Kitc.hens - NOT a spam thread!

radiopy
radiopy Posts: 326 Mover and Shaker
edited March 2014 in MPQ General Discussion
What the heck IS a fitted kitc.hen? Is this a European term that us Yanks aren't familiar with? Also, why are there so many salespeople trying to sell them? I guess I just don't get it.
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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    This is a good question,

    and we all need to get on it with the reputation stuff... I need the power to vote that spam down icon_twisted.gif
  • Puritas
    Puritas Posts: 670 Critical Contributor
    radiopy wrote:
    What the heck IS a fitted kitc.hen? Is this a European term that us Yanks aren't familiar with? Also, why are there so many salespeople trying to sell them? I guess I just don't get it.

    It's the best alliance in the game
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Well then, you should have clicked on the multitude of links that were posted icon_e_wink.gif

    A fitted kitchen is a kitchen that's been fitted.
  • radiopy
    radiopy Posts: 326 Mover and Shaker
    Puritas wrote:
    radiopy wrote:
    What the heck IS a fitted kitc.hen? Is this a European term that us Yanks aren't familiar with? Also, why are there so many salespeople trying to sell them? I guess I just don't get it.

    It's the best alliance in the game
    DOWNVOTE
  • radiopy
    radiopy Posts: 326 Mover and Shaker
    TheUnwiseOne wrote:
    Well then, you should have clicked on the multitude of links that were posted icon_e_wink.gif

    A fitted Intergalactic Space Vessel is a Intergalactic Space Vessel that's been fitted.
    Fitted for what? Do most kitchens require extreme unfittings?
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,335 Site Admin
    The really annoying thing is that these guys aren't really fully stoppable without going nuclear. They are real live humans, not bots. So updated captchas or the like won't stop them, or else it'd stop everyone. They use dozens of email services and randomly generated real world name/object email addresses. They post via various completely separate IPs, so an IP ban wont work. Some boards have made it so that the first few posts need to be approved, but since it's a real person they jus go through the rigamarole before getting themselves banned. It's the human element that's the rough part here. Some guy or gal is working for pennies somewhere to sit there and make accounts and spam forums 24/7. Ugh.
  • Kelbris
    Kelbris Posts: 1,051
    IceIX wrote:
    The really annoying thing is that these guys aren't really fully stoppable without going nuclear. They are real live humans, not bots. So updated captchas or the like won't stop them, or else it'd stop everyone. They use dozens of email services and randomly generated real world name/object email addresses. They post via various completely separate IPs, so an IP ban wont work. Some boards have made it so that the first few posts need to be approved, but since it's a real person they jus go through the rigamarole before getting themselves banned. It's the human element that's the rough part here. Some guy or gal is working for pennies somewhere to sit there and make accounts and spam forums 24/7. Ugh.

    Minimum amount of posts (5 or 10) posts in other threads before you can create your own thread

    Bam

    Won't completely stop them, but it's a pretty decent deterrent
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I hear super villains require a lot of stringent qualifications for their evil lairs so maybe the same applies to their kitchens?


    So... kitchen spammers are evil.

    The world makes sense again.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited March 2014
    http://www.bhg.com/kitchen/remodeling/p ... -unfitted/

    Edit: just u know, swap the space vessel in for a kitchen. 2 sec google search lol.
  • radiopy
    radiopy Posts: 326 Mover and Shaker
    IceIX wrote:
    The really annoying thing is that these guys aren't really fully stoppable without going nuclear. They are real live humans, not bots. So updated captchas or the like won't stop them, or else it'd stop everyone. They use dozens of email services and randomly generated real world name/object email addresses. They post via various completely separate IPs, so an IP ban wont work. Some boards have made it so that the first few posts need to be approved, but since it's a real person they jus go through the rigamarole before getting themselves banned. It's the human element that's the rough part here. Some guy or gal is working for pennies somewhere to sit there and make accounts and spam forums 24/7. Ugh.
    If it was Viagra or something, sure, that's normal spam. But fitted kitchens? Do people really browse forums and think "I wanted to read about MPQ, but now that you mention it, this is a perfect opportunity to update my eatery!"?
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,335 Site Admin
    Kelbris wrote:
    IceIX wrote:
    The really annoying thing is that these guys aren't really fully stoppable without going nuclear. They are real live humans, not bots. So updated captchas or the like won't stop them, or else it'd stop everyone. They use dozens of email services and randomly generated real world name/object email addresses. They post via various completely separate IPs, so an IP ban wont work. Some boards have made it so that the first few posts need to be approved, but since it's a real person they jus go through the rigamarole before getting themselves banned. It's the human element that's the rough part here. Some guy or gal is working for pennies somewhere to sit there and make accounts and spam forums 24/7. Ugh.

    Minimum amount of posts (5 or 10) posts in other threads before you can create your own thread

    Bam

    Won't completely stop them, but it's a pretty decent deterrent
    Doesn't work. You end up with semi-sensical posts in various threads that make enough sense not to kill 'em at the outset. Then comes the spam. Read a couple forums that have tried that with these spammers. The *best* strategy is to ban all of APNIC which'll get rid of most of it, but it also means that no one in all of Asia and some of the Middle East can't use the forums. Ick.
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,335 Site Admin
    radiopy wrote:
    If it was Viagra or something, sure, that's normal spam. But fitted Intergalactic Space Fleet? Do people really browse forums and think "I wanted to read about MPQ, but now that you mention it, this is a perfect opportunity to update my eatery!"?
    I know, right? I *did* like the Quality Name Brand Bag spam a couple days ago though, it has a pic of some store in China(?) called Bag Man. icon_e_smile.gif
  • Shadow
    Shadow Posts: 155
    IceIX wrote:
    Kelbris wrote:
    IceIX wrote:
    The really annoying thing is that these guys aren't really fully stoppable without going nuclear. They are real live humans, not bots. So updated captchas or the like won't stop them, or else it'd stop everyone. They use dozens of email services and randomly generated real world name/object email addresses. They post via various completely separate IPs, so an IP ban wont work. Some boards have made it so that the first few posts need to be approved, but since it's a real person they jus go through the rigamarole before getting themselves banned. It's the human element that's the rough part here. Some guy or gal is working for pennies somewhere to sit there and make accounts and spam forums 24/7. Ugh.

    Minimum amount of posts (5 or 10) posts in other threads before you can create your own thread

    Bam

    Won't completely stop them, but it's a pretty decent deterrent
    Doesn't work. You end up with semi-sensical posts in various threads that make enough sense not to kill 'em at the outset. Then comes the spam. Read a couple forums that have tried that with these spammers. The *best* strategy is to ban all of APNIC which'll get rid of most of it, but it also means that no one in all of Asia and some of the Middle East can't use the forums. Ick.

    Don't do that. I'm from Singapore so that would definitely be a disaster.
  • Eddiemon
    Eddiemon Posts: 1,470 Chairperson of the Boards
    Kelbris wrote:
    IceIX wrote:
    The really annoying thing is that these guys aren't really fully stoppable without going nuclear. They are real live humans, not bots. So updated captchas or the like won't stop them, or else it'd stop everyone. They use dozens of email services and randomly generated real world name/object email addresses. They post via various completely separate IPs, so an IP ban wont work. Some boards have made it so that the first few posts need to be approved, but since it's a real person they jus go through the rigamarole before getting themselves banned. It's the human element that's the rough part here. Some guy or gal is working for pennies somewhere to sit there and make accounts and spam forums 24/7. Ugh.

    Minimum amount of posts (5 or 10) posts in other threads before you can create your own thread

    Bam

    Won't completely stop them, but it's a pretty decent deterrent

    If its a real human it just increases the amount of spam it will generate before generating spam.

    I think it needs a heuristic like if k and c appear within 7 characters of themselves in that order twice in the first five lines and post title then bin it. Someone else can write the regexp, I've done the heavy lifting here.
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,335 Site Admin
    Shadow wrote:
    Don't do that. I'm from Singapore so that would definitely be a disaster.
    That's why I call it the nuclear solution. It's not really in the cards. The spam isn't bad enough that I can't usually keep up with it which means it'll be a blink for it to get taken care of with more mods around.
  • HailMary
    HailMary Posts: 2,179
    radiopy wrote:
    What the heck IS a fitted kitc.hen? Is this a European term that us Yanks aren't familiar with? Also, why are there so many salespeople trying to sell them? I guess I just don't get it.
    A fitted kitchon, or "Fkit" for those who have the pleasure of enjoying its wonders, is a versatile, comprehensive, synergistic, custom-built, all-natural, fully functional culinary solution for the modern home, and indeed, for the modern family.

    There's a place for everything, and everything is in its place. From the velvet-lined silverware display cases that slide smoothly and seamlessly on Teflon-coated bearings first developed by NASA, to the stovetop control buttons custom-milled from solid aluminum billets, from the Pininfarina-designed faucet handles to the recessed solar lamps that sigh soothingly as they awaken, fitted kitchons are a truly revolutionary experience. Fitted kitchons will not only transform your meal preparation -- they'll transform your life.

    Fitted kitchons are the way of the future, yet you could have one of your very own right now. Design. Convenience. Luxury. Herpes. Fitted kitchons: they'll make you say "Oh, Fkit!" We guarantee it.
  • Eddiemon
    Eddiemon Posts: 1,470 Chairperson of the Boards
    Shadow wrote:
    IceIX wrote:
    []Doesn't work. You end up with semi-sensical posts in various threads that make enough sense not to kill 'em at the outset. Then comes the spam. Read a couple forums that have tried that with these spammers. The *best* strategy is to ban all of APNIC which'll get rid of most of it, but it also means that no one in all of Asia and some of the Middle East can't use the forums. Ick.

    Don't do that. I'm from Singapore so that would definitely be a disaster.

    On the positive side it would also ban me. APNIC also covers .au
  • Eddiemon
    Eddiemon Posts: 1,470 Chairperson of the Boards
    HailMary wrote:
    radiopy wrote:
    What the heck IS a fitted kitc.hen? Is this a European term that us Yanks aren't familiar with? Also, why are there so many salespeople trying to sell them? I guess I just don't get it.
    A fitted kitchon, or "Fkit" for those who have the pleasure of enjoying its wonders, is a versatile, comprehensive, synergistic, custom-built, all-natural, fully functional culinary solution for the modern home, and indeed, for the modern family.

    There's a place for everything, and everything is in its place. From the velvet-lined silverware display cases that slide smoothly and seamlessly on Teflon-coated bearings first developed by NASA, to the stovetop control buttons custom-milled from solid aluminum billets, from the Pininfarina-designed faucet handles to the recessed solar lamps that sigh soothingly as they awaken, fitted kitchons are a truly revolutionary experience. Fitted kitchons will not only transform your meal preparation -- they'll transform your life.

    Fitted kitchons are the way of the future, yet you could have one of your very own right now. Design. Convenience. Luxury. Herpes. Fitted kitchons: they'll make you say "Oh, Fkit!" We guarantee it.

    So it's like IKEA but without the quality construction materials, personal service, convenient showrooms and customisation to your individual requirements?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Eddiemon wrote:
    Shadow wrote:
    IceIX wrote:
    []Doesn't work. You end up with semi-sensical posts in various threads that make enough sense not to kill 'em at the outset. Then comes the spam. Read a couple forums that have tried that with these spammers. The *best* strategy is to ban all of APNIC which'll get rid of most of it, but it also means that no one in all of Asia and some of the Middle East can't use the forums. Ick.

    Don't do that. I'm from Singapore so that would definitely be a disaster.

    On the positive side it would also ban me. APNIC also covers .au

    Do it, he jokingly threatened to get a song I don't like stuck in my head, so ya know, there's that icon_twisted.gif

    And noooo, I definitely didn't provoke him, inflection is soooo important
  • itstime1234
    itstime1234 Posts: 369 Mover and Shaker
    Well my sink really sucks these days so the ability to get all my mpq updates plus info on going fitted just makes absolute sense.

    Who isnt concerned over how well designed their fridge is amidst trying to match 3 gems.

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