MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 How in the world do y'all keep this site so clean from spam? I don't think I have ever seen a spam post pop up on this site, unlike the other popular MFA forum site. I sincerely applaud you for however you are doing it. Thank you. FloMoParent 1 Quote
Danpod Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 I am definitely not smart enough to know how it gets done here. In the early days, we did have an issue with it popping up every now and then. I can say that we have a great community that stays vigilant and messages us if spam makes it on these boards! Quote
Dog885 Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 So, almost every time I'm on this website my antivirus says that the website or something is trying to download something. What is it? Quote
LeanderMomma Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 8:26 PM, Dog885 said: So, almost every time I'm on this website my antivirus says that the website or something is trying to download something. What is it? It doesn’t like YouTube links. It thinks they might contain a virus. Anytime you run across a post here with YouTube links in it, you’ll get that notice. Quote
takigan Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 2:49 PM, MadisonBandMan1 said: How in the world do y'all keep this site so clean from spam? I don't think I have ever seen a spam post pop up on this site, unlike the other popular MFA forum site. I sincerely applaud you for however you are doing it. Thank you. Well, we blocked the entire country of Russia from posting here. So there's that... MTxBGA LeanderMomma and FloMoParent 2 Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 12, 2018 Author Posted July 12, 2018 On 7/12/2018 at 10:57 AM, takigan said: Well, we blocked the entire country of Russia from posting here. So there's that... MTxBGA Haha that's funny. Quote
AvonDad Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 8:26 PM, Dog885 said: So, almost every time I'm on this website my antivirus says that the website or something is trying to download something. What is it? When getting on the forums I get a flash file that wants to download. I just cancel it, but always wondered whats with the SWF file. Quote
Dog885 Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 On 7/12/2018 at 12:55 AM, LeanderMomma said: It doesn’t like YouTube links. It thinks they might contain a virus. Anytime you run across a post here with YouTube links in it, you’ll get that notice. Thanks! Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Posted July 15, 2018 Oh no, the mods are human! Its okay though, it happens. As long as this place doesn't get as bad as the mfa forum, it will be fine. Quote
LostChoirGuy Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 You probably dont notice because it is almost always handled very quickly, but spam posts are a fairly frequent occurrence on the site and they are always dealt with efficiently. The moderators do a great job, but that is not to say that we wont see some every now and again. I agree that we need to thank everyone who works hard to keep the site running, though! FloMoParent 1 Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 26, 2018 Author Posted July 26, 2018 So whatever happened to trumpet master? Or any of the old staff/moderators? I can also tell on these forums each of your paths to maturity too. For example, back a short 11 years ago in 2007, takigan posted the "LMB" phrase, which is something I couldn't see him saying on an average day now. It actually surprised me when I saw that. Quote
takigan Posted July 26, 2018 Posted July 26, 2018 Alex (Clarinot) still shows up in times of trouble .Zach (bluebellbrass) runs Couchmen and a photography business, so he stays pretty busy.mbui is married with kids and works a pretty time-intensive job. Those 2 things often boot out hobbies like this. He was at BOA Conroe last year though, and I wouldn't be surprised if he still lurks.TrumpetMaster blogged the first revived RGV regional in....what year was it? 2014? Not sure what he's been up to lately though.lol, "LMB"....yeah....I used to say whatever was on my mind on the internet back in the 2005-2008 period. That's how the internet is (was?). I'm a quiet guy and am not super sociable in real life, though I realized reaching the end of my Music Ed degree that a lot more people in the band directing world knew who I was by reputation of this site than I might've liked to admit, and as someone who was thinking about becoming a band director at the time, I didn't feel like that was doing any favors for my professional image, lol. MadisonBandMan1 1 Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 26, 2018 Author Posted July 26, 2018 Im sure you would have been fine lol. Speaking of band stuff, do you still do private lessons? Quote
takigan Posted July 27, 2018 Posted July 27, 2018 Yup . Cy Woods HS and a couple middle schools. Quote
MadisonBandMan1 Posted July 27, 2018 Author Posted July 27, 2018 On 7/27/2018 at 1:02 AM, takigan said: Yup . Cy Woods HS and a couple middle schools. would you ever consider doing lessons over skype? Quote
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