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I guess it depends on your definition of spam. The spammers we banned that actually posted were posting things like "Click this link for the finest jewelry at the lowest prices"! Someone who is just annoying but on topic gets a lot more leeway.
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Yeah. I suppose so. I would just love to have more serious in-depth discussions. :(

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PixarVixen wrote:We've made discoveries that help us identify bots much quicker. The "creative" usernames (as Daniel Jake put it) are a dead giveaway, but we've also noticed that every single bot, nasty or otherwise, has the same birthday...March 28, 1983.
Hehe, so true though. I mean, HelloDolly? Just wow :P

Oh, and this is ironic, but the phony birthday is super close to mine! My b-day is March 27, freaky isn't?
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HelloDolly doesn't strike me as bad. On the other hand, we have a member at Pixar Planet whose name is TheJumboLarge. :shock: That name screams bot, but it's not.

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Yeah...some of them you have to be careful of. I actually think one DVD forum I used to frequent had a HelloDolly...
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I will be doing some work on the backend of A-N throughout this weekend. There may be some downtime and you may notice some issues with links or images but all should be back to normal by Monday. The forums should be uneffected. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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A-N is back up! Most of the work is done but I have a little more tweaking to do tomorrow. You may notice some issues on the site but I am working on it!
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Hey James looks like you're back to your old self! :) (avatar)
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
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No problem, James! Thanks for letting us know... ;)
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I've been doing some work on the forums and unfortunately it may have caused some people to be kicked off for a few minutes! Apologies if you were online at that time!
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Ah, That's why! :P

Yup, I was kicked off, and it left this message.
Please ensure both the install/ and contrib/ directories are deleted
Whatever that means.

Thanks for the notice, James! :)
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Hey, I've noticed some people have animated avatars. :wink: How do you do that again? I've tried and I just get a notice saying: "image must be jpg" or something like that. Help, please! :P :? :)
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EDIT: Never mind, did it! Disregard! :wink: :)
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Who are these people, you speak of? :lol:

Hey, where's your Bee avatar? You lied!

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Don't worry Dan, I'm workin' on it for the future! :) :) :P

(I saved the pic! :) )


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BTW Dan I always meant to tell you how cool I thought your Sonic avatar was! :wink: Last year I had the original Sonic the Hedgehog game on my old cell (the entire thing) and I played it all the time. Your avatar made me think of it. :)

BTW I don't use that cell anymore, but still kept it for the game! :)
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I'm looking forward to it! :)

Aww, thanks, Vi. :P

Yeah, I'm reminded of the game to! Doesn't it look just like it? Freaky.... ;)

(You and your cell phone stories :lol:)
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