I've been slimed again at my freewebs address. I sent the IP to James Macdonald. It might be beneficial for AW to announce or make a sticky thread about how it isn't proper to put "propaganda" in an author's guestbook.
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I'm a mod. I'll vouch for this. If you've been Amazon slammed or guestbook slimed, please feel free to contact me either on this board, or you're welcome to email me--macallisterstone AT yahoo.com.Nicole LeBoeuf said:
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The system going is, the mods here invite anyone whose guestbook has been slimed to privately message them (the mods) with their (the slimers') IP addresses. If there is a match between the IP address of the slimer and the IP address of an AW Water Cooler member, that member gets banned. No exceptions, no favoritism. It's been done. Do a search in the Old NEPAT and you'll find examples.
Seriously, if you have a guestbook, and it's been slimed, send the slimer's IP address on in to anyone with a "mod squad" or "moderator" designation. They'll check up. IP addresses are much better proof of origination than any particular code phrase in the slimer's message.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=548142&postcount=4624
From James MacDonald
Once again, if any PA author finds a Slimer message posted on his or her guestbook, find the IP number of the slimer and put it here.
If the slimer is an AW member ... he or she will be banned on the spot.
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=491473&postcount=321
You beat me...lol.Delete the message, and go on.
Everyone here is aware of how AW feels about guestbook posting.
If the person who wrote a note in your guestbook is a member here, and the Mods think the message in your book was derogatory enough, they will be banned.
What concerns me about this policy is that we are dealing with a group of authors containing individuals who see no moral wrong in making orders using false names and invalid credit cards, to illustrate only one of many schemes documented thus far.
I've passed Alien's PM on to MacAllister. Mac's email address is macallisterstone (AT) yahoo.com, and I'm sure Alien can find a way to PM her if he wants to.
I've been slimed again at my freewebs address. I sent the IP to James Macdonald. It might be beneficial for AW to announce or make a sticky thread about how it isn't proper to put "propaganda" in an author's guestbook.
It is against AW's rules to slime a guestbook, no matter what.And this will reveal whether the culprit was from AW or we just gonna radomly ban someone because someone can't take mild criticsm?
And this will reveal whether the culprit was from AW or we just gonna radomly ban someone because someone can't take mild criticsm?
Dave K., The statement in your signature about PA authors not knowing how bad PA smells until you see the look on bookstore clerks' faces raises an interesting question. I wonder if there is even one documented case of a bookstore employee (people who know the biz) becoming a PA author. I bet against it.