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ADMINISTRIVIA: Weird my.strathspey accounts
Anselm Lingnau
June 27, 2011, 7:52 p.m. (Message 61061)
IMPORTANT: I recently reviewed the user database for the Strathspey system, and there is a weird multitude of accounts, with very long (mostly) Google Mail addresses, whose first and last names are identical nonsense words. I strongly suspect that these have been registered by clever people with a view to submitting comment spam (of which rather a lot seems to be reaching me these days via the database comment system). This of course is an exercise in futility since there is no place on Strathspey, for the time being, where one might actually submit comments that other people (or, more importantly, Google's spider) could see. Listen up, people: If you have registered an account where the first and last names are identical, you have three days (i.e., until Thursday) to convince me that you're a real person (for all I know your real name might be »Humbert Humbert«, although the accounts in the database refer to monikers such as »Himibliseem Himibliseem«, which strangely enough doesn't seem to go that well with a .pl e-mail address). Otherwise your account will be summarily REMOVED. Anselm -- Anselm Lingnau, Mainz/Mayence, Germany ................. xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. -- William Safire
I wrote: > Otherwise your account will be summarily REMOVED. I just deleted 107 user accounts with funny-looking user names that were equal to the account's first and last names. Any users who are really called »BlupleCoxCola BlupleCoxCola« or »firmeluminoaseat firmeluminoaseat« will have to register new accounts. This means that, with 411 registered users remaining on my.strathspey, Mark Zuckerberg isn't cowering in fear so far but who knows. It's not as if, compared to Facebook, my.strathspey had a lot to offer right now, and for that, 411 users isn't *that* bad. What are 6 orders of magnitude among friends? ;^) Anselm -- Anselm Lingnau, Mainz/Mayence, Germany ................. xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. -- Dave Barry
