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banning members due to spam...

I just had to ban the first person from AtmoWorks for spamming. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and didn't ban them the first time, however... they came back and did it worse.

I feel very very fortunate that we haven't had a massive influx of spammers here. Ning does a very good job of keeping bots out and such.

Ok - so what is spam?

At least here on the AtmoWorks website...

If you're promoting your album or your label or your next live date - we don't think of that as spam here. You're welcome to do that! In fact - that's a really cool thing.

If you're blatantly promoting herbal supplements, adult websites and such... that's spam. I'll delete the posts, warn you once, and delete you.

Tags: and, eggs, spam

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Permalink Reply by Scott M2 on January 21, 2009 at 7:20am: Can I promote my new reggae CD Herbal Supplements?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John Koch-Northrup on January 21, 2009 at 8:51am: Depends on where you link to... ;-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steve Brand on January 21, 2009 at 10:12am: Thanks, John. Much appreciated. We've been pretty fortunate so far to have a pretty harmonious group...a sort of "safe haven" for everyone to exchange ideas or talk about coming events. Thanks for keeping it that way.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris Russell on January 21, 2009 at 11:58am: Uh huh, lets keep all the spam on myspace.

Thank you JKN for your efforts in keeping AW spam free.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Scott M2 on January 21, 2009 at 12:04pm: John Koch-Northrup said:
Depends on where you link to... ;-)

http://www.last.fm/music/Peter+Tosh/Legalize+It

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Permalink Reply by John Koch-Northrup on January 21, 2009 at 12:05pm: Thank you! But credit where it's due - AtmoWorks is very much a group effort. On the Ning community - it's mostly Geoff (Endoflogic) and I doing the admin stuff.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John Koch-Northrup on January 21, 2009 at 1:10pm: Scott... yer killin me... :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SAVO on January 21, 2009 at 5:18pm: I stopped myself from joking about this thread because AW has always been great at not having any anyway.

So on that bombshell, I'll second what Steve as well.

Scott M2 said:
Can I promote my new reggae CD Herbal Supplements?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rounder on October 14, 2009 at 2:00pm: here's another spammer, goes by FAVOUR.
i noticed that 'she' commented on several profiles with the same comment asking to email her, and so on.

looks to be a spammer.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by åpne sinn on October 14, 2009 at 2:24pm: Banned. All gone now!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nathan Youngblood on October 14, 2009 at 3:57pm: Kick her into the cosmos..; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by sympathetic | DIVISION on October 14, 2009 at 5:20pm: That's why this place is so good, we're all here for the same reason! To escape from all that crap! Good to see you guys on top of it so quickly!; ▶ Reply to This