On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:41:13 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:51:49 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
>> this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> In article <lpqdnSaNgsPBjRbXnZ2dnUVZ_gZi4p2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> Rick <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:01:16 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > http://verofakto.blogspot.com/2009/08/analysis-of-boycottnovell-
spam-
>>>> problem.html
>>>> >
>>>> > Pay particular attention to the volume of posts and the number of
>>>> > different places these are being spammed to and tell us how this is
>>>> > being done manually.
>>>>
>>>> What does it matter if it isn't manual?
>>>
>>> If it is not manual, it violates the TOS at many of the sites it is
>>> being spewed to.
>>>
>>> If it *is* manual, then it raises the question of who is paying for
>>> it, for as Roy himself noted, people don't spend that much time
>>> posting for free.
>>
>> I do. I doubt I am alone in this.
>
> I spend more time than I should as well Chris, but the difference is in
> the AMOUNT of lines, the data included within the posts and the numerous
> places they are sent.
>
> You can't compare the 2 or 3 line posts that you, I, Hadron, Dfs, Zeke,
> Shearman, Smith etc post in COLA to the dissertations, complete with
> formatting, links (bad as they may be) and so forth that Roy Schestowitz
> does on a daily basis.
>
> It's apples and oranges.
>
> The only one who comes close to Schestowitz is HPT who strangely enough
> seems to have a very similar oddball type of formatting with his
> repetitive spewage pulled from his database.
>
> And that's only on a per post basis.
> HPT doesn't come close in quantity of posts to Roy.
>
> Think about it.
> Think about the amount of time *you* spend here and then look at that
> article and see what Schestowitz is up to.
>
> Can you honestly say the guy is doing this by hand? Can you honestly say
> he is going to school, holding down a job and doing this as a hobby?
>
> It's just not possible.
So what?
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Rick
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