Spammer alert...who'd 'a thought, one of our OWN.

Calliope · Post by **Calliope** » Sat May 05, 2001 6:47 am

It's one thing when you get spam from complete and total strangers in the ol' email box. It's another thing entirely when a fellow Keenspace artist decides that because his board has no one talking on it but himself that he has to go and spam other boards. It's repulsive to think that one of our own would have such little respect as to do a thing like this.The spammer's name, at least on the boards, is jedsoon, and his own forum has eight posts (last I checked) -- all by him. (Though I suspect that won't be the case for long...not that that's a good thing.) I'm guessing he got bored talking to himself, so he decided to get some other people to come to his board and his comic, and went about the most obnoxious and blatantly disrespectful way to do so.The list of affected boards:The Sporkman Chronicles
Jackie's Fridge
JoBeth!
Burnt Dog Radio
Exploitation Now
Nowhere Man
Ko Fight Club
Boxjam's Doodle
The Adventures of Ronnie Raccoon
Pimp Cow
Too Fat to be a RockStar
Six Foot Peter
Nerdz
Gene Catlow
Unnatural, but true!
Aren't We Real
Tonja Steele
Chopping Block
What/s A Life?
Diabolica
Dakota's Ridge
Karva Komix
Sketch Of Love
Randym Thoughts
Ghostz
Error Level 3
Life on Forbez
Blotto Street
RPG World
C.Ulture Shocked
Pocket
Shinkutokimekisempukaku
FRAMED!!!
Hell Sweet Hell
Psychic Dyslexia Institute
Dylan
Silly Cone V
Untitled Again
J-Walkin'
Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan
Kyoki Press Comics
Beta the Strip
Fight Cast Or Evade
No Stereotypes
Vet on the Net
Eat the Roses
FANS!
FAT JESUS!
Fanboy Otaku Gamers Club
Only One (listed twice, ironically enough)The title of the thread is "its May 5th" (you'd think he'd at least know how to spell, oh well) and the contents are an introduction, and then a 340kb image file, and then a link to his comic (which isn't even on Keenspace yet, interestingly enough...)Personally, I'm so inflamed by this that I'm feeling that this jedsoon fellow doesn't deserve to have his comic on Keenspace. Though that is a decision I shall have to leave to the administrators...and I shall leave the offending post on my board until I receive notice here that it has been seen by said administrators, and then I will remove it. (It's the only reason I've not deleted it yet, actually...figured evidence of the crime would be needed.)------------------
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ZOMBIE USER 1425 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 1425** » Sat May 05, 2001 6:56 am

Sometimes I wish I had an English professor handy. If I did, I might be able to express the depths of my disgust for Jedsoon.I mean, Keenspace is in enough trouble as it is, with the drops in ad revenue and the server troubles. And then he does this? Boot him. Report him to his ISP and get him the hell out of here. We don't need this kind of crap here.------------------
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -Walt Kelly's Porkypine
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Fishbulb42 · Post by **Fishbulb42** » Sat May 05, 2001 7:12 am

It should be noted that the number of boards is steadily incresing... 67 by my last search. At this rate every board on the 'space will probably have an enormous comic tacked on by tomorrow.------------------
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Lazy · Post by **Lazy** » Sat May 05, 2001 7:13 am

If it is on you board, just delete it Calli.
Matter of fact, every one delete it. Then he will really feel important when all his effort is washed out.------------------
Like um read it eh!
<A HREF="http://lazy.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Lazy's World</A>

Shades-DX · Post by **Shades-DX** » Sat May 05, 2001 7:35 am

he is going on a rampage! not to mention that when i tried to look at the offenders pic my puter crashed, it has never crashed loading web pages before, not even with bad java code on it! and on top of that the comic sucks------------------
i know what your thinking! I've got clocks in my head!

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Sat May 05, 2001 7:54 am

Report this person to Gav, Nate, Chris, and Terri for throural malleting. Include all the message.And if he posts to Stalag '99, I'll mallet his post personally.(If you don't think I'm serious about even MB spam, go to <A HREF="http://stalag99.keenspace.com/spam.html," TARGET=_blank>http://stalag99.keenspace.com/spam.html,</A> where I have my message to clueless businesses who want to spam. And Lazy, "Just hit delete" doesn't work, period. Unless you're deleting the spammer.)Remain Calm. Kill Spam. TINLC.------------------
Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price (aka WolfSkunk "STriker" RedWolf)
<A HREF="http://stalag99.keenspace.com/" TARGET=_blank>Stalag '99</A> -- <A HREF="http://stalag99.keenspace.com/" TARGET=_blank>http://stalag99.keenspace.com/</A>
#include "tagline.h"

Lazy · Post by **Lazy** » Sat May 05, 2001 8:51 am

STrRedWolf, what I meant was hit the delete topic. You can do that in your own forum. You can delete any topic in your own forum.------------------
Like um read it eh!
<A HREF="http://lazy.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Lazy's World</A>

Dennis K · Post by **Dennis K** » Sun May 06, 2001 9:59 am

As near as I can gather from the most recent post on this JedSoon's board. (And yes, he was talking to himself). He's apparantly gone. He tried to garner pity, but did it while trying to sound superior to us all anyway. Hopefully my interpretations's right and he will not be seen here again.------------------
Dennis K.
<A HREF="http://dragonstarcomics.8m.com" TARGET=_blank>Dragonstar Comics</A>
"The first rule of <A HREF="http://fogclub.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>FOGClub</A> is, ALWAYS talk about <A HREF="http://fogclub.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>FOGClub</A>" - Pauly, <A HREF="http://untitledagain.com" TARGET=_blank>Untitled Again</A>

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Sun May 06, 2001 11:01 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lazy:
STrRedWolf, what I meant was hit the delete topic. You can do that in your own forum. You can delete any topic in your own forum.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I knew what you said, Lazy. It doesn't stop him from spamming again -- some folks don't know that their spam's being deleted. Some don't care.From NANAE: (With some minor additions... from the FAQs)
3.2.22 What's Rule #1? What's Rule #3?

Rule #1: Spammers lie
Rule #2: If a spammer ever appears to be telling the truth, consult Rule #1
Rule #3: Spammers are stupid
Rule #4: If you find a smart spammer, consult Rule #3. Rule #0: Spam is theft
Kruegar's Corollary to Rule #3: Spammer lies are really stupid
Russell's Corollary to Rule #3: Never underestimate the stupidity of spammers.Remain Calm. Kill Spam.------------------
Kelly "STrRedWolf" Price (aka WolfSkunk "STriker" RedWolf)
<A HREF="http://stalag99.keenspace.com/" TARGET=_blank>Stalag '99</A> -- <A HREF="http://stalag99.keenspace.com/" TARGET=_blank>http://stalag99.keenspace.com/</A>
#include "tagline.h"

ZOMBIE USER 1425 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 1425** » Mon May 07, 2001 6:46 am

I would like to point out to everyone who, having read his apology, want to pity him, that, no matter what he says, he still did something wrong. If you abuse your internet priveleges, any decent ISP will remove your connection for a while, regardless of any apology. I should know; when I was younger (9 or 10 years old), I did some fairly stupid stuff on the Net, and my ISP got our connection removed. I apologized, but that did not get me my connection back even a day earlier. Basically, I'm trying to say that any wrongdoing still has to be punished, regardless of how remorseful the perpetrator is. The question is how.------------------
"Don't take life so serious, son. It ain't nohow permanent." -Walt Kelly's Porkypine
It's my mini-award! Read this comic: <A HREF="http://anythingbut.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Anything But</A>

John T · Post by **John T** » Mon May 07, 2001 7:54 am

Yes! On top of the spammin' list! Ka-ching! <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif">------------------
John Troutman
The Godfather of Keenspace
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Screwball McGoo [gDC] · Wed May 09, 2001 2:00 am

I got it and I responded and then it degenerated into some weird chat like always. It's like making a lamp out of spam and toothpicks!------------------
Free! Kind of...

OnlyOne · Post by **OnlyOne** » Wed May 09, 2001 3:28 am

Hmm, I didn't realize that this was a widespread problem. Yeah, it did seem kind of...cumbersome, posting a comic twice the height of my screen.I wonder if I should feel special that Only One was listed twice. Perhaps the title's singularity is a self-contained plural attractor. Ah, how the multiples pour in.------------------
- Barry
AIM:Beri Alpha
http://OnlyOne-Online.org

PDI · Post by **PDI** » Wed May 09, 2001 11:29 am

I completely forgot about that ... just a mysterious post ... I should take it out to save the load-time of the curious who muight want to check out that thread....------------------
Scott Maddix
<A HREF="http://PDI.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Psychic Dyslexia Institute:</A>
Where we all have special special powers
AND
<A HREF="http://spoon.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Spoon on High</A> featuring<A HREF="http://woofaboomus.ngender.net/music/Gr ... untain.mp3" TARGET=_blank>"Fire on the Mountain"</A>
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Leviathan · Post by **Leviathan** » Fri May 11, 2001 6:40 am

you know spam bugers are delicious and In hawaii they are all the rave.