History, Politics And Current Affairs

The Mod Team has expanded…

Given that we now live in “interesting times”, I’m conscious that extra effort has been and will be needed to keep this place relatively stable.

Accordingly, please welcome Jotun into the Mod Team.

Lordroel wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 6:15 pm

Paul Nuttall wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2025 5:50 pm Yes, I saw the spam as well...not a good sign.

Have reported it, but this is not a good sign for a board that already has seen its creator pass away,

What’s been reported please? I have nothing coming up?

Last active in early November.

I have emailed him.

Belushi TD wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:42 am Question - Isn't "Bean" how Theodore identifies himself at his blog? I know he's already got the username Theodore here, right?

Belushi TD

No, this isn’t Theodore, “Bean” is most definitely ByronC as per the old board. I have him on FB Messenger and confirmed.

So then chaps & chapesses, I thought a New Members thread might be handy to welcome all newcomers especially as now we have to process account validations.

Today we welcome Bean (was ByronC on the old board) and Madhon, who is a member on Lordroel’s alt-history forum.

Does anyone recognise these guys at all?

Today’s haul.

539 (count ‘em) Russian troll accounts deleted whilst they were forming up.

Right. This is getting silly now. 392- count 'em, 392!- bots/ trolls/ spam accounts deleted.

Apologies if I've deleted any lurkers by accident! If so please re-register!

New user accounts can now only be activated by Admin.

Another 78 Russian and Turkish trolls deleted. We have 276 users who have never posted, but have been active recently and with usernames/ email addresses that look legit. We may need to get a little campaign going to get lurkers at least acknowledged as such. A minimum of one post per week for admin...

Something suss somewhere. That poster had zero posts marked, even in the logs. Need to look into it.

TeresaGus has been deleted.

Should anyone wish to pester TeresaGus, here are his details:

Philistine wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 6:50 pm I don't post often, so I guess this might fit me.

You actually have 50 posts under your belt here, so no worries!

Guys, We’re having quite the job in working out who has joined as a troll, and who is just a passive reader/ long time listener, first time caller, Mr Obvious. Please may I ask that anyone who is active here but does not actually post content, do so, even if it’s only a question or comment. Otherwis...

105 users with zero posts. Some are clearly recognisable old names (Mark Bailey for one), some are real people. 49(!) are suss and have been deactivated pending deletion. If anyone knows of someone who has tried to join and been deactivated/ deleted, my apologies and please ask them to re-up. We are...

Latest ones zapped.

Another two pages worth zapped.

Lordroel wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 9:07 am

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 8:21 am Thanks- I’ll take a look. I actually do this weekly now.

Seems the Russians come more than actual members, despite this board having TLs that involved at least two major wars against the Old Soviet Union.

98 (!) Russkie spambots deleted.

I’ve now gone through not only the inactive users, but all users with zero posts and suspicious email addresses. Those users all originated in Russia. No surprise there.

Now zapped.

Just out of curiosity, how long would one have to be inactive to be zapped? I registered back in November, but my work schedule wouldn't permit me to start posting until early this month. I may have come close. Simple. No time limit involved, I look at the email addresses provided. There hasn’t bee...