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Anti-Spam Site Accused of Spamming, Fixes Error

Posted by timothy on from the to-be-removed-do-a-rain-dance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to this article on CNN, banthespam.com is accused of spamming its visitors. Excerpt: Even if an Internet user chose not to receive e-mail updates from the Telecommunications Research and Action Center, one of the effort's sponsors, the Web site replied with the message: 'You are currently signed up for news and information.' This doesn't help guys . . ." As the article states, the problem was quickly caught and corrected -- and banthespam.com looks like another force for good in the world.

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  1. CmdrTaco Violates Promise Over Subscribers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Back in March of this year, Slashdot started offering subscription services. At that time, CmdrTaco made the promise that regular users would not lose any features already present in the system. Subscribers would be entitled to additional features as they became available. The first new feature being automatic removal of banner and other advertising. Another being free moderation within that user's journal.

    In mid-July, CmdrTaco made a feature change. He replaced our numeric Karma rating with a qualifier word, ranging from "Terrible" to "Excellent." (Or, "Exactly," for you Simpson's fans) For the large part, this appears to be no big deal, right?

    Wrong. Seems that if you have subscription, you have the option to view your numeric Karma instead of a one-word description. This is the first instance of a change being made against non-paying users in favor of those that do pay.

    I hope you find this information useful and beneficial toward improving Slashdot before it caves in under corporate pressures to profit.

    1. Re:CmdrTaco Violates Promise Over Subscribers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Umm, dunno where the hell you're getting that info, but I'm subscribed (posting as AC for karma safety) and there is no such option.

    2. Re:CmdrTaco Violates Promise Over Subscribers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      What part about "mid-July" don't YOU understand?

  2. All I can say is: by autopr0n · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Heh.

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  3. First anti-spam post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    from #linuxwarez on EFNET.
    W3 0WN J00

  4. This is news? by Lucky+Kevin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What about the Greeks outlawing all computer games?

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    "It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in" O. Nash
  5. Re:Yup, they're assholes all right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I wouldn't waste too much time or energy worrying about Slashdot. It will collapse under its own weight before too long, and something will come along to replace it.

    Something already has.

  6. The greek game ban by timothy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it's been mentioned a couple of times already, first in March, then in the most recent Slashback (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/03/01382 16)

    timothy

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