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What in Tarnation?
What in Tarnation?
by timmp, September 10
Plumber meets Electrician
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Greg,

If you're familiar with the sites AOL was offering (Homestead I think it was??), it's similar to that idea where it's open to anyone, anywhere... therein lies the problem...

Looking quickly, it looks like there's 2-3 new ones per day average.

Bill

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Bill,

Thanks for the notification.

Feel free to chuck the Free Websites into the large Black Hole of Cyberspace!

Scott


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It looks like there must be a BB somewhere that alerts people to free web space. I agree with Scott, chuck them.
I bet, even a small charge, would make 99% of the problem go away but there is really no good reason to do it. Web space is pretty cheap just about anywhere.


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It could very well be automated, like the spam-bots that create new accounts with random profile information and spam forums.

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Update:

I've disabled the Freebie account signups. This doesn't seem to affect any of the existing sites. I'll look into options next week.

Bill

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