Okay... Why?

[Cebu_4_2]

Have a few people interested in joining here but this is what they see:

Sorry, registration has been disabled by the administrator.

WTF?

[osoab]

have them email the slumlord. registration got closed down when we got spammmed to death.

[gunDriller]

have them email the slumlord. registration got closed down when we got spammmed to death.

The Spamming - Standard technique for stifling conversation on a subject. probably courtesy of some Israel supporters somewhere, the Jewish Internet Defense Force brand of toe-jam scum.

they create Noise to try and drown out the Signal here at G-S.us.


my suggestion would be to put in a test section, so that a human being has to answer 20 questions about Zionism, the Constitution, US History, etc. educational like. basically forcing people who want to register to jump through a few hurdles to prove that they're human (to defeat robo-registration), and to slow down the flood of spam registrations.

it could be implemented in a language like PHP.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

The original reason was to stop all those 1 post users who wanted us to buy their products. But man I sure would love some growth around here.

[Ponce]

Send them to me, I will say "Saalam Aleikum".......and if they curse me out we don't want them ........ simple.

[Buddha]

I still don't know why we don't have registration like the single did it. A window that was open once a month at a certain time. I mean come on, do you guys really not want anyone new to join?

[joboo]

Send them to me, I will say "Saalam Aleikum".......and if they curse me out we don't want them ........ simple.


Devout muslims are kooky as fuck too. They all walk for days to congregate into a sweaty, smelly mob, and stare at a space rock. Holy shit...

It's essentially the same looney bird version as the phony wailing wall wing nuts.

The only real difference is they're nowhere near as supremest or offensive towards other people in general.

[mrnhtbr2232]

We are the sum of our parts, and the same 35 or 40 of us that hang out and actually post are probably due for juicing up our awareness and perspective with some new blood. It's asking a lot of the mods, but I'd vote for a registration window of some modest period. There's got to more like us out there. Knowledge is power.

[Spectrism]

I didn't know registration was shut down. I figured there was just no interest in new people. Now it makes sense... and it is a bit stale here.

BTW- did I tell you about the new bobamajangle diddywam I am selling?

[General of Darkness]

GIM1 had the same problem with spammers. The solution was that there was a 3 day window of registration every month. I recommend that this Monday a sticky is made, that's obvious, that says that registration will be open for 3 days from x to y dates.

I'm in the mood for some troll bashing which results in my banning. I've got shit to do.

[joboo]

Open it up!!!

[freespirit]

as i recall, the problem wasn't limited to spammers...i think the decision to shut down registration was made when we had virus problems, if i recall correctly, the virus problem was after the spamfest...

[Awoke]

I think it's important for lurkers to be able to ask questions when they come to a crux in their research.

I also know that if I was the owner of the board, I would likely forget to open registration and close it every month. I might remember the first few months, but after that I know it would slip my mind.

[JohnQPublic]

I closed registration when we got hacked. Every day I get 30-50 registrations, and I end up letting maybe 1 member through (they are usually from .ru, .pl, .cn, or worst from Croatia ;)) . Even then 90% of the time the 1 member is a spammer, and I or one of our mods ends up deleting the account. I want to wait a while until we get removed from whatever list we are on, then I may try opening up again. If you know someone that wants to be a member, PM me with their desired username, email address, and a temporary password, and I will set-up an account.

[chad]

make it be like zero hedge where the level of outrageousness of your username increases your chances of getting approved.

[Awoke]

Well JQP, that looks like a good plan.

What I wonder is, if there were unregistered lurkers reading, and they wanted to send you a message, can they do that without having a GSus account?

If so, you should post a sticky thread at the very top of the GD board, with a title like "ATTENTION: Readers who would like membership" or something.

[Awoke]

make it be like zero hedge where the level of outrageousness of your username increases your chances of getting approved.


I would have to change my handle to "Really really REALLY EXTRA Awoke"

[PlatinumBlonde]

Yippee!! I am happy I saw this thread. I used to post on the old GIM. I've missed ya'll. I wanted to register when the Sandwich thread was going but I couldn't register. But here I am now. Cheers!

[Awoke]

Welcome to GSus. The best site on the www.

[PlatinumBlonde]

Thank you and I agree. I need to find my Jean Harlow avatar..

[Dogman]

Yippee!! I am happy I saw this thread. I used to post on the old GIM. I've missed ya'll. I wanted to register when the Sandwich thread was going but I couldn't register. But here I am now. Cheers! Welcome too the looney bin/mad house!

[PlatinumBlonde]

Thank you, Dogman. I've been in this nuthouse before! Happy Thanksgiving!

[Dogman]

Thank you, Dogman. I've been in this nuthouse before! Happy Thanksgiving! I remember you, still I should have said , welcome back!

[PlatinumBlonde]

Thank you kindly again. I appreciate the warm welcome..

[Shorty Harris]

Welcome back Platinum..and yeah, I agree, you need your old Avi back

[Awoke]

I remember your handle too, but I don't remember the past content of your posts. But I am looking forward to see what you have to say!

[PlatinumBlonde]

I was wondering if the old forum was archived at all. There were some great tutorials and natural remedy stuff on there..

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Yippee!! I am happy I saw this thread. I used to post on the old GIM. I've missed ya'll. I wanted to register when the Sandwich thread was going but I couldn't register. But here I am now. Cheers!

Happy to welcome anybody who utters those magic words. Agent Blonde, come in from the cold!

[General of Darkness]

I closed registration when we got hacked. Every day I get 30-50 registrations, and I end up letting maybe 1 member through (they are usually from .ru, .pl, .cn, or worst from Croatia ;)) . Even then 90% of the time the 1 member is a spammer, and I or one of our mods ends up deleting the account. I want to wait a while until we get removed from whatever list we are on, then I may try opening up again. If you know someone that wants to be a member, PM me with their desired username, email address, and a temporary password, and I will set-up an account.

DO NOT AND I REPEAT DO NOT let any other idiots with ANY association to Croatia join. All we'll talk about is soccer, drinking and how bad the system is.

[Gaillo]

Well JQP, that looks like a good plan.

What I wonder is, if there were unregistered lurkers reading, and they wanted to send you a message...
If so, you should post a sticky thread at the very top of the GD board, with a title like "ATTENTION: Readers who would like membership" or something.

Done.

[Awoke]

I was wondering if the old forum was archived at all. There were some great tutorials and natural remedy stuff on there..

Oh, it's all archived for sure. Unfortunately you need to work for the government to have access to it.

[madfranks]

I closed registration when we got hacked. Every day I get 30-50 registrations, and I end up letting maybe 1 member through (they are usually from .ru, .pl, .cn, or worst from Croatia ;)) . Even then 90% of the time the 1 member is a spammer, and I or one of our mods ends up deleting the account. I want to wait a while until we get removed from whatever list we are on, then I may try opening up again. If you know someone that wants to be a member, PM me with their desired username, email address, and a temporary password, and I will set-up an account.

Thanks JQP, you are the man.

[AndreaGail]

Yippee!! I am happy I saw this thread. I used to post on the old GIM. I've missed ya'll. I wanted to register when the Sandwich thread was going but I couldn't register. But here I am now. Cheers!

Nice of you to join the fun PB :)

I too remember your username way back from GIM1...