There CAN'T be all that many of them.

If he calls himself a "Viking", then he's not a True Norseman (tm). A True Norseman knows that "viking", from the Norse Vikingr, refers to an overseas voyage, not the people that underwent them.

fara í víking -- to go on expedition.

[mugaliens]

A viking we will go, a viking we will go!

Hi-ho the dairy-o, a viking we will go!!!

[BigDon]

Has that "reported" and then following the spammer into limbo bug been worked out? That actually sounds good. I remember that and the accidental bannings that followed.

[Moose]

Seems like it got fixed several patches ago.

[BigDon]

Yeah, but do you want to be the first one back in the pool?

[SolusLupus]

Originally Posted by bigdon

yeah, but do you want to be the first one back in the pool?

for science!

[Moose]

Well, I'd make sure I wasn't.

Actually, the real trick is to not hit the "end universe" button which, IMO, isn't far enough away from the "ban" button.

[SolusLupus]

Originally Posted by Moose

Well, I'd make sure I wasn't.

Actually, the real trick is to not hit the "end universe" button which, IMO, isn't far enough away from the "ban" button.

I did that once.

They just came up with a more complicated, depressing universe.

[01101001]

Originally Posted by BigDon

Yeah, but do you want to be the first one back in the pool?

Been in that pool. Didn't drown.

A couple of weeks ago Whirlpool followed up to a spammer, in article in topic Im sorry! But please read!, and I followed up to Whirlpool.

The spammer, opqr930, was subsequently vaporized, as well as the spam article.

We who followed up, and our followups, were not obliterated -- though the next day I did wake up from an afternoon nap thinking it was 6 AM in the morning. I got all dressed up to go and then found it was 6 PM and I still had a whole evening and night for my use. Bonus.

[slang]

Originally Posted by Moose

Actually, the real trick is to not hit the "end universe" button which, IMO, isn't far enough away from the "ban" button.

I dunno. Bannees may see them as equivalent.

[Whirlpool]

Originally Posted by 01101001

Been in that pool. Didn't drown.

A couple of weeks ago Whirlpool followed up to a spammer, in article in topic Im sorry! But please read!, and I followed up to Whirlpool.

The spammer, opqr930, was subsequently vaporized, as well as the spam article.

We who followed up, and our followups, were not obliterated -- though the next day I did wake up from an afternoon nap thinking it was 6 AM in the morning. I got all dressed up to go and then found it was 6 PM and I still had a whole evening and night for my use. Bonus.

sorry bout that .