Unfortunately most scammers and spammers LOVE disposable email accounts. We can allow disposable emails but I seriously doubt anyone would want to step up and start weeding them out along side me. There may be dozens a day and they lay eggs all over the forums.
Before I started using a text app that filters out spam and scam texts I would get dozens of spam/scam texts. Guess what email service nearly all of them used and the first two guesses don't count?
Some still get through here but since they are using bogus email addresses and domains they can never validate their accounts. Once a month I have to go in and ditch the inactive accounts and I usually find a months worth of them.
Convenience for a few means a lot more work for someone else (me). Others helped from time to time but that is on occasion, not regularly. In this case it is not one a-hole ruining it for everyone but a flood of a-holes.
Trevor wrote:
Nearly Ten years since I put this together & it's been adopted by most other Matsumoku brands.
So much work went into this & other Matsumoku research projects & still not even a Sticky.
No wonder most of the older more knowledgeable folk left this forum, such a shame.
Place is like a Friggin Cemetery.
Merry Christmas.
I missed your post asking this thread be made sticky. Up until April 10th of 2021 I worked full time and had a life so there are things I missed. There's this hidden feature on the board called Private Messages. Had you sent me one asking it be made sticky I would have happily done it. You have to keep in mind this is a one man show. Sure there has been help here and there but most of the time it is just me.
Had you sent me a PM asking why I hadn't made it sticky I would have apologized and explained then made it sticky. Lashing out at me helped nothing. I'm sorry it is a cemetery here. I'm sure it is my fault. You may be right, it is all because this thread was not sticky. It is now sticky and will remain at the top of the forum (although the post icon is still flashing as it is a popular thread, trust me, it is sticky). Would you prefer this thread were in another forum? Just say the word and it will be done.
you have no idea how many long hours We've put into gathering all this information, how much I've paid on hosting fees over the last 23 years, how many times I've had to move and re-configure the site, how much coding I've had to do, how much I've had to learn (Apache, PHP, mySQL, phpBB, Wordpress, Linux) so I didn't have to pay someone else to do it, how much myself and others have paid for catalogs, how much time myself and others put into scanning them in, cleaning them up and posting them, how many hours I've spent recovering from hacks and crashes (sometimes not sleeping before work, some taking weeks to figure out). Your contribution is greatly appreciated however there are many that came before and after you that contributed much more. No one knew what a Matsumoku was until this site was born.
Barry is correct. Forums are an outdated legacy in comparison to social media and most people want an instant answer and they're gone never to be heard from again. Facebook is great for this. We have literally hundreds of members with less than 5 posts.
This post sure made my Christmas Merry. Your heart warming and welcoming sentiment is reciprocated.
It's funny how people are quick to criticize and complain until THEY have to put the money, time and labor into something they take for granted. Just because it is free doesn't mean someone somewhere isn't footing the bill and putting in the work. And make ONE [Foul Language Used] mistake and you get raked over the coals.
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