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06-22-2008, 08:26 AM
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PM Spam
Some of you may have received a PM from a 'poetryangel85' that reads:
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Originally Posted by poetryangel85
I read some of your writing here, I think it's beautiful 
I am also a member of another writing forum here: Facebook
You shoud post your writing there too, the more feedback you'll get and more people will recognize your work, you may even get published
Thanks for posting your work, you can also read some of mine at Facebook Please join |
Be aware that this person spams every writing forum they can find under multiple names and will, if you join the "Drytear" site, spam your email from multiple addresses. They've caused enough trouble in spamming writing sites that they've had to create redirects (in this case, poetry.0to60.org) to trick people into visiting their main site.
They surface here every so often.
There are several writing sites we'd recommend--Drytear.com is not one of them.
EDIT: If you find one of these, or something similar, in your PM box in the future, please pass it on to a member of staff immediately.
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Last edited by valeca : 06-22-2008 at 09:15 AM.
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06-22-2008, 08:54 AM
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Thanks Valeca, just opened my PM box to find that message. The User was banned already, however the website address was not Facebook, it was poetry.(alot of different numbers).org.
Tom.
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06-22-2008, 08:57 AM
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Best Seller
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I just pm'd you - I've had 3 so far
Mine was the same as Toms - some poetry place and not facebook
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06-22-2008, 09:14 AM
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Thanks.
Yeah, I know it's not Facebook. That's just what they put as a placeholder. It copied over, but the underlying address is the same.
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06-22-2008, 10:45 AM
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is it possible to make it so you cant PM till you have a certain number of posts? i know some forums can.
it might be a good idea.
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06-22-2008, 10:55 AM
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I got that message too, Valeca. I'll forward it on now.
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06-22-2008, 11:48 AM
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I appreciate everyone sending me copies of their PM's, however, when I said:
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If you find one of these, or something similar, in your PM box in the future, please pass it on to a member of staff immediately.
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I meant the next time it happens. We're aware of it this time. 
Thanks.
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06-22-2008, 12:01 PM
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God, spamming for a Facebook page?
Is that like the opposite of having a life, or what?
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06-22-2008, 12:16 PM
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Okay. I see. Mine was for Dry something. Shows how much it interested me.
Last edited by Sam Winchester : 06-22-2008 at 12:51 PM.
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06-22-2008, 12:31 PM
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I didn't get one. My writing must not have been beautiful enough.
I'm gonna go cry and masturbate now.
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06-22-2008, 12:38 PM
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No, Sam, I didn't. That's what appeared when the message was copied and pasted. Others have gotten the same message with a different word or link in place of 'Facebook'. They're all for the same place.
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06-22-2008, 12:43 PM
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Damn, I was hoping to see nude pictures of an 85 year old poetry angel, and all I got was a crap writing site. I protest about this, most strongly. Please can the staff make sure I only get spam with nudey women attached.
Thank you.
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06-22-2008, 01:09 PM
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Ink Slinger
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Gee Malone, I think you're writing is beautiful. Especially the bit about the blister on you MC's penis.
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06-22-2008, 01:55 PM
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Thanks, Joe.
P.S.
I was going to masturbate and cry anyway, it's what I do at 2:30 on Sunday afternoons. I was just looking for an excuse to make it seem less pitiful.
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There Is A Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed
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06-22-2008, 03:30 PM
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Ink Slinger
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This was Drytear, again? And somehow, they sent me two. Idiots, very pathetic to leave the multiple recipients up. Glad you set them staright, val.
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