scoobies...

[jno]

What's with these scoubidou questions? A while back someone suggested they were spam; I wasn't convinced but now I'm wondering. They come in about a week apart, always in Art & Lit, always from some new user in green - they never say thank you and you never seem to hear from them again. Are they some sort of spam marketing device? If so, can they be blocked? Apologies to any genuine questioners... if you exist.

[woofgang]

I thik what happens is someone does a search for "scoubidous" or how to do them and the old page is found they join AB to ask their one question, get the answer they want then leave again....just like the marlboro quiz oinly iinfinitely less annoying

[jno]

could well be, woofgang. I wish their search would take them to a page with the answer on it.

[woofgang]

oh were you around in the marlboro days, it was total chaos

[jno]

before my time woofgang, I've only been here since January... is there a website devoted to the incident that I could read??

[woofgang]

nah, I think the ed banned the threads in the end it all got prety abusive