Im happy I finally signed up
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Re: Im happy I finally signed up
How often, do you suppose, is the "newest member" (name displayed at bottom of home page) doing the same as ShellyHi?
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Re: Im happy I finally signed up
I've no idea of numbers but it happens often enough to be notable, especially when their first post is especially generic.
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Re: Im happy I finally signed up
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Re: Im happy I finally signed up
I can think of at least 3 others in the last few months. No I don't have a photographic memory so don't ask for user names.
John & Mary Burger
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
Eagle's Lair Woodshop
Hooper, UT
Re: Im happy I finally signed up
My wife scans Shopsmith forums on FaceBook for me. To sign up for them they ask a question like "What type of Shopsmith do you have?". I don't remember an exact question she answered, I don't think such a thing should exclude those who are curious, but some kind of question like "Why are you interested in Shopsmith tools?" might be useful. Instead of posts like "Hmmm..." or "Watching!" the first response should be "Welcome to the Shopsmith Forums. Please tell us about your interest in Shopsmiths". Then we can watch and see if they respond. If not an admin should close the topic they created. If they're really interested they'll return somehow. Also, we could link to a 'Newcomers' thread in the Community Forum to introduce themselves further. I realize most of these posts come from spammers or the like but we don't want to scare away potential legitimate forum users.
Ed from Rhode Island
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- dusty
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Re: Im happy I finally signed up
Watch the "Newest M for a few days and I suggest that you will see it change frequently. Scan the post for yser name and you are likely to recognize none of the names.
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Re: Im happy I finally signed up
I'll mention another common pattern is a "new user" will reply to a very old thread with a post that is generic and only tenuously related to the topic. And again, once the post has been forgotten it will be edited to insert the spam link
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Re: Im happy I finally signed up
With posts like that you can use forum search on a portion of the post and in previous cases it has turned out to be a copy of text from an existing post. Some of these attempts are just to get a spam link inserted, but they do resemble 'fishing' posts used elsewhere to lure in pigeons. Not likely to work with the usual forum users but still undesirable activity.HopefulSSer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:50 am I'll mention another common pattern is a "new user" will reply to a very old thread with a post that is generic and only tenuously related to the topic. And again, once the post has been forgotten it will be edited to insert the spam link
Ed from Rhode Island
510 PowerPro Double Tilt:Greenie PowerPro Drill Press:500 Sanding Shorty w/Belt&Strip Sanders
Super Sawsmith 2000:Scroll Saw w/Stand:Joint-Matic:Power Station:Power Stand:Bandsaw:Joiner:Jigsaw
1961 Goldie:1960 Sawsmith RAS:10ER
510 PowerPro Double Tilt:Greenie PowerPro Drill Press:500 Sanding Shorty w/Belt&Strip Sanders
Super Sawsmith 2000:Scroll Saw w/Stand:Joint-Matic:Power Station:Power Stand:Bandsaw:Joiner:Jigsaw
1961 Goldie:1960 Sawsmith RAS:10ER