lot of moderators about..

[goodlife]

I just noticed how many of you are 'around' same time.. ;D
Just to say..you are doing cracking job..I haven't noticed any not so 'appropriate' posts around for long while..do they still keep 'bombing' us with the 'rubbish' all the time?

[goodlife]

[pumkinlover]

Since the number of moderators has been increased (August 2011) we have banned the approximately same number of people as were banned from the start of the forum.
Every new member is checked out for potentially being a spammer- these are who are  on the ban list.
I cannot imagine how much work it was for the moderators before we all joined in, although the number of spammers trying to join appears to have increased considerably in the last couple of years.
Despite that it must have been a lot of work, especially as Dan has now simplified the process- it used to be very unwieldy.
Soem days there can be 5 or more new members and they all turn out to be spammers! other days just a couple of nice "normal" gardeners!

[Dopey]

So who is going to buy my new wizard wonder fork? only £99.99.9p from www.youmustbehavingalaugh.co.uk  ;D

[pumkinlover]

Not me -the link doesn't work!

[Digeroo]

How do you know the difference between a normal gardener and a spammer?

Are gardeners normal?

[goodlife]

Gosh..I didn't have no idea it was that many 'daily' basis...well, I didn't know what to expect really.
But now I know..and I humbly.. .. for all your efforts.. :)
Thanks to you all!

[goodlife]

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Are gardeners normal?
;D....suppose it depends of the definition of 'normal'..but I would say NO.. ;D
I think we are still bit 'oddities'..

[Chrispy]

Personally, I find normal people are all a weird.

[grawrc]

What I find hardest about being a mod is that you have to keep up with all the threads - even ones you aren't interested in - in case somebody has a hissy fit and starts being obstreperous to other posters. Or people posting adverts. Or one or two others ....You know who I mean! It helps when people see something not right and do "report to moderator" so thanks to all of you that do that.

The new members are easy enough since we get notifications when someone joins up. The hard thing is deciding whether they are genuine or not. Usually it's easy but sometimes quite a close call.

[pumkinlover]

So who is going to buy my new wizard wonder fork? only £99.99.9p from www.youmustbehavingalaugh.co.uk  ;D

Nice one dopey!!

I'll change what I said about "nice normal gardeners" to people who are just not out to post spam all over the place then! as we seem to recognize that either we are not normal or we do not want to be normal! ;) ;)

A lot of new members NEVER post or even activate their membership which is something we do not understand, maybe people just join then forgot they ever did.

[ACE]

Power to your elbow. The mods do a very good job and being a good boy don't have to suffer from their moderation. But me and Kev were never asked to be G.M's

[pumkinlover]

No you weren't. :-X :-X :-X

[grawrc]

Dan could only gag some of the troublemakers - don't know why he didn't pick you and Kev tbh!

[cornykev]

I think we should be given a go, arter all what could go wrong.   ::)

[pumkinlover]

Goodlife .........what have you started!!! ;D ;D

You could certainly do the early mornings Kev, that is usually checking out all the "new members" on a different time zones who join in the small hours.

[shirlton]

 :-\ ;D

[ACE]

I think we should be given a go, arter all what could go wrong.   ::)

Yeh! what could go wrong, easy peazey. Just get rid of all the people who have a bad case of Portnoys complaint and drive nissan micras, start up a tourettes thread, and give advice on the need to wear clean knickers if they are going to climb trees. ;) Also for a couple of quid we would turn a blind eye to anything that is a bit near the mark.

[pumkinlover]

I think we should be given a go, arter all what could go wrong.   ::)

Yeh! what could go wrong, easy peazey. Just get rid of all the people who have a bad case of Portnoys complaint and drive nissan micras, start up a tourettes thread, and give advice on the need to wear clean knickers if they are going to climb trees. ;) Also for a couple of quid we would turn a blind eye to anything that is a bit near the mark.

Love that Ace - Hey guys - we could be filthy RICH!!!!!

[goodlife]

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Hey guys - we could be filthy
Definately that!.. ;D

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Just get rid of all the people who have a bad case of Portnoys complaint and drive nissan micras
Phew..I'm not proud owner of micra anymore...I stay put.

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Goodlife .........what have you started!!!  ;D ..its ACE..I only said 'thanks'...

[star]

 ;D ;D ;D ;D. I can see the mods are going to need moderating. But that'll be fine coz no one's normal here ;D ;D