Last couple of days I've been seeing !!! as online but when you click to see what he's up to you get a page error. Been that way for days now.

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Gimme a minute to read through Jay's latest observations...

I suspect that may be an effect of the new software that makes more readable URLs.

From the Currently Active Users, the ! ! ! link is to
From the members list, several of the exclamation-mark names link to:
which yields member §åìñ†.

That seems very wrong.

I think I'll post this finding to About BAUT. Done, here.

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Well, you see ! ! ! online a lot. He/she/it seems to be very active.

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I don't know. That's why I'm asking--Noclevername

Intelligence may not be clearly defined, but you know stupid when you see it--Noclevername

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge--Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

My guess is that it's a spammer for whatever the link in the sig is who has his is message held pending review then doesn't quite understand why it never shows up in the forums. He's been around for a month or so.

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I'm not evil.
An evil person would do the things I think up.

I have noticed that too.

If he / she is spamming, I have not seen any posts / spammings with that ID.

Strange.

Andrew Brown.

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Maybe its the secret account of the puncutation police!!!

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At night the stars put on a show for free (Carole King)

One Earth, One Sky - IYA 2009

Gillianren as a superhero and a secret identity?

Anyway, I not only see "! ! !" in the list, but "! ! ! ! !" and "! ! !!" as well. It must be the "tremendous trio" wiping out bad punctuation across the world. Along with thier trusting contact "# #", they can white-out bad writing in an instance.

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Numbers are not case sensitive. (me)

I'm waiting for someone to pick the username @#%&!.

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The dose makes the poison--Paracelsus (1493-1541) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus

I don't know. That's why I'm asking--Noclevername

Intelligence may not be clearly defined, but you know stupid when you see it--Noclevername

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge--Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

No secret identity around here. That, she said self-righteously, would be sock-puppetry!

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Only on a Beatle Bailey forum.

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At night the stars put on a show for free (Carole King)

One Earth, One Sky - IYA 2009

My guess is that it is some sort of under-the-covers BAUT monitor function.

Sounds like a CT to me!

This link works: ! ! !

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That, and I'd be shocked to see you use multiple exclamation marks.

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The Leif Ericson Cruiser

That was my first thought as well.

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I'm not evil.
An evil person would do the things I think up.

I'm ! ! !

No, I'm ! ! !

(group of five) I'm ! ! !

(! ! ! sits and appreciates)

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A person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.

Shouldn't the software prohibit stupid usernames?

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Here's another guess: The !!! logon ID is the "receiving" function whan anyone reports a post to the moderators. This ID can then be accessed by any moderator or the "offending post" notification is sent to all mods.

And the silence of the management about it only emphasizes this notion.

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And what kind of rules should it use? who determines this?

Should it prevent usernames starting with numbers? Or certain words that sound silly like "geek"? Where do you draw the line?

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Numbers are not case sensitive. (me)

How about names consisting entirely of punctuation?

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