miltiades wrote:Admin has confirmed that no unusual new registrations occurred since Sunday . I accept Admins statement.
Today there have been in excess of 25 new registrations , just wondered if this is normal , I started noting since 1 pm . We are indeed a very popular forum to attract 25 plus new registrations , I wonder who they are since only one , JONB actually posted anything.
This poll , I declared earlier to be null and void since I'm convinced that it is not run in an honest fashion.
Its been fun though but it is a farce with so many new registrations in just half a day !!
Miltiades,
We both agreed about the rules at the beginning and therefore you
can not unilaterally declare this poll as "null and void". The poll can only be "null and void" if we both agree.
You are the 1 that has picked this fight and it appears that you are now unwilling to see it through, as you have suddenly realised that perhaps you have picked a fight with the wrong member. You need to stand by your word and take responsibility for your own actions.
This is a matter of integrity for the both of us.I am committed to departing the CF if I lose because I gave my word.
Are you willing to do the same? This poll , I declared earlier to be null and void since I'm convinced that it is not run in an honest fashion.
You had asked
Admin about the validity of the voters and he had
confirmed that their have been no unusual registrations since Sunday.You confirmed this yourself.
Admin has confirmed that no unusual new registrations occurred since Sunday . I accept Admins statement.
As for the high number of registrations,
Admin gave a very clear explanation that
this is always the case due to automatic account generation from bots and spammers. Here is the link:
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... c&start=10 Hello,
What you see are accounts generated automatically by bots or manually by spammers. Most of them register just to have their profile details, which include URLs to porn and other such websites, listed on our forum. Unfortunately for them I have modified the forum software so that their profiles and those URLs are shown nowhere and therefore they do not receive the benefit they hoped for. In a future upgrade of the forum I will make it more difficult for bots to register new accounts. Dealing with spammers that manually create accounts is not as easy though.
I am doing my best to keep the forum spam free and this is why you will almost never see posts by spammers littering the forum.
denizaksulu, the passwords are issued automatically by the forum software and not by me. This is why you receive them immediately after you fill in the "Send me a new password" form. The auto generated passwords are in that form because that form is the hardest to be guessed. It is not advised to use a dictionary word or a name as a password.
Thank you
Following is another quote from
CyprusGrump who also
confirms exactly what Admin said earlier. It should be noted that CyprusGrump is an Administrator of another forum, and just like Admin here, they should both know exactly what they are talking about.
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.p ... c&start=20 Spammers can use software applications called ‘bots’ to automatically register on forums like this.
The advantage to them is that they are then added to the members list and have links in their signatures to porn sites, etc. In that way, when the sites is inspected by the likes of google these porn sites are also included.
However, on this site the members list is not publicly available and the Admin take care to vet all new members and delete those that are not real people so you are quite safe.
I have promised to leave CF if I lose. I will leave as I will not go back on my word.
I expect that you would do the same.
You can not declare this poll as "null and void", unless we both agree. I will only agree to declare this poll as null and void if you do any one of the following:
1) You apologise to all forumers for insulting them for merely having a difference in opinion,
2) You apologise to GR for spoiling his threads and calling him a war monger, especially since you were even unable to comprehend the objectives of the subject at hand, OR
3) You promise to concentrate on less serious matters on CF by only sticking to the General Chat, Jokes and Enigmas, Sport sections and keeping clear of any political or Cyprus problem Threads.
Since you have now realised that you have bitten more than what you can chew, I will await your decision as to whether it is 1, 2, or 3.
Meanwhile, the poll is valid and will continue.
We are both bound by our word and is now a matter of integrity.
Regards
P