I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile.
Sweet. I want to be friends with SDL too! My wife knows I already say
"SDL’s my homeboy".
Jonny DOn Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Nathaniel Barnes <invite+zj4oo0jj4f= 9 at facebookmail.com> wrote:
facebook Check out my photos on Facebook
Hi sdl at libsdl.org,
I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events
and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join
Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile.
Spam, spam, spam. If I want Monty Python, I know where to find it. Now please
go away.
Would spammers listen to your advice? Nah, we may need other
measures if this gets worse, which it will, eventually…
It was posted from the forums, right? Is there any way of getting
this under control? I’ve noticed many sites that allow anonymous
posts have very serious trouble with this, Yahoo Sports for
instance, where the comments section is almost always a waste of
time. Moderation is probably not practical, it would require a lot
of long-term commitment and effort and would it work for forwarding?
Any way of controlling this without putting up too many barriers?
Gmail’s option of moderating new members works well, but it’s a
barrier.
–
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Would spammers listen to your advice? Nah, we may need other measures if
this gets worse, which it will, eventually…
It was posted from the forums, right? Is there any way of getting this under
control? I’ve noticed many sites that allow anonymous posts have very
serious trouble with this, Yahoo Sports for instance, where the comments
section is almost always a waste of time. Moderation is probably not
practical, it would require a lot of long-term commitment and effort and
would it work for forwarding?
Any way of controlling this without putting up too many barriers? Gmail’s
option of moderating new members works well, but it’s a barrier.
Captchas or textchas. An anonymous user must correctly answer some
sort of challenge before posting a message or creating an account.
Yeah, I just added some additional login checks and spam protection to
the forums.On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Kenneth Bull wrote:
2009/9/28 KHMan :
Would spammers listen to your advice? Nah, we may need other measures if
this gets worse, which it will, eventually…
It was posted from the forums, right? Is there any way of getting this under
control? I’ve noticed many sites that allow anonymous posts have very
serious trouble with this, Yahoo Sports for instance, where the comments
section is almost always a waste of time. Moderation is probably not
practical, it would require a lot of long-term commitment and effort and
would it work for forwarding?
Any way of controlling this without putting up too many barriers? Gmail’s
option of moderating new members works well, but it’s a barrier.
Captchas or textchas. ?An anonymous user must correctly answer some
sort of challenge before posting a message or creating an account.
Spam, spam, spam. If I want Monty Python, I know where to find it. Now
please go away.
It was posted from the forums, right?
No, as far as I can see, it was just that this particular user told
facebook to invite everybody in his address book (including this mailing
list) to facebook.
// MartinOn Tue, 29 Sep 2009, KHMan wrote:
On Monday 28 September 2009 11:51, Nathaniel Barnes wrote:
Spam, spam, spam. If I want Monty Python, I know where to find it.
Now please go away.
It was posted from the forums, right?
No, as far as I can see, it was just that this particular user told
facebook to invite everybody in his address book (including this mailing
list) to facebook.
My mistake then, I didn’t think it was appropriate behaviour, as
did others. But list etiquette gets worse year by year… I guess
it’s a normal cultural shift, though it would not be exactly
welcomed by some.
So this is normal for the Facebook generation, eh… Makes old
timers increasingly pine for the good ol’ days.
–
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
No, as far as I can see, it was just that this particular user told
facebook to invite everybody in his address book (including this mailing
list) to facebook.
My mistake then, I didn’t think it was appropriate behaviour, as did others.
But list etiquette gets worse year by year… I guess it’s a normal cultural
shift, though it would not be exactly welcomed by some.
So this is normal for the Facebook generation, eh… Makes old timers
increasingly pine for the good ol’ days.
No, it isn’t normal or acceptable behaviour IMO - I just wanted to clarify
the technical reason (as far as I saw it).
I’m equally annoyed by people who have mailed me occasionally to ask
something about something I’ve released, when they months or years later
send invites to community X or Y - people that I don’t even know, just
that I for some reason happen to exist in their address books.
adds Martin to his address book ;)On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Martin Storsj? wrote:
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, KHMan wrote:
No, as far as I can see, it was just that this particular user told
facebook to invite everybody in his address book (including this mailing
list) to facebook.
My mistake then, I didn’t think it was appropriate behaviour, as did
others. But list etiquette gets worse year by year… I guess it’s a normal
cultural shift, though it would not be exactly welcomed by some.
So this is normal for the Facebook generation, eh… Makes old timers
increasingly pine for the good ol’ days.
No, it isn’t normal or acceptable behaviour IMO - I just wanted to clarify
the technical reason (as far as I saw it).
I’m equally annoyed by people who have mailed me occasionally to ask
something about something I’ve released, when they months or years later
send invites to community X or Y - people that I don’t even know, just that
I for some reason happen to exist in their address books.
Bill Kendrick wrote:> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 06:16:48PM +0800, KHMan wrote:
So this is normal for the Facebook generation, eh… Makes old
timers increasingly pine for the good ol’ days.
Pine? That wasn’t an email client pun, was it?
Ha ha, it wasn’t intentional, but I guess it leaked out of the
subconscious.
Martin Storsj? thinks it’s a legit mistake, but it did come from
the forum, so I think Jeff Post got it right. Google the name of
the OP and it doesn’t look good at all. Refs: