Bang!Zoom! Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Break it down for the sister, this is starting to confuse me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 There seems to be a lot of weirdness going around. Seldom-posting posters suddenly popping up and talking to one another in eerily similar voices, newbies bumping old threads. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 There seems to be a lot of weirdness going around. Seldom-posting posters suddenly popping up and talking to one another in eerily similar voices, newbies bumping old threads. Weird. :iagree: Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I work in customer service; we can always tell when we're in the week of a full moon because the people turn weird. More weird than usual, any how. Just for giggles, I googled the next full moon. It's later this week LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 There seems to be a lot of weirdness going around. Seldom-posting posters suddenly popping up and talking to one another in eerily similar voices, newbies bumping old threads. Weird. I was thinking the same thing yesterday, but I didn't want to say anything since I don't post very often myself. (although I spend plenty of time here!) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Very strange indeed. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I noticed two resurrected threads yesterday that were by a less obvious spammer, but you could still tell from the links in the sig line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 I can sense by the number of posts several of them are first time posters. Fact. I can tell by several of the embedded hyperlinks they are for all intent, spam. Fact. So basically, I'm sensing they are going for long threads with controversy and pulling those to the front lines of the general forum. And - well, just because I'm having a very very very well deserved - semester end meltdown - my personal opinion is that it's annoying. Might be the bi-yearly wine talking, but just being honest here. Don't know about the rest of you, but hey, that's where I'm at today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Spammers resurrect them. Often the moderators remove them before anyone posts anything specific about them. Then someone gets sucked in, thinking that it is a new or recent thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 One of those posters has been banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 There are still a few more that haven't been banned yet, but I'm sure the moderators will get to it. What a nuisance for the mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 There seems to be a lot of weirdness going around. Seldom-posting posters suddenly popping up and talking to one another in eerily similar voices, newbies bumping old threads. Weird. :iagree: I've noticed it too. I am getting better and checking thread dates to be sure I am not adding to an old thread, but sometimes miss them. Kind of starting to drive me nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 This explains a lot. I'm not quite as good at figuring things out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 It's a Friday the 13th this week.. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyM Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Please pardon my ignorance (I have been lurking on the board for a while but only posted very recently) but why would this happen and what is the point of it? Catherine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Please pardon my ignorance (I have been lurking on the board for a while but only posted very recently) but why would this happen and what is the point of it? Catherine Sometimes a spammer posts links in an old thread or has a link in their signature and posts in an old thread. Other times people who are new see the related threads and read one of them, not noticing that it's an old thread, and then post, thus resurrecting the thread. Then people reading the boards see the thread and post, not noticing the original date. Consensus seems to be that resurrecting old threads on curriculum boards is fine... especially if you're asking for more information or adding an update, but it's generally bad form to do on the general board...especially about issues that are long over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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