One of the tasks of the Moderators is to watch out for inappropriate posts, or posts by individuals whose motives may be driven by something other than an appeal for support and information. These posts can sometimes be very subtle, and it may take more than one post before it becomes clear that the poster is gearing up to publicise a website or a product. Often, links are hidden in posts which may seem to be pointless as other members won’t recognise them and click on them, but they are placed there to be picked up by search engine webcrawlers and bots, thus boosting their status in web searches.
Some, however, are stunning in their transparency and it is immediately clear that the poster has no experience or relationship to diabetes, or indeed any notion of the purpose of any of the various sections of the forum. Usually, these are simply deleted, but I did discover this post which was originally posted in the pumping section, then moved to the pregnancy section after being given the benefit of the doubt, remains behind and may as well be left as an example for all to see!
Here are some additional examples that got deleted:
Posted in the Events Section, where diabetes or forum related activities are normally publicised:
Britniam 15/07/2010 Events
What events affected slavery during the civil war?
i have to write a few paragraphs about some major events but what were some major events happened that affect slavery during the civil war such as a republican president being ellected. and be specific?
…and later that year by a supposedly different person:
Ebeneezer 9/11/2010 Events
What events affected slavery during the civil war?
i have to write a few paragraphs about some major events but what were some major events happened that affect slavery during the civil war such as a republican president being ellected. and be specific?
In the Food section:
1 Diabetes Diet
This rather valuable opinion
(What???!!!)
In the Off the Subject section (OK, I accept is was decidedly off-topic!)
Chauffeured limousine services in Poland
xxxxx is a full service limousine company founded in 1995 by the company Presidents, Tomasz and Ryszard . xxxxx is a part of the xxxxxThe Limousine Service - Warsaw, Poland.
Situated in the very heart of central Warsaw, is perfectly placed to attend to your limo requirements within minutes.
With our impeccable fleet of luxurious limos, ranging from executive sedans, exclusive limos, sports limos, SUV to the executive vans / MPV, buses and coaches, we offer a smooth, professional limo service with style and sophistication.
Post link: http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=9503
If I had seen one of the "civil war" ones, I would probably have replied "do you mean slavery by the Cromwellians, or by the Royalists?". After all as it's a UK forum, that to us is *the* Civil War. :D
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