earlier today i came in here to look at new stick info.. and found a bunch of announcements for buying polo shirts... as much i belive i need new shirts, i wont buy them from this site (being sarcastic)... but i would like to say

Manny you got rid of all them so so quickly.. you are the man

darren/gnat

It's a daily chore to keep this forum from being overrun with spammers, and Manny does it without complaint.

I know at least one forum where the housekeeping isn't so diligent, and half of the "members" turn out to be spam accounts.

Thanks Manny, for keeping real.

i agree.. so many forums have spammers.. but i know i can come here and they will be taken care of ( saying like a mob boss) quickly and effectivly

Here here!

"Take them back to the baggage cart and stick one in their ear!"

Just saw this post as I was spot checking for spam...thanks folks, I try my best. Actually, since rebuilding the forums some years ago and being diligent on spammers, it's fairly easy to delete/IP-ban spam and keeping this site clean. The forum statistic are highly accurate re: number of users, posts, etc, and not fluffed with spam accounts.

Some of the less posted subforums auto-notify me when there is a post, and it's obvious when a spammer cross posts. Also, the community here continues to do a great job flagging spam for nuking.

Labor is super cheap in China where the vast majority of spam originates. So the forum registration CAPTCHA thwarts the auto-registering spam bots, but not the many many Chinese humans. I use to IP-range ban the spammers from WhoIs queries, but resorted back to individual IP's after a few mistakes and accidently blocking valid IP's/users. So the efforts continue, just a minor annoyance but well worth in keeping it "real" here

Thanks Manny, For ALL THAT YOU DO. It's Greatly Appreciated.