# Any mods up? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 26, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496 "2019-10-26T11:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/21 "2019-10-27T01:31:36Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > So in short he (?) is the Babe Ruth of the Banhammer? I wonder if I can get him to autograph a meat cleaver for me? 😃 **Marley** was the Babe, **engineer** is Barry Bonds (without the steroids - I think;)) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/22 "2019-10-27T12:41:35Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > **Marley** was the Babe, **engineer** is Barry Bonds (without the steroids - I think;)) Let us hope — or his name will have to be changed to **engineer\_comp\_geek** \* 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/23 "2019-11-01T19:56:53Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Some of the numbers were international phone numbers, which was the point of the spam. What was the point of including a phone number? What were they trying to achieve by doing that? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/24 "2019-11-01T20:07:26Z")
Getting people to call it and incur charges, I assume. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/25 "2019-11-01T20:22:51Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What was the point of including a phone number? What were they trying to achieve by doing that? If you’re selling something, your adverts should include your contact details. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/26 "2019-11-01T20:39:57Z")
Yeah, but it was a wall of text with phone numbers just buried in the middle if I recall. No one is going to search through that wall and copy and paste a phone number. No one. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/27 "2019-11-01T22:40:04Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yeah, but it was a wall of text with phone numbers just buried in the middle if I recall. > > No one is going to search through that wall and copy and paste a phone number. No one. Maybe your stalker will include it in their next post in their next incarceration. That clown is like the Beetlejuice of trolls. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/28 "2019-11-01T23:44:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yeah, but it was a wall of text with phone numbers just buried in the middle if I recall. > > No one is going to search through that wall and copy and paste a phone number. No one. they do this to game search engines; they spam a bunch of links for the sites they’re shilling for to try to make it more likely that site will pop up in people’s search results for associated keywords. they don’t care if any of us click the links or call the phone number, they want people from where they are (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, etc.) to find the site/phone number when they search for something. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/29 "2019-11-02T12:19:27Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > For some reason, spammers almost never post in the Pit. My snip of your quote. Terribly tempted to make this my Sig Line !! 😃 Grateful as always to The Mods, who burn a lot of their personal time putting out these fires. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/30 "2019-11-02T12:28:34Z")
Just nailed another one. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/31 "2019-11-02T12:34:09Z")
Yeah, but you posted the announcement in the wrong thread. This thread is about Mr 150 Spam Posts. The thread about Mr Idiot Stalker is [over here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884648). Easy to get them crossed, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496/32 "2019-11-03T17:12:32Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Grateful as always to The Mods, who burn a lot of their personal time putting out these fires. Seconded ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-up/842496.md?page=1)