Dell Deals Spamming

**Memnoch1207** · May 30th, 2003, 01:58 PM

Please do something about the Dell Deals spam. That's just rediculous.

**brad jones** · May 30th, 2003, 02:08 PM

The Dell Deals posting is an approved advertisement. Please feel free to e-mail or PM any issues to my attention.

Obviously, this is an offer you can feel free to take advantage of, or simply ignore.

Brad

**Sastraxi** · May 30th, 2003, 02:21 PM

You've gone too far this time, guys. I think I may be saying bye for good now.

**kleinma** · May 30th, 2003, 02:24 PM

yeah... it is basically disguising a friggin add as a legit post in the forum.. when we all b!tched about the banners you guys said, the banners are at the tops and bottoms of the page, but they don't interfere with the actual board itself... well what are you gonna say about this???

**Slow_Learner** · May 30th, 2003, 02:25 PM

Banners are fine, but why put the ad in a forum post?

**kleinma** · May 30th, 2003, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by Slow_Learner
Banners are fine, but why put the ad in a forum post?

because people click it... its just a clever ploy... no one clicks the banners... but people will click the post unsuspectingly

**VisionIT** · May 30th, 2003, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by Sastraxi
You've gone too far this time, guys. I think I may be saying bye for good now.

Totally bleedin true.

Close my account please mods... thats the last time I visit here to post. Please send an e-mail confirming the account closure to my address in UserCP.

Tara.

P.S My forums still works for people who want to post WITHOUT spam junk.

Please give us a try...

**John McKernan** · May 30th, 2003, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by kleinma
it is basically disguising a friggin add as a legit post in the forum..

Sorry Matt, but that is not even a poor attempt at disguising an ad.

Well guys, I will give you this, it took longer than I thought. I understood the banner ads, you have to pay for the site somehow and I'm never one to deny anybody the opportunity to make a living, but this is the ugly in capitalism.

The advertisers apparently have spoken, its their forum now!

**John McKernan** · May 30th, 2003, 03:09 PM

Question: How long till we can expect mass pm's and mass emails huckstering all sorts of nonsense?

**DeadEyes** · May 30th, 2003, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by John McKernan
Question: How long till we can expect mass pm's and mass emails huckstering all sorts of nonsense?

How much are all our email addresses worth? time to check out the privacy policy

:edit:

privacy policy

JUPM reserves the right to transfer all such information in connection with the sale of all or part of JUPM's capital stock or assets.

Well there you have it, if you consider users emails as an asset (which they are) they will sell them to spammers.

**VisionIT** · May 30th, 2003, 03:39 PM

They sell mine... and it'll be the last thing they do!

I hate spammers... authorised or not! It's exactly what i'de expect from JUPM.

Advertising and SPAM are two totally seperate things... and JUPM has just crossed the fine line between them.

**Sastraxi** · May 30th, 2003, 03:57 PM

forums.e-visionit.co.uk for all your computer tech help needs! (hey, if they can spam, why wan't we

)

**VisionIT** · May 30th, 2003, 04:05 PM

Where do i send the cheque?

Cheers buddy... I owe u one.

**DeadEyes** · Jun 1st, 2003, 09:16 AM

1. the AUP states there should be no advertising in post.
2. shouldn't off topic posts be deleted?

**VisionIT** · Jun 1st, 2003, 09:23 AM

Originally posted by DeadEyes
1. the AUP states there should be no advertising in post.
2. shouldn't off topic posts be deleted?

And your point...

Stuff VBF AUP m8y... that disregarded that when they posted Dell crap on our forums.

**kleinma** · Jun 1st, 2003, 11:53 AM

i say we send emails directly to dell stating that we will now never buy a dell product due to their advertising deal with jup media...

**Sastraxi** · Jun 1st, 2003, 12:11 PM

I'd be with that, klienma. Let's show them how much they depend on us.

**NotLKH** · Jun 1st, 2003, 12:42 PM

DeadEyes!
Good Point in a sideways sort of way!

If Dell Deals were a real person, a normal user, without any superpowers, who'd Actually participate in the forums, helping out, displaying How dell can actually be helpful, then I see no reason why they couldn't sig whatever they want!

-Lou

**Jethro** · Jun 1st, 2003, 03:53 PM

Hey Brad,

How much for the banner ads at the top of the forum. Would really like a flash one for galah, that would really upset people. Oh and can we pre-book the top 5 threads in each forum for various other sites

clearly they are for sale, and heck l worked for an outdoor advertising company so could probably help you guys out with booking software.

Come back Karl Moore all is forgiven .... or even John P and James we'll live with the sprinks advertising....

**plenderj** · Jun 1st, 2003, 04:02 PM

Originally posted by Jethro
Come back Karl Moore all is forgiven .... or even John P and James we'll live with the sprinks advertising....

Karl Moore bought and sold this site soo quick.
Oh and lost half the database, and caused a huge amount of downtime in the meantime too.
This administration is the first to actively listen to users' suggestions.

Having said that, this dell deals stuff... well the mods don't agree... and I would imagine this shouldn't happen again ?

**Sastraxi** · Jun 1st, 2003, 05:03 PM

However you forget that it was the prior administration that brought the site from this:

http://web.archive.org/web/200008231....vbforums.com/

...to this:

http://web.archive.org/web/200206031....vbforums.com/

That last link is, without doubt, the best iteration of VBF.

**SteveCRM** · Jun 1st, 2003, 05:11 PM

Originally posted by plenderj
This administration is the first to actively listen to users' suggestions.

I'd have to say John and James listened to the most while they were around. When something was wierd or we wanted something we got it within about a month

**plenderj** · Jun 2nd, 2003, 03:29 AM

Yeah that's because they were still writing vBulletin.
Once that had been finished, and the vbulletin.com forums were up and running, they didn't do very much.

If you check forum feedback, and, which you can't, check the moderator's forum, you'd see that.

**DeadEyes** · Jun 2nd, 2003, 01:41 PM

Originally posted by VisionIT
And your point...

Stuff VBF AUP m8y... that disregarded that when they posted Dell crap on our forums.

that was the point. they're ignoring their own AUP

**VisionIT** · Jun 2nd, 2003, 01:47 PM

Originally posted by DeadEyes
that was the point. they're ignoring their own AUP

Pfft... lol

**JungleMan** · Jun 27th, 2003, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by Sastraxi
You've gone too far this time, guys. I think I may be saying bye for good now.

Really

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