I routinely check the new users history online to see if they are spammers, etc. Standard practice.
I did a Google search for one of our newest members and one of the forums they have been seen at is a survivalist site I'm not going to link.
Frightening site. The world is ending and they can help you prepare. They have interesting categories like:
Be Prepared: Discuss the methods of preparation, how to prepare, and what you need to do to survive when it all collapses. Guns and Ammo: Discussions about the firearms that you'll need to defend yourself, your family, and your property. Urban Survival: So, you're stuck in a city. Discuss tips and topics related to survival when living on the land is not an option.
THEY HAVE 5000+ MEMBERS!!
#2
Denbrought
Can you link me to it, PM or something? I'm interested.
#3
GasBandit
Just sounds like good sense to me. America's looking at governmental and societal collapse within our lifetime, after all.
I do a cursory search on their names. A couple of times it's thrown up red SPAMMER flags. A lot of time a new account won't be flagged on the spamwatch websites because the name or IP they are using is too new. If I do a search for the name and they show up on 20+ forums then it's probably a spammer. And I only do it for new people who post and the post is difficult to read or nonsensical.
If you did this for a month you'd end up doing the same thing.
Seppuku is dishonourable and you are a p'tak![/QUOTE]
Wait, but what about the episode where Worf lost his ability to walk, so he wanted Alexander to kill him or something?
#21
Dave
Oh, and I didn't link directly because I didn't want them to get a bunch of traffic from here and start to get curious. I'm not exactly the most anonymous guy on the internet.
HA! That's where you're wrong old man! I am WAY too lazy to do that kind of diligence for a forum. In your face!
#23
Rob King
What's wrong with survivalism? Unlikely as it might be for such a total societal collapse to happen suddenly, these guys will be laughing to our graves if the worst happens.
*Goes to re-watch Jericho*
#24
The Lovely Boehner
I imagine, in the face of total societal collapse, that 95% of these people will be too terrified and weak-willed to do 5% of the things they talk about on the internet.