pickaloo

I have a confession to make. I'm a Nintendo fan boy. I started with a NES back in the 80s and since then I've owned a SNES, a Gameboy, an N64, a Gamecube, a DS and I own a Wii. But only a few months ago I bought my first ever non-Nintendo console. I bought a PS3. And I love it. Blu-ray is great, having a wireless media server is a dream and lately my Wii has been collecting dust as I play Grand Theft Auto 4 every weekend. So it's fair to say that I'm a fan of the PS3. But then someone like pickaloo comes along and ruins everything. It seems as though the only reason pickaloo joined Metafilter was to optimise search engine results for the PS3. His spammy FPP was nothing more than a statement, really, that the PS3 exists. Pathetic! His three throwaway comments weren't any better either; indeed, they were all from the one thread! Observe the lameness...

"Taking 20 will cure aids!"
(from the I've got a gut feeling. . . this could work FPP)

"Ridiculous!"
(also from the I've got a gut feeling. . . this could work FPP)

"That's just idiotic!"
(also from the I've got a gut feeling. . . this could work FPP)

Maybe pickaloo had a gut feeling that he could get away with his SEO ways. The wrathful mathowie, however, showed him otherwise. And so pickaloo was forever banned, as is only proper. The only upside? Given that his comments were brief and all in the one thread, writing about his was quick and easy, leaving me more time to play Grand Theft Auto 4. Until next time! Or maybe I should play Mario Kart, just to spite him...

[Learn more about this spammer at the Deleted Thread Blog]

br0chet

I am told that Brochet is an unincorporated community located in Northern Manitoba near the Saskatchewan border. And, thanks to a recent MetaTalk thread, I am also told that former MeFite br0chet is a spammer. He's also a special spammer... a man of firsts around Metafilter and these here parts. You see, rather than contributing three or four throwaway comments before spamming Metafilter, br0chet decided to simply spam individual users using MeFi Mail.

I won't repeat the contents of his spammy e-mail (you can read the MetaTalk thread for those details), but sufficed to say, he's banned now. It's not clear but it looks as though the kill can be attributed to jessamyn. Congrats jessamyn, for banning this innovating spammer!