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[veryscarymary]

I have had to remove this posting.
Thanx

[hiwayracer]

Okay sorry never knew that???? but it is still spam......

[paulzon]

Originally Posted by hiwayracer

DIE SPAMMER DIE!!!

I know how annoying "spam" can be. But with all due respect Craig, Mary IS a statcounter user, and whether she is "spamming" or not, she doesn't deserve to die! ... this is a nice forum, which is populated by polite people. So we really shouldn't be posting hateful messages like this!

Regards,

Paul (www.zonicweb.net)
Museum Of Bad Album Covers

[hiwayracer]

appologies as i did not even check out the site and by by no means was it ment to be taken litreally.

[veryscarymary]

Hiya,
Just to clarify. Yes, I am a statcounter, and I've found it VERY useful in my work. Because of it I now take all sort of currencies on my site, as I found that I was having hits from all over the world.........I hear what you say about spam. This is a genuine message, that has only been posted here, because, as I say, this remedy is now in a new format, and I need to have it trialed. In the past I've used friends, clients and family but I thought, for a change, I'd use the statcounter forum, as you seemed a nice bunch of people, that had helpful solutions to others problems. I'm not having a 'problem' but I do need 7 people to take the remedy, and report back their findings. I do a lot of research and sometimes it's necessary to be open to a wider audience. Statcounter has members from all over the world, hence my post, so that I can have a variable response.
Homeopathy is a little difficult to explain in a few words and I tried to keep my posting friendly and to the point. If anyone has any further questions I'm only to happy to respond!
All the best
Mary

[hiwayracer]

Once again.

I apologise.



I jumped the gun rather quickly with out even checking out your site.

[Arne]

Originally Posted by veryscarymary

I hear what you say about spam. This is a genuine message, that has only been posted here, because, as I say, this remedy is now in a new format, and I need to have it trialed.

Ok, so your intention with your post was not spamming. But I do understand why "hiwayracer" believed it was spam (even if only posted here), as I also belived it was:

1. Your very first post in this forum
2. The subject you choosed (gives a "smell" of spam)
3. Even the way you writed the content "smells" spam
4. The site is really on http://uk.geocities.com/veryscarymary

Then there is #5 on my list. Three big images in the post, is not really nessecery and even annoying when the total size for them is approx. 175 kB. They where really not needed even if a small image in the sig don't hurt anybody. You have the same images on your site and you really should optimize them.

So, I don't blame "hiwayracer", not even now I understand what your "message" is about. But that can be because english is not my native language

[paulzon]

Arne, I understand your concerns about "spam" and the format of people's messages here, but you are trying to turn this forum into some kind of "Police State" with your criticisms. I am sure that both Mary and Craig realise that they they were perhaps a little hasty in their postings (as I am too sometimes ). But for the last time, it is obvious that Mary is not some kind of hardcore spammer, she does not deserve to die, Craig has been a gentleman and apologized for his haste in posting, and we should now be extending the (metaphorical) hand of friendship to Mary as a new user of the forum!

She is not posting endless messages promoting ****ra / Gambling / whatever, she is just looking for a few people for a trial, Craig is a very helpful member of the forum who has been getting (justifiably) angry about the REAL spam that has appering in these forums of late, and I think that we should all just calm down and make Mary feel very welcome here now that the initial misunderstanding is out of the way.

Mary, I truly hope that this hasn't put you off from using the Statcounter forum, and I for one would like to offer you a warm welcome here. Arne, please "lighten up" with less experienced users of the forum, this is a "Lounge" section of a forum, not a Jakob Nielsen lecture on website usability! ... At the moment you are just scaring off new users with your ogreish ways!

Regards,

Paul (www.zonicweb.net)
Museum Of Bad Album Covers

[paulzon]

Mary,

Arne is right about your images though, they have much too large a filesize for your website, and they will take a lifetime to download if someone was using a slow connection. I could rectify this for you if you wanted? ... it would only take a minute!

Regards, Paul

(www.zonicweb.net)
Museum Of Bad Album Covers

[Arne]

Originally Posted by paulzon

Arne, I understand your concerns about "spam" and the format of people's messages here, but you are trying to turn this forum into some kind of "Police State" with your criticisms.

Paul, I do understand she is not a spammer and I did not belived it when I wrote my post erlier. So I don't see my post as criticisms, only explaining why some of us get the impression. That explanation I hope can save her and others from getting accused as spammers when are not.

I only wish that I had remembered to wish Mary welcome to this forum to, now when we have sorted this out! I'll do it now and apologize if my previous post is taken as a criticisms. There is only nice persons around here, even if some of us over react from time to time for obvious reasons

Welcome Mary, to the forum!