message board

jefflewis · Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1512

I get notifications when there's a new request for somebody to join the message board but all the requests go into one of my old email account inboxes so i don't often see them. I recently noticed a batch of them that I'd never seen so i clicked on all and approved them, but it's hard to know if these are real people or spam-bot-AI-fake accounts. But even many of the accounts that look like real names are sort of suspicious because there are so many who have never posted, in the list of Message Board Member Accounts it's like there's hundreds of registered accounts that have never posted anything, kind of strange. I hope I didn't just approve a bunch of fake bots!

misshelenc · Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 12:32 pm Post subject:

Time will tell I guess! It’s fair to give them the benefit of the doubt, innocent until proven guilty treatment. You may have to ban a few accounts along the way but hopefully at least some of them join the shenanigans as real people.
Hope you have managed to rest up a bit post tour and travelling. Watching one show looks tiring let alone a whole tour of them!
_________________
Never trust a heart so bent it won’t break.

jefflewis · Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1512

Thanks Helen! Yeah glad to be having a bit of after-tour time, but it's mostly always a joy to get to travel and play songs and see people!

MJ1183 · Joined: 19 May 2025 Posts: 1

Hello!
Just confirming myself as a new real-life non-bot message board member! Echoing the above message, hope post-tour life is treating you well. Great seeing you in Margate, fantastic show, seeing Creeping Brain live was a particular highlight!
All the best, Matt

jefflewis · Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1512

Thanks Matt! Glad you're an actual human! : D

misshelenc · Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 8:47 pm Post subject:

Great to meet you Matt, welcome!
_________________
Never trust a heart so bent it won’t break.