A local forum I am a member of keeps things cleaned up by not allowing unregistered viewers access to anything more than a welcome message, and anyone who registers an account must be vetted by a current member of the forum. They still get the occasional spammer trying to register, but they are automatically denied if it looks suspicious of if no one knows who it is.
Yep, it's perfect. I almost got one - print out something interesting, glue it to a piece of cardboard and poke some holes in it and attach the flashing heart to it. But I didn't since I don't have anyone to give it to this year. But last year I got away with just sending an email. ASCII art rules! A nice ASCII rose or heart(or both!) works fairly well. Both times it got a good response...
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A local forum I am a member of keeps things cleaned up by not allowing unregistered viewers access to anything more than a welcome message, and anyone who registers an account must be vetted by a current member of the forum. They still get the occasional spammer trying to register, but they are automatically denied if it looks suspicious of if no one knows who it is.
Yep, it's perfect. I almost got one - print out something interesting, glue it to a piece of cardboard and poke some holes in it and attach the flashing heart to it. But I didn't since I don't have anyone to give it to this year. But last year I got away with just sending an email. ASCII art rules! A nice ASCII rose or heart(or both!) works fairly well. Both times it got a good response...