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Thank you for reporting Objectionable Posts
JEF   Intermediate VA USA Member since 7/27/05 Posts: 2442 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post 14 members like this. Date: 2/7/13 8:45 AM I just want to say thank you to the PR members who report spam/advertising through the Objectionable Post button. For those who don't know, here is some info on moderation. We are volunteers and not sitting at our computers all the time on PR. When an OP comes in for one of a forum we moderate, that OP shows up in our personal email. I check/see my personal email more often than I am on PR so I will see an OP pretty quickly. Today, the OP messages came in around 1am my time when I was sound asleep but as soon as I got onto my email this am (about 8:30), there were the OPs and I could delete those ads from my board. As other mods wake up, check email etc, the rest will disappear. Thanks for keeping PR focused on the right thing - sewing!! JEF ------ "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." --Abraham Lincoln
Julkane   Intermediate PA USA Member since 9/14/07 Posts: 442	Login to reply to this post In reply to JEF << 9 members like this. Date: 2/7/13 8:56 AM And thank you for your efforts. ------ Elna Excellence 740, Pfaff Quilt expression 4.0, Janome 300E, Brother 8500D, Janome 900CPX CoverPro, Brother 5234 Project Runway Serger, Singer Treadle http://juliannasjourney.blogspot.com/
HDWen   Advanced Beginner AZ USA Member since 12/26/11 Posts: 1229	Login to reply to this post 3 members like this. Date: 2/7/13 9:06 AM Hated to report people, but this person was spamming a lot of the board You all do a WONDERFUL job keeping it out and making PR a great place to be. Hey you got to sleep sometime! Thank you :-Debbie ------ I have great enthusium for sewing, but lack talent to be great. 2013
nancy2001   Advanced AL USA Member since 12/3/05 Posts: 6114	Login to reply to this post In reply to JEF << 2 members like this. Date: 2/7/13 10:16 AM Thank you so much, JEF. ------ The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale. Richard Dawkins
quiltingwolf Advanced MD USA Member since 12/15/02 Posts: 5013	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/7/13 10:51 AM yes this is one of the best moderated boards I've been on. ------ quiltingwolf.blogspot.com
kayco   Beginner CA USA Member since 6/3/12 Posts: 73	Login to reply to this post 2 members like this. Date: 2/7/13 1:11 PM 1. Jef, thank you for volunteeering. 2. HDWen, never feel bad about objecting to objectional people. They don't feel at all bad about being objectionalabe. Over the years ive seen too many good forums collapse due to spam. The "real" members finally had to throw their hands up and walk away. Witness all of the ghost towns on yahoo. 3. Thanks again for your effortss JEF.
Vintage Joan Intermediate Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9241	Login to reply to this post In reply to kayco << 2 members like this. Date: 2/7/13 1:46 PM Quote: HDWen, never feel bad about objecting to objectional people. They don't feel at all bad about being objectionalabe. Over the years ive seen too many good forums collapse due to spam. The "real" members finally had to throw their hands up and walk away. Spam is not part of a discussion. It's just "junk mail." For example, early this morning there were numerous ads posted by the same person about a particular product. He or she blitzed PR by posting the same message in several different places. After I saw this thread, I did a quick search for the poster's name and a keyword in the message. One or two spam messages still seemed to be "live," so I reported them. There are a few people whose opinions in discussions don't sit well with the majority, but that doesn't make them "objectionable people," and their posts are not spam. -- Edited on 2/7/13 1:48 PM -- ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
EleanorSews   Advanced MI USA Member since 7/26/07 Posts: 3758 Board Moderator	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/7/13 2:09 PM I'll second JEF's post. It's not always possible to be there immediately, but we all do our best to follow up on the OP emails. Spam is easily gotten rid of. It gets a bit more difficult when a poster is just inside the bounds of the Posting Guidelines. For the most part, my experience is that PR people do try to walk the Golden Rule, doing unto others as they would have others do unto them. ------ "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anais Nin "Attitude is the difference between an adventure and an ordeal." unknown
KensingtonCrab Advanced Beginner SC USA Member since 2/13/09 Posts: 728	Login to reply to this post In reply to JEF << Like this post Date: 2/7/13 2:58 PM I, too, sincerely appreciate the volunteers on the boards! And I have to say you are quite efficient since I don't think I've ever seen any spam. Is it people advertising 'designer sneakers' and such?
Deepika   Intermediate MA USA Member since 11/28/01 Posts: 10923 Founder	Login to reply to this post 12 members like this. Date: 2/7/13 3:31 PM JEF thank you for starting this topic. All of you Mods are so great. ...and so are our members. I had 77 emails in my inbox this morning. I did a database query and was able to delete all those topics and ban the member who posted them. Thank you!!!! ------ - Deepika Founder, PatternReview.com Blog: http://www.deepikablogs.com

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