topic Re: Roll Call. in Community Spirit

Roll Call.

lakeland27 — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:02:24 GMT

How many spammers do we have here ? i see the page is once again full.

i get the message from members that they are sick of political threads, it's the reason i havent started one for a while now. i promised .:-)

the question is for all the forum regulars is How are you going to reclaim the boards from these obsessive types? me i can cope with electoral defeat.. its a short term problem.

Re: Roll Call.

debra9275 — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:16:33 GMT

How many spammers? That I can't answer, they keep multiplying. ;\

Appreciate your effort in not starting any more. If they put all their C &P's in one or two threads, ,maybe it wouldn't be so bad

Re: Roll Call.

just_me_karen — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:17:53 GMT

If they stuck to one ID it wouldn't be such a big problem, but they don't. It's definitely a breach of community values.

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j*oono — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:19:05 GMT

I don't think the election result will stop them. Like you said it is an obsession. They will find something to whinge about no matter who wins.

Re: Roll Call.

lakeland27 — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:24:42 GMT

The thing is debra that they aren't actual posts, but dubious newspaper articles.

i think people are aware of the current situation, and if they are interested they can read the paper or it's digital equivalent themselves. as DDU said to me once or twice, the threads i posted in the past had the opposite effect with her.. they made her determined to vote otherwise . . you can't change people's minds unless they are weak minded.

Re: Roll Call.

debra9275 — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:29:34 GMT

I don't read them anyway LL & I agree with DDU too

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lakeland27 — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:40:54 GMT

I don't read them anyway LL & I agree with DDU too

i read them to compare the NewsLTD version of events to the facts, the comparison is interesting. many of the topics are unrecognisable due to extreme distortion.

i probably should resist answering at all, i wonder if its the best method.. ignore it and they may go away or post something else that isn't just a C@P . C@P has its place , but not when the material is already plastered all over the web news sites.

Re: Roll Call.

lakeland27 — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:44:43 GMT

Oh, and i don't include threads by cats back in my criticism. i rarely agre with CB, but don't consider her to be one of the spammers. hers show a lot more honesty , even if i disagree .

Re: Roll Call.

just_me_karen — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:53:00 GMT

I've got most of the copy paste spammers on ignore. Well, not all their IDs, the mothership provides a social insight into underground education standards. Literally :^O

even on ignore, their repetitive spam is annoying. eBay must support spammers now? Liveworld obviously does.

Re: Roll Call.

pct001wine — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:58:24 GMT

Agree with the above posts. Sick of the endless c & p's, scrollers, mindless regurgitation, extreme and irrational confected outrage. You have to wade through this toot just to find something of substance. Often the OP is so long it occupies most of the page, but I presume that is their intention.

Of course, being a "luvvie", I would feel this way, wouldn't I ?

Also agree with the comment that the election of the LNP won't lead to any diminution of this rubbish. It'll be "woe is us, the previous guvvmint left us in such a hole, it ain't our fault" for about 3 + years. Sigh.

Re: Roll Call.

debra9275 — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:28:00 GMT

I dunno LL not responding may the best thing, everyone knows it's rubbish anyway

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izabsmiling — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:43:08 GMT

I don't know either.The mode of delivery has actually made me look into things more than I otherwise might have.My vote has always had the potential to be swayed,depending of course ,as it should on Policies ,however I know for sure now (thanks to these boards) which way it won't swing .I suppose it isn't all bad

Re: Roll Call.

donnashuggy — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:48:51 GMT

Maybe I provoke the spammers with my threads so I will try and cease and desist unless Abbott gets caught shoplifting or similar 🙂

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izabsmiling — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:49:03 GMT

I've often wondered if it was a kind of reverse psychology .If it was it worked 🙂

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izabsmiling — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:50:51 GMT

Donna, if we didn't hear the good stuff too .Else this would be a pretty depressing environment and not as sellers like yourself may want it to be .

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**meep** — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:51:18 GMT

Meh.....It honestly does not bother me at all. I just open threads that I think may interest me. Sometimes I dont read the opening post and just comment on other people's posts.....:-D

Re: Roll Call.

izabsmiling — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:52:08 GMT

#14 take 'else' out :8}

Re: Roll Call.

**meep** — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:00:13 GMT

oh, i missed the part about "reclaiming". the answer would be for more people starting and participating in other topics...

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crystal-gems — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:01:38 GMT

LL, I think we are getting sick to death of the tedious c & p political posts.

I don't bother reading them anymore.....it is the same old same old boring stuff. Enough to make swinging voters make a left turn.

Re: Roll Call.

poddster — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:21:00 GMT

hahahahahahah

"One thread to bind them all"