Where's that radio show!?!

[dubman]

a feelin'

actually, newly registered people on any forum are kinda suspect if they go full on and way too much for their first post. they want to establish that they're crazy huge fans by being as aggravating as possible (and somehow always using the phrase "creamed myself" in some variant). it finally falls apart when thinking that this expert display of enthusiasm is automatically an in for people to CHECK HIS MYSPACE PAGE, or to perhaps PROMOTE A FESTIVAL (we had a crop of fake names come in and use a lot of stupid slang to look authentic while plugging whatever festival they were paid to promote). we dont have our usual share of leechers and otherwise crass characters dependent on the generosity of others relative to most band boards, so they tend to be easier to spot.

most people here will patiently wait until they post something unambiguously flagrant before shouting them down, which is why we have BLD to call the buisness early because he's OLD AS FUCK and less inclined to tolerate the internet's little foibles.

Originally Posted by grady

A question directed towards the moderators regarding the topic of the post and the poster in question, why not delete the thread and/or ban the user from posting?

instinct says to use banhammer as well, but as long as there's the tiniest bit of doubt that this could be a legit user, admins request that people be left alone. i've banned a couple marketing schlubs but overall the site wants to keep banning to minimum. yes he did post links, and it's pretty much spam, but that could also be just another introduction. if he repeats the same post or posts the same links with no mind for content then things change obviously.