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lach
Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 14
Location: Brisbane
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 Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: Problems with OTHER Art Forum |
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Hi guys,
I sort of absent mindedly stumbled across "australianartforum.com"
and forgive me Brad, but I somehow thought it was THIS site rebadged because it had been a while since I'd been here (although I thought it was odd they had no sponsors/advertising the way this does- and man am I so glad it wasn't this site).
I registered, had a look around- and a day or so later was sent an email saying they'd deregistered me/booted me off because I didn't meet their member ship requirements(?!).
Does anyone know- is it a phishing site?
Or are they strange or elitist?
I should say don't go rushing there to have a look because you'd have to register to see any images anyone had posted and....well you know what happened to me,
so don't bother and don't give the traffic,
but just in case anyone knew?
Lach
I've retitled this thread, as there seemed to be some confusion over which forum Lach is referring to...
http://lach-land.blogspot.com/ |
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Devilbiss
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 9:13 pm Post subject: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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This forum has a lot of members who seem to be very independent thinkers and won't hesitate to tell you if they don't like something or disagree with what you've written, and I like that.
I also like the sort of red blooded discussion that this forum has. |
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Jade
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
Posts: 536
Location: Mornington Peninsula
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:55 pm Post subject: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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| I like the Australian art forum it has very supportive members always comment on my work and help give direction. |
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Chrissy D
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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Location: Queensland
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:20 pm Post subject: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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lach i dont know why you were sent that email as i have never had a problem and the members are all nice and welcoming.
| Quote: | they'd deregistered me/booted me off because I didn't meet their member ship requirements(?!)
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this is news to me. apart from having a valid email and password, there was no rego requirements when i joined a few years ago.
did you manage to post anything? maybe they thought you were phishing
have you tried emailing them back to see what the problem was? |
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The Pook
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 2904
Location: Tasmania
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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| Chrissy Dwyer wrote: | lach i dont know why you were sent that email as i have never had a problem and the members are all nice and welcoming.
| Quote: | they'd deregistered me/booted me off because I didn't meet their member ship requirements(?!)
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this is news to me. apart from having a valid email and password, there was no rego requirements when i joined a few years ago.
did you manage to post anything? maybe they thought you were phishing
have you tried emailing them back to see what the problem was? |
Chrissy are you aware that the forum being referred to is not this one but the other Australian Art Forum? |
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Tango
Joined: 06 Mar 2006
Posts: 1360
Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:52 pm Post subject: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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I think she does Pook as she is a well known member of that other forum. I used to see her there, that was till they kicked me off 
By the way Pook are you still drinking the water down there ? have you been watching Australian Story on ABC TV ? |
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Devilbiss
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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| Tango wrote: | I think she does Pook as she is a well known member of that other forum. I used to see her there, that was till they kicked me off
By the way Pook are you still drinking the water down there ? have you been watching Australian Story on ABC TV ? |
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lach
Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 14
Location: Brisbane
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:03 pm Post subject: Re - Problems with OTHER Art Forum |
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Good idea to rename the post-
Actually no - I hadn't posted anything- just registered initially so I could see the image posts at all/see what sort of forum it was.
Sad eh?
But no I'm not interested in pursuing them as to why I was booted-,
(I confess I am interested in telling others to not bother ).
But anyway the moral of the story is that I meant to be on this forum,
and still am-
so its all good.
Lach |
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AvG
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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| Tango wrote: | I think she does Pook as she is a well known member of that other forum. I used to see her there, that was till they kicked me off
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Seriously Tango - they kicked YOU off? I'd have thought you'd be a VERY welcome member |
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Tango
Joined: 06 Mar 2006
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Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:04 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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| Amandav wrote: | | Tango wrote: | I think she does Pook as she is a well known member of that other forum. I used to see her there, that was till they kicked me off
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Seriously Tango - they kicked YOU off? I'd have thought you'd be a VERY welcome member |
Well Amanda perhaps I'm stretching the point a BIT  but what happened is that when I joined they invited me to introduce myself , and because nothing much was happening on the site at the time I thought I would leave it for awhile , I logged on a few more times without participating and then one day they just cancelled my log on details, I suppose I could have rejoined but not being much impressed by their site I didn't bother... |
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The Pook
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
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Location: Tasmania
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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| Daniel wrote: | | By the way Pook are you still drinking the water down there ? have you been watching Australian Story on ABC TV ? |
No i had to miss it as I had a meeting on tonight. It may surprise you to know that we do have more than one river in Tasmania!
St Helen's is about an hour and a half's drive from here. |
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thecatsgrin
Joined: 18 Apr 2009
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Location: Gippsland
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:01 am Post subject: Re: Re - Australianartforum.com bad, artforum.com.au good? |
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. It may surprise you to know that we do have more than one river in Tasmania!
St Helen's is about an hour and a half's drive from here.
Darn it.... now it will be harder to find that river that will make me come out better if i swim in it.....
This forum is good because it is just like talking to the little voices in my head ... with ### 's instead of the swear words!!  |
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gggraph
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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Location: In front of the Computer.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:09 am Post subject: The other Art Forum |
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| Tango wrote: | | I logged on a few more times without participating and then one day they just cancelled my log on details, I suppose I could have rejoined but not being much impressed by their site I didn't bother... |
In their defence, that's probably an anti-spam measure. This forum used to get about 80 registrations a day from spammers (no human registers as ASHonoceappywap). The strategy is to get their web address listed as part of their profile to improve their Google ranking, or to post the spam at a later date when nobody is looking.
It's not a bad idea to have a periodic 'sanitising' of the user database and delete anybody who has never posted after say, 3 months. I may have suggested that to Brad at some point (I don't know how to do it), but from what I've seen, it doesn't help them with Google anyway.
Oh, by the way Wendy the ####'s happen because I've set the Forum to censor various words - NOT, actually because I have anything against swearing, but as my little gesture to spammers. It doesn't do your Google ranking much good if your message comes up as "Buy #### #### #### ####". Not sure it works, but anything that gives the #### a hard time is worth trying.
Cheers
Grant |
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lach
Joined: 08 May 2006
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Location: Brisbane
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:13 pm Post subject: Re - Problems with OTHER Art Forum |
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Well I don't really buy that- all's they'd have to do is google the email address to find out I'm a human
(- that also does art.)
Thanks for the suggestion though. |
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thecatsgrin
Joined: 18 Apr 2009
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Location: Gippsland
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject: Re - Problems with OTHER Art Forum |
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Really like your art work!!
There are some really different things on your web site! |
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