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Undercurrent · 02-15-2002, 01:42 PM

<a href="http://xhttp://www.alexchiu.com/" target="_blank">Alex Chiu's Eternal Life Device (disabled at request of manhattan)</a>

Check out the "New Darwinism" section it's "FULL OF ANIMATED GIF'S AND WONDERFUL GRAPHICS. A MUST STUDY FOR ALL SCIENTISTS."

m.

[ February 15, 2002: Message edited by: Michael ]</p>

manhattan · 02-15-2002, 01:51 PM

Oh, dear Ghod.

DO NOT CLICK ON THAT LINK!!!

Cut and paste the address to your browser if you really feel compelled to visit the site. Those guys keep track of site referrals and their MLM members spam the crap out of any site that has a lot of referrers. At board I moderate on, it took almost a year (and some sneaky stuff) to make them go away.

I would encourage either you, Michael or the site moderators/administrators to edit out that link and post a synopsis of the site unless you want to be spammed so often it will seem like you're living forever.

Undercurrent · 02-15-2002, 02:01 PM

I'm not sure I understand what the problem is, but I've disabled the link.

m.

Pantera · 02-15-2002, 02:02 PM

The URL is <a href="http://w" target="_blank">http://w</a> ww.alexchiu.com/ (Take out the space to make it work).

Thanks for the warning Manhattan.

manhattan · 02-15-2002, 02:11 PM

Thanks, Pantera.

Michael, basically, what they do is keep track of where visitors to their site come from. They can do this if you click on an imbedded link instead of putting the address directly in your browser.

And when they notice that they get a lot of visits from infidels (or wherever), they have a message board where they publish that information.

They also have a program where people can earn free stuff from the site in exchange for more referrals.

So what happens is that a bunch of the people in their "stuff for referrals" program will come over here and publish the same link, but with their referral numbers attached. And then they do it again. And again. And again. And pretty soon, the only thing the moderators will be doing is clearing out spam.

There's no way you could have known this, of course. I only learned it the hard way. The site I work for actually featured the Chiu site (ugh, it still hurts to type his name) as a weird site. Once enough of our members took our advice and clicked to visit Chiu (ugh again), the deluge began.

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Undercurrent Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Santa Fe, NM Posts: 2,362	You too, can live forever <a href="http://xhttp://www.alexchiu.com/" target="_blank">Alex Chiu's Eternal Life Device (disabled at request of manhattan)</a> Check out the "New Darwinism" section it's "FULL OF ANIMATED GIF'S AND WONDERFUL GRAPHICS. A MUST STUDY FOR ALL SCIENTISTS." m. [ February 15, 2002: Message edited by: Michael ]</p>

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02-15-2002, 01:51 PM	#2
manhattan Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: New York, NY, USA Posts: 400	Oh, dear Ghod. DO NOT CLICK ON THAT LINK!!! Cut and paste the address to your browser if you really feel compelled to visit the site. Those guys keep track of site referrals and their MLM members spam the crap out of any site that has a lot of referrers. At board I moderate on, it took almost a year (and some sneaky stuff) to make them go away. I would encourage either you, Michael or the site moderators/administrators to edit out that link and post a synopsis of the site unless you want to be spammed so often it will seem like you're living forever.

02-15-2002, 02:01 PM	#3
Undercurrent Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Santa Fe, NM Posts: 2,362	I'm not sure I understand what the problem is, but I've disabled the link. m.

02-15-2002, 02:02 PM	#4
Pantera Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Cambridge, England, but a Scot at heart Posts: 2,431	The URL is <a href="http://w" target="_blank">http://w</a> ww.alexchiu.com/ (Take out the space to make it work). Thanks for the warning Manhattan.

02-15-2002, 02:11 PM	#5
manhattan Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: New York, NY, USA Posts: 400	Thanks, Pantera. Michael, basically, what they do is keep track of where visitors to their site come from. They can do this if you click on an imbedded link instead of putting the address directly in your browser. And when they notice that they get a lot of visits from infidels (or wherever), they have a message board where they publish that information. They also have a program where people can earn free stuff from the site in exchange for more referrals. So what happens is that a bunch of the people in their "stuff for referrals" program will come over here and publish the same link, but with their referral numbers attached. And then they do it again. And again. And again. And pretty soon, the only thing the moderators will be doing is clearing out spam. There's no way you could have known this, of course. I only learned it the hard way. The site I work for actually featured the Chiu site (ugh, it still hurts to type his name) as a weird site. Once enough of our members took our advice and clicked to visit Chiu (ugh again), the deluge began.

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