Subj : Re: Pondering Echomail Changes
To   : Avon
From : slacker
Date : Sun Feb 02 2025 07:03 am



> I'm confused by this as it looks
> to me most posts in FSX_ADS are BBS
> ads and in the FSX_BOT echo we
> still have BBS posting their BBS
> ads there (as it was originally set
> up to accommodate before FSX_ADS
> came along) so it's in FSX_BOT
> where at present you see this mix
> of weather reports along side a BBS
> ad etc.. not what is currently
> intended but hard to get some
> sysops to change their settings it
> seems..


Sorry for the confusion. I didn't mean to say that FSX_ADS didn't include BBS ads, it's just that it seems that the ads also seem like they're posted by bots/scripts. Many of the ads are the same exact message over and over... which I suppose is fine but I guess the frequency seems too much. 

Deon posted a message that suggested rejecting these at a hub level if the message body is the same and within x amount of days. I would be on board with a change like that on hub 3 but I can understand the counter argument against it as the hub is now moderating content for you.

I suppose I can spin up some of my own house keeping on my BBS to implement the same or similar idea.

Thanks.


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