I usually tag the person's name or quote their entire post @Woodgreen, but in this instance, I didn't, so I realise that my post looks a bit odd. Unfortunately, I've also had grief from other posters about flagging spam, so I sometimes wonder why I even bother at all. I've now pressed ignore on those members though Perhaps they would prefer it if they had to pay for using the forum, because without advertising, it wouldn't be free for us all to use when we feel like it. It also clogs up pages and queries get missed - that's happened frequently in the past. Pages of kitchen spam was a favourite for along time. The reason we have the flagging system is so that members can notify the mods about advertising
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl I quite agree about spam being a nuisance but I thought pressing the spam flag would eventually do the trick. (When that is working properly of course ) It's the comments to the spammer, left in isolation, that cause confusion. I often wonder if the person posting the spam even sees them, they probably don't even bother to look on the thread again, so it's only readers, especially those new to the forum who are puzzled by a random post. This was in no way intended to criticise you, or any of us who try to keep the forum for its intended purpose, and I'm sorry if you thought it was. 🙂
Picture me confused when I got the email notifications 😂 Thanks to everyone who reported the spam 😁 Good thing about it is that looking back at the photo in the first post really shows how much my trees have grown in the past year!
It can be very confusing when comments are made about spam, especially when they are, shall we say, told to go away. When the spam is removed these comments remain, and can look very unfriendly out of the context of the spam!
The irony of commenting on spam is it just raises the topic to the top of the board again! Best to ignore, or if people feel strongly enough, then flag it. It will drop off the board in due course either way.
In this case - other people added comments anyway because the spammer posted, bringing the thread back to the top of the page @Dave Humby, so it's slightly irrelevant.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We've two feeders now in our garden having experimented with several.
I try to have "fair shares for all."
Regular visitors are blackbirds, sparrows, dunnocks, robins, blue tits, a wagtail and a few starlings. We try to discourage the wood pigeons by throwing magazines at the French windows, it's enough to scare them off.
This one I made is shared by most of the birds that visit our garden and a pair of squirrels, we've mixed food in it. The bar keeps the wood pigeons out.
It's on a pergola post next to our French windows.
With the peanut butter jar, I had to extend the mouth with a bit of a used jar as the starlings were emptying it. Now only the
blue tits can get in there. It's also too high
above the roof of the feeder for the squirrels.
As it's so close to the house, one of the French window door handles, makes a handy perch. "Rocky" our robin is often on there, but by the time my wife has shouted to me when I'm in the front room and I've got my camera, he's gone.
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The birdbath is shared by all, there's no fights as there's always enough food to go round.
The other feeder is like this.
You can't see it but it's in here, in the azaleas next to the patio, stuck on top of a two foot high post. Only the smallest birds can access this. I'm refilling every few weeks.
You can't see it but I've a wire fence surrounding the azaleas.
Before, cats could stay under them and pounce out on any birds on the patio.
The birds and the hedgehog can get through it, but now cats can't, nor jump over the top of it as the azaleas are too dense.
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Unfortunately, I've also had grief from other posters about flagging spam, so I sometimes wonder why I even bother at all. I've now pressed ignore on those members though
Perhaps they would prefer it if they had to pay for using the forum, because without advertising, it wouldn't be free for us all to use when we feel like it. It also clogs up pages and queries get missed - that's happened frequently in the past. Pages of kitchen spam was a favourite for along time.
The reason we have the flagging system is so that members can notify the mods about advertising
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I quite agree about spam being a nuisance but I thought pressing the spam flag would eventually do the trick. (When that is working properly of course ) It's the comments to the spammer, left in isolation, that cause confusion. I often wonder if the person posting the spam even sees them, they probably don't even bother to look on the thread again, so it's only readers, especially those new to the forum who are puzzled by a random post.
This was in no way intended to criticise you, or any of us who try to keep the forum for its intended purpose, and I'm sorry if you thought it was.
🙂
This particular person is someone I've been a bit suspicious of for a while, and clearly, others thought so too
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...