The BBC have a serious online presence which probably costs them a fortune to maintain every year.None of the Irish political parties have an online presence that comes anywhere near it (and you wouldn't really expect them to either... )But when an Irish political party blatantly rips off the BBC's design and thinks they can get away with it, what kind of message does that … [Read more...] about Irish Political Party Plagiarise BBC But Think They’re Cool
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Bido Spam Bloggers Requesting Reviews
Remember Bido spamming people on DNForum?Well they've also decided it would be a "good idea" to spam bloggers asking for a review.*sigh*I get a lot of email to both my personal and work email addresses every single day, so sometimes I don't spot an email immediately. Since it's a Saturday I decided I'd go back over some of the less important emails I'd received over the last … [Read more...] about Bido Spam Bloggers Requesting Reviews
How Not To Market – Bido Spam DNForum
Spammers annoy the life out of me.Lazy and ignorant they always seem to find some way of "explaining" their (mis)behaviourBido, who are relaunching this week, thought it would be a great idea to spam the entire membership of DNForumGrr! … [Read more...] about How Not To Market – Bido Spam DNForum
Irish Green Party Are Spamming Idiots
Image by just.Luc via FlickrI hate spam. It's a tactic used by lazy uninventive scumbags.I don't like politicians that much and consider most of them to be seriously overpaid.So when I got hit with a spam from the Irish Green Party today to my personal email address I saw red.Here's the spam itself (screenshot with personal details removed):I love the way they wanted to "be … [Read more...] about Irish Green Party Are Spamming Idiots
Rebuilding A Damaged Community
I recently acquired a webmaster discussion forum that had been semi-dormant for a period of time ie. it was like a wild garden where the weeds had been left unattended.Looking back over the archives you can see that it once was quite a vibrant community, but that after the founder left to move onto other projects, or possibly a more demanding dayjob, the quality of the site … [Read more...] about Rebuilding A Damaged Community