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Q: How do fake eChinacities posters affect the rest of us?

Now that you've hopefully forgotten the never-ending fiasco of the past few weeks and don't mind that I'm in the middle of a looooooong m-fing run-on sentence, how do you feel that I'm suddenly trying to be like your long-long bestest friend here in China despite being a "new" member that suddenly rehashes really old and overdone topics that will inevitably lead me to post those links that you know are coming?  Speaking of these "new" members, why always appear on a Friday evening or during a holiday? How can a "new" member meet people in just a few short months that we never meet in a decade here? My position is that they move the expository evidence posts off the first page and allows itself to keep the "un-named" for five posts organization on the front page (when Admin Cat is away doing whatever Admin Cats do) - oh look, I've created yet another run-on sentence...I should portend to be a teacher so I can complain about the lack of grammar and spelling ability amongst new teachers or whatever in the hell it is I was trying to sidetrack you with. Disagree? Why?

Oh, and who really ever uses the word, "...fellas" in this day and age? Proof is in the pudding, four out of five 'recent popular' posts are originated by, or about, that which will not be named.

 

I guess I was wrong! Our CFTU plant didn't even wait for five posts. Good job, Admin!

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XXXLarge, Weihai Wendy, the dude that ends in 12 but i cant remember.  They can all choke on a bowl of dicks

RiriRiri:

I spent the last 21 STRAIGHT HOURS on the phone with expatlife26 and he confirmed they can all choke on a bowl of dicks.

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hahaha oh god weihai wendy is pissed I said i'm gonna beat up all the CFTU members I see

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But there's only 1 member of the CFTU expatlife26 so it should be a fair fight. Especially when the opponent has been castrated 

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I know hahaha

 

I dont wanna be one of those guys who talks shit and doesn't follow through

 

If I thought there were any members I wouldn't commit to fighting them but since there arent any I got free reign

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Personaly, I enjoy the craic. It the same pattern every time. But these quoted sites seem to be gradually being blocked. Its not Government, its a vendetta to subliminaly make us anti Chinese. I just keeep checking the "need answers" to see if there is a genuine person I can help. In between, its a gigggle Smile And of course, genuine first time question posters have a question to ask and tentativly ask it. They dont ask a dozen silly queations all at once.

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yeah you know beyond whether it's a scam or not...i just think the guy is a total wanker you know?

 

Mean spirited dickhead, everything he posts is encouraging people to paranoid, unhappy and angry. Probably like how he sees the world.

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Cheap entertainment! wink It's like the Inquirer, the Onion, and a badly translated kung-fu movie all rolled into one.

 

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XXXLarge, Weihai Wendy, the dude that ends in 12 but i cant remember.  They can all choke on a bowl of dicks

RiriRiri:

I spent the last 21 STRAIGHT HOURS on the phone with expatlife26 and he confirmed they can all choke on a bowl of dicks.

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hahaha oh god weihai wendy is pissed I said i'm gonna beat up all the CFTU members I see

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But there's only 1 member of the CFTU expatlife26 so it should be a fair fight. Especially when the opponent has been castrated 

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I know hahaha

 

I dont wanna be one of those guys who talks shit and doesn't follow through

 

If I thought there were any members I wouldn't commit to fighting them but since there arent any I got free reign

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Guys, let's all make sure to get on the phone with the former eChinacities moderator Traveler for about 20 something hours, so that we can ask him about the "See-Tee-Eff-You."  Just in case another one of those fake guys shows up. Come on, the phone calls... get on it.

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It's a shame these marathon calls take so long, but it's worth it to get to the bottom of WHO these trolls are and WHY they insist to bash and trash the CFTU.

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Personally, it doesn't affect me at all. I don't get my knickers in a twist over internet trolls.

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I don't care.I get busier with my real life.Maybe go to party soon...

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Well I was just on the phone with former ECC moderator Traveler for 29 hours and he said he's glad Weirdo.Wendy's gone.

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it is a little disappointing, i was thinking of breaking out the sailboat in weihai and get her, weihai wendy, wasted on baijo and wake up on the beach of south korea the next day on a hello kitty blanket and an empty six pack of "hite" beer, hey i got thirsty, breakfast of champions, i had the idea she might want to use the internet where it really works like it suppose to, but she was probably a guy with an identity crisis.

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Well done, fellas!  Bore it right up em!

 

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Well done, fellas!  Bore it right up em!

 

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First thing. I post on here too much. And I know it gets boring reading my rubbish.

 

Why do I post so often?  Because I enjoy it. I enjoy the light hearted banter, but most of all I enjoy being able to give answers to people who need real answers to real questions.

 

We all know this website is a commercial business. They make money from advertising. That is the whole point of this site.  This forum has a great format. Ask a question, get an answer. But the Q&A is not a money maker. The job adverts are. And rival sites use that to their advantage.

 

Just Bing any "Chinese city" expat forum. There are hundreds of them, but the forums  have maybe have 6 posts from 3 years ago

 

GoKunming is ok. GZ stuff is sometimes interesting, SZ stuff is full of nutters  Every other site seems to average 2 posts a month. There are loads of people trying to cash in on ex-pat forums.

 

And because of this, EChina gets attacked. It gets attacked because it is probably the biggest source of information about what it is like to really live in China.

 

I propose a solution to the spamming. Promote some posters to be mods. Separate the Q&A side of the business from the commercial side.   In effect, allow public minded people to run the forum for the people with genuine questions.

 

Sorrel, for example, would be a great moderator. She is cool headed, factual, and sober. Dr M too. And most definitley Scan.

 

The mods could keep in contact on a wechat group, discuss posters and ask the commercial admin to take steps.

 

The point I want to make is, the posters on here post because we enjoy posting. We enjoy posting and we want to pass on any help we can.

 

If this was to happen, and Echina could clearly display a separation between commercial interests and honest people wanting to help others, the spammers would be gone.

 

Rather like seperation of Government and the Judiciary.

 

In my experience, when a forum is run by a single person, it tends to dry up and die. But get a few keen posters together, give them a promotion to mod, and the place will thrive wink. Admin can sit back and see a well regulated site bring the clicks into the commercial site.

 

Just an idea

 

xunliang:

I agree. It's obvious one admin is not enough to keep the nutters at bay. Some moderators with limited powers might help. Although, it could also make things much worse if you make the wrong people mods.

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I'm ok with nutjobs it's the scammers i think we have a problem with.


Though honestly I think CFTU Guy is both. I really can't imagine that International Recovery Service or Clever China Cheaters could possibly be a viable business looking as sketchy and amateurish as it does. 

 

I think that guy just kinda does it compulsively at this point. Maybe he would scam someone if he could but I really think it's just a lunatic compulsive liar who will defend his nonsense to the death for some reason.

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I think the trolls just low in the self-esteem department - poor flowers 

 

our new friend Billy2013 has not only has contributed stellar comments to date since joining ECC, but also does great blogs courtesy of Wikitravels.

 

keep it up wink

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