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by santeewelding

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Probably because eleven+ years ago it was set up along the lines of the small township where I grew up.

Only two cops, in the only two town cruisers, were active at a time, and the little public station closed after five. SWAT had not been invented.

TR is no longer a small town. TR needs SWAT.

But, it still leaves the front door unlocked, like where I grew up. Although I like that aspect -- for that, TR is golden -- I want SWAT for DOS.

DOS -- Denial Of Service -- is what in effect full-auto spammers are doing.

My economic well-being does not depend on TR. The well-being of my heart and mind, does. That's another reason why the TR Forum and the people here are golden to me. DOS hurts that.

Does DOS threaten the economic well-being of TR? I don't know. I lately heard a grumbling about that. You know: hits. I can think of no other reason why [b]jimmychoo789[/b] is of moments ago, undead.

That reason, and that there is no SWAT.

Far as I know, there are still only two cops in the only two cruisers (you know who they are; both part-time), and the station closes at five.

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etu...policing my language

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by boxfiddler Hot topic

the lights could go out, leaving TR inaccessible, suggests that this place is inadequate to the [i]well-being of any heart and mind[/i].

by nexs

Is also it's befalling.

The trust offered is often abused, but the townsfolk would prefer to leave the trust open for those who have a less abusive nature.

'Tis a sad story.

by santeewelding

To the automated marketing launched in the world (as well as some luminaries here) and see how far you get.

I recommend special weapons and tactics of the kind we imbue our children with...or, ought to. The kind of strategy and tactics of intellect.

Unless that has been lost, along with elocution.

by ansugisalas

And I think it's a good one:
Let there be an eartag.
It is put on the profile of a spammer, and the spammer doesn't see a trace of this.
That spammer's posts then ever after - with a timer of maybe 5-7 seconds to emulate the responce time of the ever vigilant vigilantes - automatically flag themselves as spam, and just as automatically and with a further delay to emulate admin action, auto-deletes.
See, the spammer won't know a difference, Boxie won't get a deluge of mail-spam about spam (that's metaspam right there), and no-one will have to lift a finger with that persons posts.

It's reflexive, automative and passive all at once.

One more thing is needed; a don't-show-posts marked as spam button on the forum filtering page.

by charliespencer

Spammers rarely re-use the same accounts. They create new ones for each round of spewing, specifically to defeat 'account flags' such as you suggest.

by ansugisalas

They are lazy.
They didn't choose their career due to a love for doing things well. Or due to being very smart.

Sure, it won't get them all. But then, it also helps during the outbreak. Just slap on that bandaid, and bob's your uncle. Every time a coconut.

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