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aahnutz
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Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:31 am
...plus a few more.

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Codeblue
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Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:30 am
Impeccable timing. We have the best bots eva.
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BLGallery
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thebends9
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Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:43 am
Is there anyway to implement a mandatory $5 paypal donation to EB when joining the site. Might slow down the bots/constant name changers on this site...
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treweman
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Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:59 am
thebends9 wrote:Is there anyway to implement a mandatory $5 paypal donation to EB when joining the site. Might slow down the bots/constant name changers on this site...
This is a TERRIFIC suggestion. Simple, easy to understand, and I suspect, very effective.
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gonzo303
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Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:46 am
thebends9 wrote:Is there anyway to implement a mandatory $5 paypal donation to EB when joining the site. Might slow down the bots/constant name changers on this site...
Heathunter would be bringing EB a lot of money monthly. I'm all for it!!!!!
Same fudge, different drop.
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rmoore
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Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:54 am
How about this instead — you can join but you can't post until you donate $5. That would eliminate the bot problem. Just seems to me that having to donate to join would discourage a lot of people.
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zefarrett
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Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:00 am
rmoore wrote:How about this instead — you can join but you can't post until you donate $5. That would eliminate the bot problem. Just seems to me that having to donate to join would discourage a lot of people.
This isn't a bad idea, but Im not sure if they would implement it because of the whole backbone of a free art community that they advertise. Also, it seems as if there has been way more spam then normal recently

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rmoore
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Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:09 am
zefarrett wrote:rmoore wrote:How about this instead — you can join but you can't post until you donate $5. That would eliminate the bot problem. Just seems to me that having to donate to join would discourage a lot of people.
This isn't a bad idea, but Im not sure if they would implement it because of the whole backbone of a free art community that they advertise. Also, it seems as if there has been way more spam then normal recently

How about just a donation of 1 cent? Just an extra step in the registration process to ensure that you're human. That would immediately stop the bot problem as bots don't have paypal accounts.
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murdock
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Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:14 am
Real good idea! These spammers are really annoying.
Shouldn't make it too hard for people to join as many don't really know what they're joining in the beginning, but it should be worth at least $1 to everyone, I guess...
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aahnutz
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Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:26 am
1) This will always be a free site.
2) We're aware of the spam issue. We are in the process of addressing the situation.
Thanks.
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padelimike
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PLUSH
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Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:02 am
padelimike wrote:what spam issue?
LOL, Unless you are here everyday, several times throughout the day, you won't see it.
I understand that this is a free site. Free site to browse, but if you wan to post I see no problem with having to contribute to the community beyond only showing up telling us that you have some new print dropping, or all the other SPAM that we get totally unrelated to this site.
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murdock
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:09 am
aahnutz wrote:We're aware of the spam issue. We are in the process of addressing the situation.
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Don’t deal with MillerTime04 - he’s a scammer