Thursday, December 23, 2004, 05:59 GMT
As I said in one of the other threads, what makes this forum great is how open it is to everyone. Some argue that there should be a registration system, but that often leads to a much more stagnant forum, less visitors and the annoying emoticons that do nothing but slow down how fast the page loads. How often do you stumble upon an Internet forum that hasn't been posted on in weeks? Antimoon is open to anyone who happens to surf right in. He/she can immediately join in the discussion. I think Tom's forum is one of the most active and truly international forums out there.
Unfortunately with such freedom there are going to be those that abuse it. We have a couple of nuisances that surface from time to time....now is one of those times. It's not worth it attempting to argue with the troll/spammer....what use is it trying to reason with the mindless? If the guy has an hour to devote to putting a string of periods in every thread or faking people's names, there is nothing that we can say that is going to stop him.
I check the forum several times per day and will eliminate posts that violate Tom's rules. Generally it's not too hard to discern what messages are real and which ones are fake.
I appreciate everyone's patience and cooperation, as I genuinely enjoy participating in the forum discussions and learning from the diverse Antimoon crowd. My apologies to Damian and any others who have been faked...I'm doing my best to combat it.
Have a great holiday,
mjd
Unfortunately with such freedom there are going to be those that abuse it. We have a couple of nuisances that surface from time to time....now is one of those times. It's not worth it attempting to argue with the troll/spammer....what use is it trying to reason with the mindless? If the guy has an hour to devote to putting a string of periods in every thread or faking people's names, there is nothing that we can say that is going to stop him.
I check the forum several times per day and will eliminate posts that violate Tom's rules. Generally it's not too hard to discern what messages are real and which ones are fake.
I appreciate everyone's patience and cooperation, as I genuinely enjoy participating in the forum discussions and learning from the diverse Antimoon crowd. My apologies to Damian and any others who have been faked...I'm doing my best to combat it.
Have a great holiday,
mjd