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What shall we do with dating scam/Russian bride topics? Leave them in Talk Lounge/Russian People/Contexts  0%  [ 0 ] Move them to Not Relevant  45%  [ 5 ] Create a new folder for them  27%  [ 3 ] Delete them  27%  [ 3 ] Total Votes : 11
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:05 pm    Post subject: What shall we do with dating scam/Russian bride topics? Ok, a small follow-up on the new folder suggestion:scammers thread
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Jutrzenkapolska VIP Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 534	Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:29 pm    Post subject: Honestly, a new folder is the last thing we need.
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e VIP Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 654	Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:46 am    Post subject: Since they don't seem to "get it", they keep on coming, and they wont go away, I say contain them in their little section and keep the rest of the board free of their posts. Deleting and banning them outright would be censorship since they really aren't doing anything wrong in the first place.
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wavetossed WayToRussified Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 339	Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:09 pm    Post subject: If we move these posts to Not Relevant along with a note explaining why, then I think that is the best. Here is an example note. ---- This is a site about TRAVEL not about marriage or dating or crime. You should post things like that on other sites that specialize in your question. ---- You could even include a list of suggested URLs. http://www.russianmeetingplace.com/forums http://www.rwguide.com/Russian_Woman_Message_Forum.html http://www.fsb.ru/contact/contact.html https://tips.fbi.gov/ The last two URLs are where the FSB and the FBI want people to report crimes to them. If a scam is not a crime worth reporting to the police then it is not worth discussing on the net. And if more people would report the criminals, then people would stop doing it. The FSB has arrested people for scamming, most recently in Ekaterinburg. For some reason, suckers who send money to Russian criminals are stone stupid. They don't know that Russia has police and you can report crimes to them.
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:16 pm    Post subject: wavetossed, we've (the mods) have been thinking the same way too. I think that's a good way to tackle the situation. However we think it's also fair that we let this poll run for a few more days to let people let us know what they think. If people indeed think it's better to move them to Not Relevant, then we will notify admin and take action.
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Camrade VIP Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 516 Location: Санкт-Петербург	Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:27 pm    Post subject: voted for "delete em all" that's my opinion
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Jutrzenkapolska VIP Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 534	Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:30 pm    Post subject: Would you care to explain why?
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Camrade VIP Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 516 Location: Санкт-Петербург	Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:33 pm    Post subject: Agata, i am not completely sure about scam topics, but dating - is not relevant for this forum... so I guess we should delete them as well as spam and so on.
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overseas_expat VIP Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 741 Location: Moscow	Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 12:43 am    Post subject: Create a new folder! Where they can all get to gether and whine that when they tried to buy a Russian girl they got scammed Wouldn't it just be so much easier if you could just charge-a-girl-on Paypal?
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UsualSuspect WayToRussified Joined: 08 May 2003 Posts: 324 Location: The Land of Oz	Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:57 am    Post subject: Delete....... All, There are countless other forums for dating etc etc, including huge indexes of scammers elsewhere on the World Wide Wait. I believe Dmitri's original intent was a TRAVEL website and I for one would rather it broadly continue in that vein. 2 cents Usualsuspect
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DITTRICH WayToRussified Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 429 Location: London UK	Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:52 am    Post subject: My 2(english)p Delete these posts. This is supposed to be a travel website. Rgds Les
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:54 am    Post subject: As you realise, no one has voted to leave them where they are (Talk Lounge/Russian People/Contexts). It means we have to do something about them, be it to move or delete them. We will make a decision soon.
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:45 pm    Post subject: We've discussed and think that moving these topics to Not Relevant would be the most suitable optioin. Deleting/banning them is too extreme and should be limited only to the most notorious WWuWannabes. However, it may be difficult to define which is a 'dating/scam' post or not since many have a few ligit travel-related questions in there. We're wondering if we should bother to censor parts of a post, but it could be tedious. In any case, we will need to write new rules regarding this. Meanwhile we still need to collect more votes.
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mister_wizzz VIP Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 582	Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:09 pm    Post subject: overseas_expat wrote: Create a new folder! Where they can all get to gether and whine that when they tried to buy a Russian girl they got scammed Wouldn't it just be so much easier if you could just charge-a-girl-on Paypal? Yeah could be nice. Each time I will get depressed for any reason I will check this folder, stories of those guys who get scammed should be funny to read
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Jutrzenkapolska VIP Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 534	Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:17 pm    Post subject: Yeah, like Wu was funny to read. Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
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