• so why does.....

    From diana anderson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 21 11:30:05 2023
    pin side forum never gets any shit spam like this ng does whatever they do they do it right no bullshit druggies/African Craparotta seller all the shit they post here is unbelievable. I like this newsgroup, but these shits got to stop.

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  • From John Robertson@21:1/5 to diana anderson on Thu Sep 21 17:03:51 2023
    On 2023/09/21 11:30 a.m., diana anderson wrote:
    pin side forum never gets any shit spam like this ng does whatever they do they do it right no bullshit druggies/African Craparotta seller all the shit they post here is unbelievable. I like this newsgroup, but these shits got to stop.

    Perhaps someone doesn't like competition?

    I dunno where it all comes from - I post and follow perhaps ten
    newsgroups and this is the only one that gets inundated with spam. None
    of the others see any...

    If there are no posts on RGP the spam tapers off after a day or two, but
    get a few posts here and it comes back.

    I'm in the habit now of tagging them as spam or illicit material on
    google groups for all the good that does! The birds are new...

    https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball

    John :-#(#
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  • From Idlehands@21:1/5 to John Robertson on Thu Sep 21 19:58:10 2023
    On 2023-09-21 6:03 p.m., John Robertson wrote:
    On 2023/09/21 11:30 a.m., diana anderson wrote:
    pin side forum never gets any shit spam like this ng does whatever
    they do they do it right no bullshit druggies/African Craparotta
    seller all the shit they post here is unbelievable. I like this
    newsgroup, but these shits got to stop.

    Perhaps someone doesn't like competition?

    I dunno where it all comes from - I post and follow perhaps ten
    newsgroups and this is the only one that gets inundated with spam. None
    of the others see any...

    If there are no posts on RGP the spam tapers off after a day or two, but
    get a few posts here and it comes back.

    I'm in the habit now of tagging them as spam or illicit material on
    google groups for all the good that does! The birds are new...

    https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball

    John :-#(#

    My theory is that as groups go dormant the spammers moved in, I am
    seeing it in another group.

    Making liberal use of a kill file does wonders.


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    reason is weak." Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to John Robertson on Fri Sep 22 14:39:52 2023
    John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> writes:
    On 2023/09/21 11:30 a.m., diana anderson wrote:
    pin side forum never gets any shit spam like this ng does whatever they do they do it right no bullshit druggies/African Craparotta seller all the shit they post here is unbelievable. I like this newsgroup, but these shits got to stop.

    Perhaps someone doesn't like competition?

    I dunno where it all comes from - I post and follow perhaps ten
    newsgroups and this is the only one that gets inundated with spam. None
    of the others see any...

    It all comes from google groups. Filter that, and no spam.

    comp.lang.c has also been recently subjected to the same spam.

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  • From John in WI@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 22 09:10:13 2023
    Pinside is for better or worse, highly moderated. Like any moderated medium, they can go too far at times. It is what it is. That's where just about everyone has gone.

    RIP....RGP

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  • From Lloyd Olson@21:1/5 to diana anderson on Fri Sep 22 09:36:24 2023
    On Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 1:30:11 PM UTC-5, diana anderson wrote:
    pin side forum never gets any shit spam like this ng does whatever they do they do it right no bullshit druggies/African Craparotta seller all the shit they post here is unbelievable. I like this newsgroup, but these shits got to stop.

    Rec Games Pinball is on Usenet, though you may read it on Google, on the internet.

    Usenet isn't moderated.

    LTG : )

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  • From John Robertson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 22 11:41:09 2023
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  • From diana anderson@21:1/5 to John Robertson on Sun Sep 24 10:27:26 2023
    On Friday, September 22, 2023 at 11:41:21 AM UTC-7, John Robertson wrote:
    On 2023/09/22 9:36 a.m., Lloyd Olson wrote:
    On Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 1:30:11 PM UTC-5, diana anderson wrote:
    pin side forum never gets any shit spam like this ng does whatever they do they do it right no bullshit druggies/African Craparotta seller all the shit they post here is unbelievable. I like this newsgroup, but these shits got to stop.

    Rec Games Pinball is on Usenet, though you may read it on Google, on the internet.

    Usenet isn't moderated.

    LTG : )
    Actually google groups does seem to pull posts that are flagged as SPAM.
    I see a post that has a subject of "penobarbital a cosa serve..." and I clicked on the subject so Thunderbird would show the post - and it says "Article not found" - so I suspect that folks are flagging SPAM messages
    and google is deleting them from their servers. Which is a good thing!

    Join the spam purgers and perhaps RGP will recover somewhat:

    https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball

    John :-#)#
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    "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
    yes, please lets try to get this newsgroup back to the days like in the 80's and be like pin side and Mr. pinball maybe if they changed format to make it like craigslist that would let spamers have there on page like rant and raves or misc for sale..idk

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