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Can we stop these adds.


These people have no respect.

Its such a trivial probelm, so easily solved, and yet nothing is done.

Junk topics seem to be overwhelming the real ones. Makes the BB hard to read.

I agree, It would be nice if the BBS was a little more BB and a little less BS. Please find a way to boot the adverts, porn, viagra, etc off and keep them off.

I'm all for whatever it would take to stop these ads.
Orin

Hi to all.

I'm very much a learner with regards astrophysics but enthralled by the serious scientific knowledge imparted + the APOD & related info

I find that the 'worldy' ads are a useless, pathetic distraction

surely we aim to learn about Science ..Linx

I thought that if we all visited their sites and went thru the "Contact us" link that most all sites have, we could innundate them with e-mails demanding, as users, that they stop those types of postings. They might if they received 1000 e-mails requesting such every day. I hecked a few but those had no such link and the http address way automatically rerouted to other websites. So I tried entering the http address directly but was still rerouted elsewhere. I'll keep trying though

Hello All

Darn that means we cannot do anything about it.

Darn

darn

Since ads volume is obviously getting too big for me to handle it alone, I would like to stop using this account for posting and to share its password with other members so that they could kill spam on sight.

Who wants some?

It would also somewhat "democratize" moderation. You would be able to unlock topics or undo edits

Hello Makc

If you need help ,,,,,,,,,,just ask.

I'm here every day

So If I can help and if others take part we can hit it on the head.

my only concern is that some of you dorks will hi-jack this account by changing its password but then, it will be no longer my concern any way... so, whoever is interested, you have one week to send me PMs.

July, 14: so far, noone's in. If so, I can just transfer this account to harry.

will your moderatorship abilities apply to this board only or the others (cafe etc) as well?

Even though this isn't a "democracy", I think Harry would be well qualified for the spot. I would love to do it but my working obligations are pretty intense. Harry gets my vote.

Some of the spammers give e-mail addresses for contacting them. We should all e-mail them requesting they no longer post to the APOD sites. after they have to wade through thousands of e-mail messages, maybe they will get the point.

Any other suggestions???

Hello All

Thanks Aichip

Bmaone23 seems interested, go for it.

If I can assist, just let me know.

Okay, several people PMed me for pass, and so this is my last post. It's officially now. makc is no longer me. Let's hope this is a change for better. I will un-sticky this topic now.

Makc does a great job in what could be a very messy situation. I'd will to keep him doing what he does a great job at.
Orin

"Can we stop these adds. "

Have you no respect for simple arithmetic? What is the matter with adding?

Or did you mean "ads" (as in advertisements)?

...there is protection against this type of AD SH1T. The only thing you should do is install anti-spambot registration protection.

Usually, it's an image, and you must enter some digits/letters before to be able to REGISTER. Or when LOGGING IN.

I guess, the AD spam we see on this forum, is NOT generated by humans? Most of the times I see this, it's auto-generated by spambots. To get rid of them, simply install such protection, it's easy...

Hope this helps :)

And greetings to you all! I've been on Astronomy Image Of The Day for more than a month now, and enjoy every picture/photo a LOT, I mean really A LOT, although I'm no astronomer, but webdesigner/coder;-)

Hello All

Good on you sptrain98

Adds,,,,,,,,,,,,Ads,,,,,,,,,,,

I noticed it when I typed it.

Its called a typo.

So! what