• so why does.....

    From diana anderson@lwinner4@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Thursday, September 21, 2023 11:30:05
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    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@jrr@flippers.com to rec.games.pinball on Thursday, September 21, 2023 17:03:51
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    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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    John's Jukes Ltd.
    #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
    (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
    www.flippers.com
    "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."

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  • From Idlehands@hidefromu@hushmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Thursday, September 21, 2023 19:58:10
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    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.
    --
    "He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his
    reason is weak." Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

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  • From scott@scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) to rec.games.pinball on Friday, September 22, 2023 14:39:52
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    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@jhenk17@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, September 22, 2023 09:10:13
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    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@originallloydthegreat@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, September 22, 2023 09:36:24
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    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@jrr@flippers.com to rec.games.pinball on Friday, September 22, 2023 11:41:09
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    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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    (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
    John's Jukes Ltd.
    #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
    (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
    www.flippers.com
    "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."

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  • From diana anderson@lwinner4@gmail.com to rec.games.pinball on Sunday, September 24, 2023 10:27:26
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.pinball

    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 :-#)#
    --
    (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
    John's Jukes Ltd.
    #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
    (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
    www.flippers.com
    "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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