Did you get e-mail from ThrillNetwork?
You spammed me and then you're angry that I'm angry that you spammed me? (well not me, I do have an open account over there, but you know what I mean)
What kind of twisted logic is that?
Maybe....maybe if it was just Jeff going goofy over it then yes, drop it and move on, but you have an awful lot of people here who weren't pleased. But of course they're wrong for not wanting info sent to them ("mistake" or not). So let's get mad at an entire community (and the largest one on the internet even) of exactly the people you're trying to attract to your site.
Wow, if that isn't pointing the barrel of the gun directly at your own foot, lining up the shot real nice and pulling the trigger then nothing is.
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www.coasterimage.com
Dorney Park Visits in 2003: 11
1) I got the spam too.
2) Came to the same email address I have registered on here
3) ...which is NOT my "real" email address, but an alias to the real one
4) ...which might be in one or two other places, but not many.
5) One suggestion to Jeff might be to try slightly obfuscating displayed address -- for example, swapping out @ signs in user profiles for a .gif picture of an @ sign. That doesn't do much for address mining pointed at one specific site (like this one) but works pretty well for screwing with generic run-of-the-mill spam mining. If you wanted to get really anal you could swap out dots for a gif of a dot. :)
They always give me a good chuckle. Sometimes a guffaw, but usually a chuckle. Oh, and an occasional snort.
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Come on, fhqwgads!
The new version of the forum does private messages, but I'm not ready to deploy that any time really soon because it would require a lot of data conversion, and I have two other projects that actually pay I need to finish first.
Thank you, 'Playa, for the lesson in Webanomics. :)
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
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Obviously he is suffering from the same syndrome that many listeners of "shock" radio do - people like to get mad, and they like to hear themselves so that they feel validated. If they didn't complain about a site or listen to a radio show that they disagreed with, they would be stuck in their meaningless lives. I would not be surprised if he writes on this board again.
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Don't ever underestimate the psycho factor in my head
kpjb said:
Anyone notice that Absolutely Reliable is on the case?They always give me a good chuckle. Sometimes a guffaw, but usually a chuckle. Oh, and an occasional snort.
Snort...chuckle....perhaps even an "Aww hell!". Heh heh...good one guys/gals!
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"But where's the feeelth?" - Uncle Vainstein
*** This post was edited by janfrederick 7/2/2003 7:00:28 PM ***
This game is like GOLF, the LOWER your number the better;) Maybe that is why they had to harvest emails so they weren't just sending the email to themselves.
I kinda like the site myself, though it definitely needs some work. It definitely doesn't get the traffic that this joint does though, there's usually a few new posts each day, it seems.
Before I start, I'd like to make a few points: First off, no, I didn't just register to post this, I've been registered for awhile. Second: I know what you're all thinking: "Someone from Thrillnetwork is trying to justify this to get us to shut up, what a moron, lets not listen to him, blah blah blah." No, this is not the case - because I had nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the sending or writing of the newsletter.
Well.. ok. Where do I start? Yeah, I'm an editor for Thrillnetwork. I'm not in charge, I don't call the shots or anything, all I do is post news articles and help moderate the forums. Yes, we know Thrillnetwork is not a very good site, and yes, we're aware that we don't get nearly as much traffic as CoasterBuzz, and yes, we know that most of our forum members are illiterate morons. But we don't care, we're only doing all this for fun in our free time.
Lets get one thing straight: this is the first time that Thrillnetwork has EVER spammed, and Alex Westerman, the guy who sends the newsletters, insists that it was a mistake. I've talked it over with the admins, and yes, it indeed was a mistake. I don't know how Alex got all your email addresses, so don't ask me (its none of my business), but he had no intention of sending the newsletter to all of you. If we really were purposely trying to spam, don't you think we would've done it with our newsletters a long time ago? Also, Spam usually doesn't come in "Newsletter form", it usually says something like "Hey! Want to _____? Then visit (insert site)!" Think about it. If we were really trying to spam, we would've said something like that. It also would'nt have had the member username text at the top ("Dear *insert username or blank space* ). This is just one newsletter of many that have come before it (which were all sent successfully) that accidentally got sent to the wrong people. So, blame Alex Westerman for the mistake, not Thrillnetwork the site or anyone else in charge of it. After all, Alex DID apologize... How many of your penis enlargement spamming websites do that??
I'd also like to continue to ask why you all are getting so wound up over a SINGLE unwanted email. "Spam in my email account?? Why I never!!!" I get 5-10 spam emails in my mailbox every single day, and I don't care, I just take a second or 2 to delete them all. The fact that you're all complaining about receiving ONE unwanted email (that takes a second to delete if you don't want it) and are now hungry for some Thrillnetwork blood astounds me. Do you all really have NOTHING better to do than whine about a SINGLE email? Its not like you've never gotten an unwanted email before, and at least this one wasn't about penis enlargement or weight loss. Yes, I realize the real issue is HOW they sent it to you, but if you're so terribly upset about that, maybe you should wonder just how all those penis enlargement groups got your email address too and go after them. Every one of those emails links to their site, so I'm sure you could contact their site's ISP the same way you did Thrillnetwork's, although that would take a lot longer since you get a lot more of those every day, and this was only one little email from Thrillnetwork that you EVER got.
So, as part of Thrillnetwork but having nothing to do with the email, I'm sorry you all had to delete another piece of email you didn't want along with those 12 other pieces of spam you get daily. I'm sure that extra click was just painstakingly difficult. I'm sorry that one little email you didn't want offends you so much to the point where you're willing to fight over something so trivial, something most internet users would just say "Whats this? I don't want this." and delete and move on.
PS: The reason the "unsubscribe" option at the end of the email doesn't work is because half the stuff on Thrillnetwork doesn't work. Duh.
Oh, and by the way, CoastaPlaya, you aren't funny.... at all.... sorry. "SwillNetwork?" What are you? A 2nd grader calling names? Grow up (especially since you're a grown man.)
*Awaits the coasterbuzzers to pick apart everything I said in this post, and use it out of context in an attempt to make me look stupid.*
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Rest in Peace - Shockwave - 1988 - 2002
"My other car is a B&M Floorless."
*** This post was edited by Raptorgeist 7/2/2003 10:16:07 PM ***
TN or Alex Whateverman or someone else took e-mails addresses from sites that are not affiliated with that site. Mine included. The e-mail account I use for this site is archaic and I haven't used it in years; since before TN existed, I'm sure.
I did not trust my personal information to your site (if you moderate it, you support its actions, as far as I'm concerned). I trusted it to Jeff because I have been continually impressed with the way Coasterbuzz is run. That your website has my e-mail address at all is of the utmost concern. You've already established that your practices are unscrupulous by this act. That you sent the newsletter to the wrong group of addresses only illustrates your ignorance, not your innocence.
Furthermore, seeing as how your site's behavior has shown itself to be questionable, I have no real assurance that my e-mail address will not be distributed to other, larger, high-volume spammers. I'm sure that's a quick way to make a buck when you can't pay your hosting fees and nobody visits your website.
I don't need to make any attempt at making any of you look stupid because you're doing a spectacular job of it yourselves. You didn't mess up once by accidentally spamming my inbox with mail I didn't solicit. You messed up by farming this site for e-mail addresses and then you messed up again by sending out those e-mails. Your lousy attempts at justifying your behavior are strike three as far as I'm concerned and I'd be happy to see you shut down.
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--Maddie--
What do I Listen-To?
I am stereotypical.
And I'd like to know what Thrillnetwork has done in the past that is so questionable.
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Rest in Peace - Shockwave - 1988 - 2002
"My other car is a B&M Floorless."
*** This post was edited by Raptorgeist 7/2/2003 10:39:44 PM ***
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Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I
What's to use out of context? I think Maddie pretty much summed up our position. The deliberate action of collecting e-mail addresses and sending them e-mail is not an accident, and not something you should need to apologize for if it was perfectly OK and right in the first place.
The funny thing is, the lack of a functional remove mechanism (since you say it doesn't work) will actually be a crime in New York state, where the site is based, if the state assembly passes the anti-spam bill in the next few weeks (already passed the state senate). Heck, I think if any messages were sent to Michigan, it was already a crime.
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
DELETED! What time does the water show start?
*** This post was edited by Jeff 7/2/2003 10:42:52 PM ***
There are rules against spamming for a reason and if your organization is not professional enough to either follow the rule or face the music for not following them than they need to rethink their place in this business. Some juvinile people might enjoy slamming CB about how it's members react to this sort of incident, but did you consider their might be a reason why CB has their e-mail address and SN doesn't?
Oh and about needing penile enhancement. Sure, I could always use more!
And we'll get right on fixing the Unsubscribe option.
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Rest in Peace - Shockwave - 1988 - 2002
"My other car is a B&M Floorless."
*** This post was edited by Raptorgeist 7/2/2003 11:11:34 PM ***
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Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I
*** This post was edited by MarimbaGuy87 7/2/2003 10:47:42 PM ***
"I didn't mean to have this open fifth of Jack in the car, officer. It wasn't a deliberate action, so you can't arrest me!"
This is akin to saying that they harvested the list so they could print it out and use it for wallpaper in the bathroom.
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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com - Sillynonsense.com
DELETED! What time does the water show start?
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Rest in Peace - Shockwave - 1988 - 2002
"My other car is a B&M Floorless."
We are perfectly happy with the community we have now. We know not evrything about the site is perfect, but we still like it the way it is.
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Two Points Amusement Park
http://games.coasterbuzz.com/filedetail.aspx?GameFileID=3433
Closed topic.
