May be some stroppy admins

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Aladinsaneuk · #16 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 4:53 pm

Yes

/shiver

So figure hugging you could tell his religion

Aladinsaneuk · #17 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 4:55 pm

And for the record, over 70 spam accounts since my first post.... That's in 24 hours

I suspect it will get worse before we lock things down again

Aladinsaneuk · #18 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:56 am

and thats over 300 - there is a good chance we will close to new applicants for a couple of days while we sort this out.....

D-Rider · #19 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:15 am

Getting quite pissed off at the frequency of pop up notifications on my phone that I've got a new email ..... telling me about another new attempted joiner with an infeasible username .............

Anyone know where I can buy a new kitchen?

Aladinsaneuk · #20 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:32 am

aye andy - imagine my pleasure with no internet access at work and then as i drive home..... it gets very silly very quickly - 3g signal and a new notification every few seconds....

D-Rider · #21 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:37 am

That said, although we need a solution, I'm really not in favour of suspending new applications. We want to stop the spammers and scammers without punishing the genuine joiners - and we've had a minor flurry of them too recently.

Aladinsaneuk · #22 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:01 am

thats true......

Aladinsaneuk · #23 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:30 am

fresh news from the shire

we hit over 600 this morning, so hobbit went fishing....

(The admins will know the joke there!)

Rather worryingly, Saruman seemed to have weighed into the fight last night - after the pub was closed.... he may even have put his pipe down....

I have been vetoed from my normal savage violent response (People still think nurses are caring????)

Andy has been quite philosophical and I think is evolving into an old fashioned social worker who just wants to help the kids.....

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either way, we are onto it and will keep folk updated as we progress

D-Rider · #24 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:06 am

Aladinsaneuk wrote: either way, we are onto it and will keep folk updated as we progress

..... not that the general forum membership should notice any impact whatsoever - it's all happening in the background and none has yet breached the defensive walls

.... now ..... what's that on my phone .... another email ..... wishing to register on ridersite ......

BikerGran · #25 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:12 pm

But it's good for the forum members to realise there's a lot of work being done by the admins on our behalf!

Dusty · #26 Post by **Dusty** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:19 pm

Well said, BG! It's easy to forget the stalwart work that forum moderators do in the background. Well done fellas and thank you. I assume that, despite all the current tribulations, this must be one of the better forums to moderate because everyone on here seems decent. I've never seen any of the vitriol and sniping on here that I have on other sites. Long may that be the case.

BikerGran · #27 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:22 pm

If those sort of people do ever join, I reckon they decide we'ra all boring and go away!

RiderSite has always been warm and fluffy, even when it was a lot bigger!

D-Rider · #28 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:32 pm

We've had a few minor skirmishes but they have been few and far between and never allowed to get out of control.

The admin/mod role on here is more of a friendly janitor - having a laugh with the residents and a bit of tidying up when they make a bit of a mess posting up.

Long may it continue.

At the moment there are a few "raiders at the door" but we're not letting them in.

Aladinsaneuk · #29 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:40 pm

They could have yellow falco's

BikerGran · #30 Post by **BikerGran** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:09 pm

And aberrant apostrophes.........

Found an electrician yet Pete?