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Subject: I'm being stalked to join groups.

Can't we make this illegal or something?? Don't PM people about joining groups if they don't want to get PM's about it??

[Edited on 3/1/2006]

  • 03.01.2006 12:49 PM PDT
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It is pretty much illegal, but it's private messages, which the moderators have no control over. They can't just ban someone from the public forums because you report them for spamming your inbox. You can, however, block the user or delete the message. I just ignore any spam invites I receive and delete them straight away.

  • 03.01.2006 1:19 PM PDT

"It's like a cake filled with pies." -Pete "Mango" Parsons

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Hmm, if you dont like it just ignore it. It's that simple.

  • 03.01.2006 1:53 PM PDT
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Only the paranoid will survive!

I go so far as to Block anyone who invites me, unless I know them from IRC or something.

  • 03.01.2006 2:00 PM PDT

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. And it is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag.Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC

Just ingnore em.

I get a fiew each week, and the ones that i do check out are hardly ever any good.


So you can ignore and even block those people.

  • 03.01.2006 2:49 PM PDT

"You know what happens when you leave someone hanging for too long? They fall."

*Click* Psshhhhhhhh

Is it just me or is the Septagon starting to get a ton of repetitive threads that are based on the same thing, eventually leading to the same out come.

  • 03.01.2006 7:39 PM PDT
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The discussion parameters are limited, we are bound to get repeat topics.

I will delete the occasional group invite and block the person, unless I happen to know them. In fact, there are a couple of boxes with no names next to them under my ignore list. Oh well.

  • 03.01.2006 7:44 PM PDT

I'm not that active, but never dead.

I look at the group, then decide if it's a chapter or not, then decide if it's worth it, then delete and/or block user, or the join.


I also join any group that invites me because I don't know which group around the corner might deserve the next Chapter Spotlight, and it's nice to see varity.

  • 03.01.2006 9:10 PM PDT
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I check out the group only if it is not soley based on halo 2. I do not reply to the message. If the group if good, I stay for awhile, if not, then I press Alt+F4.

  • 03.01.2006 9:23 PM PDT

Reply to them that it is considered rude to send unsolicited messages, and explain to them that you've blocked them. Chances are it won't have any effect (most rude people are always going to be rude, no matter what you say), but there's the possibility that you might just get through to them so they don't do it again to other people.

  • 03.02.2006 2:38 AM PDT

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Just delete and pretend that you never saw it. If they send another one then block and place the user on your ignore list. Then pretend you never saw the guy before.

  • 03.02.2006 3:59 AM PDT

I take two things into consideration when getting an intive, spelling/grammer and Pitch. If i receive a pm with the link and "JOIN NOW" next to it, it is binned. If i receive one from someone who can't spell, binned. The only ones that are worth checking are ones that gives you a paragraph about the group and is polite.

Thats the way i see it.

  • 03.02.2006 5:12 AM PDT

Posted by: Johnrap
Posted by: Reiginko
Reply to them that it is considered rude to send unsolicited messages, and explain to them that you've blocked them. Chances are it won't have any effect (most rude people are always going to be rude, no matter what you say), but there's the possibility that you might just get through to them so they don't do it again to other people.


How is sending an invite rude? If anything it's polite.

In high school and college I was often depressed that I never got invited to parties. I would've done anything to get an invite. But it just never happened for me. Now, I'm in a Bungie.net group, and I invite people. But I don't think I'm spamming or being rude. My invites are also personal. They always reference where I've seen the person and why I think they'd enjoy the group.

And I do expect people to appreciate getting the invite. I know that I was overjoyed the day I got an invite from Mjolnir Battle Tactics. I'm still waiting for my invite to ODST Recon. I've yet to get one. I'm not sure if they've stopped recruting or what. But, maybe I'm just not one of the 1,500 most popular people on Bungie.net. Which is perfectly understandable. I do somewhat have the reputation of a spammer.

I personally thinkg it is ridiculous that someone is complaining that they get too many group invites. To borrow from Adam Corrola, this is like the guy who calls Loveline to complain that his -blam!- is too big and he can't ride a bicycle. It's just a way of bragging, while trying not to look too obvious about it.

Getting invites is not rude. A lot of people would love to get invites. I think the people complaining about getting too many invites are really saying, "Look at me! I'm so popular that I constantly get invited to groups."

That's a nice analogy, but it's more or less basically flawed. You can join a group without receiving an invite, unlike a closed party. If you want to join a certain group, go to the group's home page and click "Join this group". If they decide you're worthy to join, they will let you, if they don't and it's not an open membership, well that's the way the jelly rolls.

None of the closed-membership groups I've been heavily involved in have only accepted people who've been invited to join. They may have certain requirements to join, but they're not going to spam up the inboxes of everybody they come across who fit those requirements. For example, you can't join the Myth Jumpers unless you own a copy of Myth, but we don't invite people to join. Likewise, for a period of time I closed membership of Body Politic to prevent members of a certain other group which was involved in an attempt to unethically influence the outcome of our first election from joining, but I certainly didn't message everybody on the forums who wasn't a member of that group.

If there's a chapter in the seventh column you'd like to join, click on the join link! If they knock you back based on some unreasonable rationale, they're a bunch of elitist jerks, and generally those chapters are -blam!- uncool. I mean, don't get offended if your membership request is denied by a chapter which consists exclusively of a group of close friends from a small area who use the column to organise their LANs, but seriously man, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Stop being so gosh-darn insecure!

  • 03.02.2006 5:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: Johnrap
Just for the record: I'm not insecure.

(Actually, I haven't studied psychology. So I'm not really sure what the clinical definition of insecure means.)

I can say this however. Complaining about getting too many invites is ridiculous. It's like complaining to your boss that he's paying you too much money. Or putting an ad in the personals to say, "Stop inviting me to dinner." It's just ridiculous.

Even if someone were getting 5 group invites per day, which I highly doubt, how is that a problem? Just click delete.

And, if it is a problem, then create some type of Do Not Invite List. And if people send invites without first checkign that list, then that is a blacklistable offense.


It isn't ridiculous - getting spammed with invites is a waste of my time. I have never joined a group based on an invite, and to be honest sending generic invites reeks of desperation.

  • 03.02.2006 6:04 AM PDT

Posted by: Johnrap
Just for the record: I'm not insecure.

(Actually, I haven't studied psychology. So I'm not really sure what the clinical definition of insecure means.)

I can say this however. Complaining about getting too many invites is ridiculous. It's like complaining to your boss that he's paying you too much money. Or putting an ad in the personals to say, "Stop inviting me to dinner." It's just ridiculous.

The point is that it's annoying, no matter what the volume is. Just like it's annoying to receive emails promoting -blam!- enlargements or free holidays. It's not a major problem, however it's still rude on behalf of the person sending the message. If somebody were to not say "thank you" after you did them a favour, it wouldn't really affect you, but it's still unacceptable behaviour and your opinion that person would probably be thoroughly diminished as a result.

And, if it is a problem, then create some type of Do Not Invite List. And if people send invites without first checkign that list, then that is a blacklistable offense.
I don't see how that could be in any way enforceable, firstly because there's no way for moderators to know whether somebody's sending other people group invites, and secondly because a blacklist doesn't prevent people from posting in 7th Column groups and sending PMs.

- Reiginko

  • 03.02.2006 6:04 AM PDT

I'm not that active, but never dead.

Don't double post, quoteing, copying, editing then pasting works just fine.

Also, can you provide a link to this 1,500 Most Popular People of Bungie.net?

  • 03.02.2006 10:38 AM PDT

Posted by: Johnrap
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Don't double post, quoteing, copying, editing then pasting works just fine.

It wasn't really a double post. Because they were only 2 minutes apart.
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Also, can you provide a link to this 1,500 Most Popular People of Bungie.net?

Here you go. I just got my invite this morning and joined.


Ha, nice one !

  • 03.02.2006 10:43 AM PDT
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What a thread.

  • 03.02.2006 11:29 AM PDT
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I find getting PMs asking me to join groups rather annoying, and consider it as spam, class Pure.

Every time I get an invite, I get in my "crush head with Tro" mood, and again the "enjoyment" of B.net is gone... That's even before I've looked at the Underground!

Please, for all of you who're sending random invites to people you've never ever talked to before, please think that you're probably more annoying to this person then Shiver is ugly.

  • 03.02.2006 12:46 PM PDT

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