Asked to Re-confirm
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what i don't get is why you all are trippin'.
you confirmed an email address when you first joined. just do it again and move on.
it's not spam, it's a newsletter. sheesh.
seems a handful of people want to make something of nothing.
i'm still waiting for my reconfirm.
The newsletter is the spam. It will be "discounts" of affiliate links so they can make commissions, not just "heres recent threads and events on rollitup." I dont have a problem with that at all - but I should have the option of opting out of it if I dont want to recieve it.
Aweber costs a pretty penny, do you think the admins here are going to be paying hundreds a month for aweber just out of the goodness of their hearts? of course not.
Just let me OPT OUT after i confirm my account without getting my account deleted, that should be completely fair and is easily doable with aweber.
potroast
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Well, I believe that you are making too much of nothing. You are imagining all kinds of sinister things and none of it is true. No one will get your email address, or your IP addy.
What Rollitup said is that your username will be released to the public, and that ONLY means that it will become available for a new member to use. Nothing about selling your info or anything like that.
Please calm down, you are in a safe place, with friends.
What Rollitup said is that your username will be released to the public, and that ONLY means that it will become available for a new member to use. Nothing about selling your info or anything like that.
Please calm down, you are in a safe place, with friends.
smokertoker
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Reply............................
Now you the man figuratively
Medi 1
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all i see is that this site cant even keep up with the updates to vbulletin alone, never mind watching what the other co does with our info.
i like the idea of the newsletter button to make it an option to us. does this site not care what the people request. it was us that made this site so big in the first place. took 2 months to get the laqst update done now its old already and its still not up to date so already we have security holes here as it is. when i get a message in my admin of a new board its done that day for my members security and mine. its your site to run as you wish so im not trying to tell anyone how to roll but man...think of the people before profits.
i like the idea of the newsletter button to make it an option to us. does this site not care what the people request. it was us that made this site so big in the first place. took 2 months to get the laqst update done now its old already and its still not up to date so already we have security holes here as it is. when i get a message in my admin of a new board its done that day for my members security and mine. its your site to run as you wish so im not trying to tell anyone how to roll but man...think of the people before profits.
oldman prof
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ME,PICK ME,PICK ME,,,,,,,,,Wait hang on we just confirming email addresses,well I'm still here,,,,Still here but not all there
tip top toker
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So you are saying that by confirming, this big advertising emailing company will NOT be getting our emails? meaning that i would not be receiving an email newsletter (because they don't have my email right?)
I think medi is on the ball
are you seriously still going on about this?
v12xjs
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I'd love to say that's a dumb question but what we are discussing here is already a done deal and there's no use debating it further, so it's a valid point.
As for damage limitation, it appears that my only chance of being removed from the data RIU has already passed to a 3rd party is to ignore the reconfirmation mail and hope my details are removed from the aweber list.
Here's hoping...
Personally I would have just used my wordprocessor mailmerge function to do the job with a beat up old pc. About 6 mouse clicks would personalise a newsletter and mail it out to everyone here np.
Yeah.. i won't be clicking on that link. I understand the need to prune your user base, i _don't_ understand the need to outsource smtp; and i sure as hell am not going to supply my email address to some random third-party provider.
If admin is so hard up for cash a 'donate' button would have been far less intrusive. Or if admin is desperate to get rid of spam accounts, there are far easier and safe methods than doing it this way. Seriously, I am a network admin in real life, if you guys need some assistance tech-wise, it can be provided, gratis.
This is a shame, really. I rarely post, but I get a lot of good information from here. Hopefully that won't have to end.
Like the people above me have said, it's already done and nothing will change that. However, giving you guys some feedback as to where you dun goofed can only be good, right?
So here's to RIU. Hopefully my relatively quiet time with you won't be ended prematurely because of this.
If admin is so hard up for cash a 'donate' button would have been far less intrusive. Or if admin is desperate to get rid of spam accounts, there are far easier and safe methods than doing it this way. Seriously, I am a network admin in real life, if you guys need some assistance tech-wise, it can be provided, gratis.
This is a shame, really. I rarely post, but I get a lot of good information from here. Hopefully that won't have to end.
Like the people above me have said, it's already done and nothing will change that. However, giving you guys some feedback as to where you dun goofed can only be good, right?
So here's to RIU. Hopefully my relatively quiet time with you won't be ended prematurely because of this.
ganjaluvr
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man, talk about being fucking paranoid!! Shhheeeeeeesshh!
either ignore it.. and lose your account... or reconfirm like they've asked you to do and keep your account.
Up to you guys.. but I did a TON of research on the email and the link inside it.. its 110% safe ppl.
Secondly, if your worried about "spam" coming into your email... get yourself a spam filter.. they do make them!
Common sense people... common sense.
Peace..
either ignore it.. and lose your account... or reconfirm like they've asked you to do and keep your account.
Up to you guys.. but I did a TON of research on the email and the link inside it.. its 110% safe ppl.
Secondly, if your worried about "spam" coming into your email... get yourself a spam filter.. they do make them!
Common sense people... common sense.
Peace..
that's a pretty bold accusation.
Silent Running
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"Username released to the public"....that phrasing seems to be hanging a bunch of you (or a few with multiple accounts) up. It means....don't reconfirm (an email address you already confirmed in the first place) and your account will be deleted and the username will be obtainable by anyone creating a new account.
Semi different question - vB has the ability to prune inactive users by selecting a time frame of inactivity and removing them. Why not have tried that first to scale down all the old accounts that aren't being used? You could even go into the SQL db and run a query on the "last activity" (or very close to that) field and have it remove those with dates older than 365 days and then work your way backwards if needed. Of course, the built in admin function of vB would be faster.
Semi different question - vB has the ability to prune inactive users by selecting a time frame of inactivity and removing them. Why not have tried that first to scale down all the old accounts that aren't being used? You could even go into the SQL db and run a query on the "last activity" (or very close to that) field and have it remove those with dates older than 365 days and then work your way backwards if needed. Of course, the built in admin function of vB would be faster.
typical canadian.
Medi 1
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hahaha...and proud of it to. typical attitude from you. you never change do ya...lol. why should i feel intimidated to say how i feel. is this natzi land or something. will i be banned now for having my own thoughts and opinions to. get over it. once you do your thing here ill be gone and you wont have to put up with someone standing up for how they feel as we should be all entitled to. without being slandered like you do....
ya i had mentioned the pruning. the released to public i get, means i think that the name is up for grabs for others is all...i hope.
ya i had mentioned the pruning. the released to public i get, means i think that the name is up for grabs for others is all...i hope.
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