Pellet Fan
All Things Considered => General Discussion--Food Related => Topic started by: Kristin Meredith on December 05, 2017, 01:47:52 PM
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There were 13 people waiting to be approved this morning -- 10 weren't because they had Russian IP addresses. This is now typical everyday. Probably 2/3's of those waiting to be approved are from Russia -- a few from other countries also which have not been known to be part of the pellet pit community. I think we have nearly 300 which have been barred.
A few have slipped through and they immediately begin posting spam. I am always afraid they will have a link and if folks click on it they will infect their computers. So PLEASE -- be ware!! If you see a post which doesn't seem like it belongs, please report it and don't click on any links!!!
I think I should get a committee going to investigate these guys!!! :pig:
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Sounds nasty! Wish I could help - just not that good with computers. PLEASE post anything that resembles trouble..Thank you.
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There are a few forums I belong to that force new members to post an introduction in the new member topic before being allowed to post in the general sections. This helps reduce the number of bot postings. I think SMF also has a setting that prevents new users from including url links in their posts and signatures.
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I thought this was a thread about the guy who bought pelletheads.
Which by the way I now believe was done to purposely shut down the site.
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There were 13 people waiting to be approved this morning -- 10 weren't because they had Russian IP addresses.
That is dang scary. Holy cow.
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Russian pellets... Maybe they have a good deal.
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Thank You for doing what you can do to prevent this.
I can honestly say I would be tempted to go flat (bad word) crazy if I were you folks.
It truly is sad.
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Goodness, they never rest, do they? Always looking for the smallest opening to gouge their pound of flesh from their victims.
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Yeah, poor Bent is the one with the burden, has to check each address against a data base -- maybe two, Just a tiresome job!
And what amazes me is that we are just a tiny, hobby forum. I can't imagine how business, government agencies, the military must be under constant bombardment.
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Can you smoke with Siberian Pine pellets?
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I think I saw a Trump tweet about Russian PelletFans, could be some kind of pellet collusion?
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Maybe we could get a Gov't Grant, Current investigation is at 6 million, don't know about anyone else but a little extra X-Mas money could be helpful :cool:
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Maybe we could get a Gov't Grant, Current investigation is at 6 million, don't know about anyone else but a little extra X-Mas money could be helpful :cool:
Riverrat may be on to something. However, my guess is an investigation will show Burke123 to be a Russian infiltrator and was working to destabilize the pellet voting bloc in order to rig the election.
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My Board Game forum is not just "only a hobby site", it is a "local hobby site" (as it is a forum for my actual gaming group).
We've been running the forum since 2006, and have a healthy 168 members (about 50 of them are active, the rest are either past or occasional members).
But in total, we have had 4390 registrations. That's an (attempted) spammer ratio of 96%.
As you say, the majority of the fakes are Russian in origin, although there are quite a few from India and the US also.
Most of the fakes were detected by my scripts running against the Stop Forum Spam database, but there is usually one or two a week that I have to actually eyeball to be sure.
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:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Maybe we could get a Gov't Grant, Current investigation is at 6 million, don't know about anyone else but a little extra X-Mas money could be helpful :cool:
Riverrat may be on to something. However, my guess is an investigation will show Burke123 to be a Russian infiltrator and was working to destabilize the pellet voting bloc in order to rig the election.
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This IS a very serious matter..
Just stresses the importance of always being vigilant.
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Yeah, poor Bent is the one with the burden, has to check each address against a data base -- maybe two, Just a tiresome job!
And what amazes me is that we are just a tiny, hobby forum. I can't imagine how business, government agencies, the military must be under constant bombardment.
I work for a Data Center/Hosting company, it's is really bad these days.
Just got a State Dept notice that attacks will increase in the next few weeks.
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Russia is and has always been a stain on humanity. My maternal grandparents came from there in around 1906, and my grandfather stated unequivocally, that it was the nastiest place on earth and that criminality was the normal social behavior. Hasn't changed much in the past 100 years. Not surprised they were banned from the winter Olympics this year for doping. They will ruin this website if they can get in. Russia has on the other hand produced some amazing artists, authors, composers and musicians, but they have usually suffered at the hands of the government. Nuff said! :(
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I have a facebook page for alumni of my college sailing club and I finally had to make it a private group for the same reason. Amazing how many young foreign people claimed to be alumni of a small club that was disbanded before they were born.
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21 people signed up in the last 2 days. 3 were legit -- all the rest from Russia. Guess now that they aren't going to the winter Olympics they are very interested in pellet cooking. :pig:
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21 people signed up in the last 2 days. 3 were legit -- all the rest from Russia. Guess now that they aren't going to the winter Olympics they are very interested in pellet cooking. :pig:
Thanks so much for keeping a vigilant guard on the website. Much appreciated!
Z
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force new members to post an introduction in the new member topic before being allowed to post in the general section
I really like this idea.
Everybody who wants to come on board needs to introduce themselves. Stating where they're from and where they're going in this pellet smokin' arena.
We can maybe "grandfather" those Fans who are presently on board. But in the future - lets have a honest look at you.
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That is a good idea but as a computer idiot would the ability to post give them some degree of accessibility?
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Did you hear that Old Man...We are killing ze girl tonight Old Man, You can save her...Just sign Ze Papers Old Man...
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Thanks Bentley. I just wish I was more computer literate to be able to help you with the site. It is a strange and crazy world we live in.....
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Did you here that Old Man...We are killing ze girl tonight Old Man, You can save her...Just sign Ze Papers Old Man...
Betty Jo Bialosky?
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21 people signed up in the last 2 days. 3 were legit -- all the rest from Russia. Guess now that they aren't going to the winter Olympics they are very interested in pellet cooking. :pig:
That’s funny
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Cheech & Chong...Big Bambu...
Did you here that Old Man...We are killing ze girl tonight Old Man, You can save her...Just sign Ze Papers Old Man...
Betty Jo Bialosky?
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I think those Russian guys might be looking for website for cooking borscht. Either beet or cabbage. Just tell them we don't have the recipes for that. Not hard to make but hard to smoke it. Served cold in the summer as an appetizer, it is not bad.
8) 8)
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Cheech & Chong...Big Bambu...
Did you here that Old Man...We are killing ze girl tonight Old Man, You can save her...Just sign Ze Papers Old Man...
Betty Jo Bialosky?
I would have sworn it was Fire Sign Theater. Oh well...