Unsolicited Spam PMs

Dos_Box · 06-07-2008, 11:19 PM

It has come to our attention that several of our members have received PM spam from one of our members 'Squirrel', inviting you to partake in membership of a site I cannot post here due to it getting far more Google coverage from this one post on EduGeek that the actual site being touted will in a week.
If you receive a PM entitled 'Help Wanted' please feel free to deal with as you see fit as many of our members currently have.

john · 07-07-2008, 12:15 AM

Is this DB giving us the key to taking the medieval implements of pain from our armouries and using them against said user or us to just remotely push out Sophos to there pc

hehe

(sorry had a bad few annoying days with Sophos recently!)

acrobson · 07-07-2008, 07:21 PM

I find the Internet Watch Foundation very helpful!

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powdarrmonkey · 07-07-2008, 07:26 PM

He's spamming it all over TES as well, it's a bit pathetic really. The site is practically empty and purports to do exactly what Edugeek does lol

GrumbleDook · 07-07-2008, 07:36 PM

I've said it before and I'll say it again ... there is plenty of space out there for other avenues for information ... the main problem is that people don't realise what it takes to run a site, why trying to do a site on your own *really* never works and that it needs to have a purpose form the word go ... and it needs to be as unique as possible (or have a unique approach!)

Where I draw the line is spamming our members ... even after we have tried to be helpful in previous conversations too.

Best of luck to him if he wants to do it, but the welcome mat has now been removed.

powdarrmonkey · 07-07-2008, 07:38 PM

Don't misunderstand me, I'm all for freedom of voice. But why re-invent the wheel?

elsiegee40 · 07-07-2008, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirrel

... in your profile it says your from Kent. I'm also from Kent...

We're from the same county apparently. Not sure why he thought this fact in particular would make me more likely to be interested in the site he'd set up...

Sylv3r · 07-07-2008, 09:06 PM

I don't even get spam PM's

elsiegee40 · 07-07-2008, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylv3r

I don't even get spam PM's

One on the way

Sylv3r · 07-07-2008, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elsiegee40

One on the way

Woohoo

SYSMAN_MK · 07-07-2008, 09:38 PM

Ahh this old chestnut. Guess he never managed to sell the site.

powdarrmonkey · 07-07-2008, 10:36 PM

You've come across him before?

FN-Greatermanchester · 07-07-2008, 10:50 PM

He tried to sell his website on edugeek a week ago

contink · 07-07-2008, 11:18 PM

Oh FFS... He wanted to "sell" that heap of junk?!! and then spammed folks to ask them to come join in?!!!

The mind boggles... I'm still chuckling now..

Squirrel...

GrumbleDook · 08-07-2008, 12:00 AM

Some other members here have tried to get sites up and running (before and after EG), and have reluctantly had to throw in the towel due to the work it takes ... but they are courteous and have always had a good relationship with others here ... Heck, I briefly did one 4 1/2 years ago ... to try and duplicate and support the work in a newsgroup ... I even managed to get 5 members. And people wonder why I was more than happy to see EG come along and someone else do all the work?

Unfortunately ... the case this time is that the site is not working, he wants to drum up some more members and he is spamming (targeted, but still spamming)!

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07-07-2008, 07:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
powdarrmonkey Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alcester, Warwickshire Posts: 512 Thanks: 23 Thanked 41 Times in 38 Posts Rep Power: 10	He's spamming it all over TES as well, it's a bit pathetic really. The site is practically empty and purports to do exactly what Edugeek does lol

07-07-2008, 07:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
GrumbleDook Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kettering, Northants Posts: 4,688 Thanks: 44 Thanked 118 Times in 82 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 37	I've said it before and I'll say it again ... there is plenty of space out there for other avenues for information ... the main problem is that people don't realise what it takes to run a site, why trying to do a site on your own really never works and that it needs to have a purpose form the word go ... and it needs to be as unique as possible (or have a unique approach!) Where I draw the line is spamming our members ... even after we have tried to be helpful in previous conversations too. Best of luck to him if he wants to do it, but the welcome mat has now been removed.

07-07-2008, 07:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
powdarrmonkey Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alcester, Warwickshire Posts: 512 Thanks: 23 Thanked 41 Times in 38 Posts Rep Power: 10	Don't misunderstand me, I'm all for freedom of voice. But why re-invent the wheel?

07-07-2008, 09:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sylv3r Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Co. Durham Posts: 784 Thanks: 13 Thanked 27 Times in 19 Posts Rep Power: 12	I don't even get spam PM's

07-07-2008, 09:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
SYSMAN_MK Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 1,752 Thanks: 31 Thanked 166 Times in 127 Posts Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 39	Ahh this old chestnut. Guess he never managed to sell the site.

07-07-2008, 10:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
powdarrmonkey Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alcester, Warwickshire Posts: 512 Thanks: 23 Thanked 41 Times in 38 Posts Rep Power: 10	You've come across him before?

07-07-2008, 10:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
FN-Greatermanchester Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 4,137 Thanks: 141 Thanked 115 Times in 110 Posts Rep Power: 29	He tried to sell his website on edugeek a week ago

07-07-2008, 11:18 PM	#14 (permalink)
contink Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South Yorkshire Posts: 2,388 Thanks: 78 Thanked 81 Times in 63 Posts Rep Power: 22	Oh FFS... He wanted to "sell" that heap of junk?!! and then spammed folks to ask them to come join in?!!! The mind boggles... I'm still chuckling now.. Squirrel...

08-07-2008, 12:00 AM	#15 (permalink)
GrumbleDook Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kettering, Northants Posts: 4,688 Thanks: 44 Thanked 118 Times in 82 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 37	Some other members here have tried to get sites up and running (before and after EG), and have reluctantly had to throw in the towel due to the work it takes ... but they are courteous and have always had a good relationship with others here ... Heck, I briefly did one 4 1/2 years ago ... to try and duplicate and support the work in a newsgroup ... I even managed to get 5 members. And people wonder why I was more than happy to see EG come along and someone else do all the work? Unfortunately ... the case this time is that the site is not working, he wants to drum up some more members and he is spamming (targeted, but still spamming)!

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