That's a serious question. The spambots post them to get people to click on the links so even if the thread is locked and sinks they still achieve their goal. Wouldn't it be better to delete the thread and institute a one stike and you're permabanned policy so that 1) no one clicks the link they've posted and 2) the bastards at least have to spend a bit more time registering AEs? Just my $0.02.
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Originally posted by Dauphin
Perhaps you only notice the ones that aren't deleted, because, well, they're the only ones still visible?
I delete a ton of them... Some mods don't have the power to delete threads... so they stay closed until somebody else comes along later to clean them upKeep on Civin'
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Ming once deleted a thread of mine before the page loaded. Not even I got to see my thread. That's how fast he is."You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I often leave them there as evidence of the slaughter. I just delete the links(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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Originally posted by Jaguar
Ming once deleted a thread of mine before the page loaded. Not even I got to see my thread. That's how fast he is.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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Ming
Leaving gutted carcasses won't scare off the spambots. They are brainless anyway.(\__/) Save a bunny, eat more Smurf!
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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
For what its worth, I agree. I also posted such in the threads spambots have spewed into the Other Games forum. Ironically, those threads were deleted.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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