Jibberish Postings

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DownEasta Participant Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3 Good Answers: 1	Jibberish Postings 07/13/2015 4:40 PM
	I have recently updated my email address for this CR4 forum. I'm disturbed that the daily email suggested three postings in Chemical and Material Science that appeared to either be posted by some jibberish generator or a mentally unstable person. When attempting to read the posts it was announced that they had been removed, but I can't help wondering how they got there in the first place. Could someone fill me in on what's going on? Thanks.
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Kilowatt0 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth - I think. Posts: 2143 Good Answers: 165	#1 Re: Jibberish postings 07/13/2015 4:48 PM
	Those are usually spam postings. Admins does a pretty good job of weeding them out, but on the weekends CR4 gets hit by a bunch of them. When I see them, I report it as "Spam" to Admins, then I reply to the post and simply put "Reported". This alerts others that they do not need to report it. Sooner or later, someone from Admins will check on the "reports" and delete it. __________________ TANSTAAFL (If you don't know what that means, Google it - yourself)
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07/13/2015 4:53 PM

This is not to say that we don't get our share of mentally unstable posters.

I could name some of the more outrageous ones, but...............................I guess I won't.

Original_Macgyver Guru Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Lost Wages Nevada Posts: 1578 Good Answers: 55	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Jibberish postings 07/13/2015 4:57 PM
	*I resemble that remark!* __________________ Though it does seem he frequently has a Swiss Army knife or Leatherman and a roll of duct tape with him.
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tcmtech Guru Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South of Minot North Dakota Posts: 8376 Good Answers: 775	#4 In reply to #2 Re: Jibberish postings 07/13/2015 8:05 PM
	So what would we get if we took a mentally unstable person and had them use a gibberish generator?
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Jibberish postings 07/13/2015 9:03 PM
	Around here, TGIF. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#7 In reply to #4 Re: Jibberish postings 07/30/2015 1:32 PM
	Don't ask. Just don't. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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Fredski Guru Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 7025 Good Answers: 207	#6 In reply to #2 Re: Jibberish postings 07/14/2015 11:37 AM
	I'm already well known
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