ADVERTISING ON TUGNUTS SITE

[Stevan47]

Hi all you guys: Anybody seen the nine adverts just posted online in General Technical Discussions', purportedly from some Chinese company in Hanghzou, under the sender name, 'piain520'? They have been posted PM, 25 Jan 18. Not sure if this is legit, but I assume that unless one is a registered TugNut then it is difficult/impossible to post articles on this site. If it is not legit, then has the site been hacked or compromised in any way? Naturally, if it is permissable to post advertising material on the site, then please disregard my concerns. Might be an issue for our site administrator/s. Regards, Stevan

 

[Crewdog]

these flotsam and jetsam register on the site frequently with false names and info.

If you log in, you can click the !triangle button and report the offending post.

they've figured out that their spam posts can remain up for a few hours before they are removed.

Reminds me of the old Monty Python Spam routine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

 

[Bruce Moore]

The posts have all been deleted, the user deactivated, and the IP address blocked.

Thanks for the alerts, and thanks for remembering "not to feed the trolls".

Cheers,

Bruce

 

[Stevan47]

Thanks Bruce. Kind regards. Stevan