I am amazed by the skills of some people here
 

Hi, Guys...!!!

I am new on your site and I am amazed by the skills of some people here...
not too sure if this is the right place to be posting this msg

Let me introduce myself first :

I am Yann, a webmaster and dive instructor, 27 years old.

i have many questions about music, web , PC and education...

Where i can post my messages...

So, thanks a lot!

...Why not post them right here in this thread?

Hi Yann~

Come, wander these hallowed threads and see where it takes you~

It's definitely an interesting journey!

Since this post is in "Entertainment" and has the dreaded "post" icon, 99.9% chance it is pre-spam.

How much scarier is it that his originating host is barak-online?

That depends wolf, it's a global community in which people move around a lot. There are many Yanns in the world and a quick search turned up this one fitting the description of ours. If they are one and the same, he may simply be a prolific poster. If not, I'll go with UT's hunch that this is pre-spam. I suppose we could ask Yann if the following info represents him:

Divers web site Yann profile

Yann blog

This is just speculation mind you. If Yann isn't posting from Al Hadaba, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinaï, Egypt [which may explain the barak-online hosting]; then, NEVERMIND. :D

one of our amazing skills is sniffing out spammers and tolertaing the nearly intolerable troll. Briefly.

That said, welcome and we look forward to hearing all about plonging.

Our two main skills are....

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

:scream: :eek3: :shocking: :bitching: :shocking: :eek3: :scream:

mmm.....what or who is barak-online?

Now, I know my skills at spotting trolls are legendarily poor, but this seemed loike a genuine post to me...

Barak was an old-school Cellar (think 1991, 2400-baud dialup modems) user. He was a flaming black separatist (or at least he played one online) who was always ready (and willing and able) to turn any discussion into a racial one. (If anybody else who was around then thinks that characterization is unfair or incomplete, please, chime in.)

There is backstory regarding that name that you do not know, but which Steve has done an excellent job of relating.

barak-online is an Israeli internet provider.

I seem to recall he was a misogynist too...:-)

While I recognize that it's a legitimate provider, I still thought that the association was funny.