Increased Spam Filter
By Barry Ritholtz - May 31st, 2009, 5:32PM
Just an FYI: If you post a comment amd it doesn’t show, its probably been caught by the newly amped up spam filters.
These will be manually reviewed and posted, but it may be as long as 12 or even 24 hours before hand. If you post the same thing multiple times, it just raises your Is he a spammer quotient rating.
A few suggestions to avoid getting caught in the tuna nets:
• Avoid spam words — casinos, viagra, etc.
• Short nonsense comments whose sole purpose is to generate a link back to your site or easily identified.
• Disposable email addresses are non starters. Mailinator and Hotmail are now auto rejected; Junk email addresses beyond those get sequestered.
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May 31st, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Also, posting names with a web link behind them (Blue) versus black get “Sequestered”. Ask me how I know.
May 31st, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Some do, some don’t.
Anything that resembles a splog or a scraper gets immediately trashed.
At the old setting, it was kinda odd what got thru and what got scooped up.
May 31st, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I’m having Spam and I love it…
http://pythonline.com/node/18297641
May 31st, 2009 at 6:15 pm
This should really cut down on the Viagra posts. OTOH, since the US economy is now one giant casino, pertinent comments will be kicked.
May 31st, 2009 at 6:17 pm
This should really cut down on the erectile enhancement posts. OTOH, since the US economy is now one giant gambling parlor, pertinent comments will be kicked.
May 31st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Is there a “whitelist” option? Seems like there are number of regulars who are getting caught by this even thoughwe aren’t spammers. Even F411 should get a pass, much as many might wish he would get caught.
May 31st, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Here’s a link to a document referenced on Mishs blog. It’s really lengthy, and full of charts. Everyone here should go over it and understand the ramifications. If you were looking for or predicting anything less than a major Depression in the US, you will be disappointed.
the Link:
http://moremortgagemeltdown.com/download/pdf/T2_Partners_presentation_on_the_mortgage_crisis.pdf
May 31st, 2009 at 6:55 pm
So, the “V” word is out.
But “vi*gra gets through.
May 31st, 2009 at 7:18 pm
MA: Thanks for the link. Pretty scary. Really scary. They don’t like what’s going to happen with CRE, and the foreclosure bubble is not half done. Which is what I’ve been seeing here. Have no idea why they are not clearing the decks of those.
But yeah, the worst is yet to come.
So, I guess the market can get pumped to wherever they want it. Won’t change the debt situation and the forthcoming write-downs. Ooops.
May 31st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
alfred e:
You’re welcome.
We knew this was coming, but the quantification/timing of it via the charts presented gives some badly needed context. As for pumping, I’d like to know what they are/will be pumping with. Hot air? BS? Off balance sheet Federal Reserve Notes? Come to think of it, I’d also like to know who “they” are.
May 31st, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I’m really sorry that my “xxx@hotmail.com” will be “now auto rejected”, but it has been my email address for well over 10 years. I do have other work related, but not to use in this arena. I’ll continue to comment from time to time unless my registration is axed, but I’m hoping that will not be the case.
May 31st, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Marcus Aurelius @ 6:42
No depression. Just a lousy economy and stock market for the next several years.
And many trillions more in government debt.
May 31st, 2009 at 8:24 pm
@Mike
I just logged in for the first time today, so we’ll see if it likes yahoo!
May 31st, 2009 at 9:09 pm
DL:
did you check the doc? I don’t think those charts say much about the markets, specifically. About people and the general economy, they speak volumes. Unless the government is going to hand money directly to the people, I don’t think deficit spending is going to offset a generalized economic depression, either.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
We get to be extra creative, now… I think it will enhance the site. We will try to get as sxlly xplct as we can.. Remember Barry’s n vwll spk? i think we could get really gd at it : ) I can’t wait for my Blt Ntn bks to arrive! I’m in such a good mood tonight.. i was annihilated in my spin class today but having a 70-80 year old flirt with me in the grocery store parking lot made my day… the wine department manager is beginning to make me uncomfortable, tho…
May 31st, 2009 at 9:21 pm
I for one hope that franklin411 continues to get published, as we may all indeed one day, have to admit that he saw the light at the end of the tunnel, when some of us chose to see only trains.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:27 pm
i have somehow missed the entire franklin affair.. for some reason, he has not affected me at all.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:30 pm
karen @ 9:17
Your use of the term “c*ll girl” (with an asterisk) several days ago was not merely humorous, it was apparently also prophetic in a way.
But maybe the blog police will let some of your links to racy websites slip through.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Marcus Aurelius @ 9:09
Much depends on the exact definition of a depression.
Certainly, we’re not going to have a year-over-year contraction in the GDP of 10% (although in Japan, who knows).
May 31st, 2009 at 9:38 pm
A major depression with inflationary aspirations. Don’t forget the latter….
May 31st, 2009 at 9:44 pm
DL:
Did you read the doc?
We might well not have that kind of contraction in the “GDP”, depending on who is doing the measuring of the “GDP” and by what metrics. If it’s the same people who are measuring other economic statistics, such as unemployment and money supply, how the hell would we know? We’ve gone beyond lies, damned lies, and statistics, and straight into propaganda.
How much “P” can you have when you’re losing 500K workers a month?
Don’t forget, just a couple of months ago, the propagandists were denying a recession.
Reminds me of Amos and Andy: Not only do they deny the allegations, they deny the alligator.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:49 pm
DL, what rcy sites have i ever provided?! I am so confused my your term prophetic.. you don’t really think i’m a c*ll girl do you… LOL.. I’m a market addict, as boring as they come… LOL.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:50 pm
what in the heck is making the SF strong this evening, that’s what i want to know…
May 31st, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Marcus Aurelius @ 9:44
To your point, there is the following website, which your probably aware of:
http://www.shadowstats.com/
Perhaps what your getting at is that, even though the official numbers might not show a year-over-year contraction of 10% in GDP, there would still be a case to be made for a contraction of that magnitude using unofficial numbers.
Regarding that proposition, I would agree that there’s a case to be made.
But I think that Obama and the Fed will do whatever they can to spread out the pain over time, even if we end up paying a much higher price in terms of (real) economic growth…. i.e., the Japanese approach to the problem.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Pat G… I wanted to respond to you on the lack of life long friends from moving a lot.. very true.. however, I’ve found that my so-so-s0 few friends are more the result of a sincere bonding… and not geographically or time bound. I admit, shared experiences are important.. but they don’t need to extend over multiple years.. short time frames work as well.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:58 pm
DL:
This, specifically, is my point:
http://moremortgagemeltdown.com/download/pdf/T2_Partners_presentation_on_the_mortgage_crisis.pdf
The japanese had savings. We have debt.
May 31st, 2009 at 10:01 pm
karen @ 9:49
Posted by you on 5/19/09 @ 6:05:
“my posts aren’t posting… which has me a bit upset… do they think i’m a c*ll girl?”
(I only remembered it because it was funny).
Prophetic because of the so-called “spam filter” that has been put in place …. which is probably not trained to interpret asterisks.
Racy sites? How about that one with Richard Branson and that hot chick.
May 31st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Marcus Aurelius @ 9:58
Perhaps we’re not so far apart in our perceptions of the economy over the next several years. But I’m hung up on the semantics of “depression”.
May 31st, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Why?
What I dislike is spending valuable! minutes writing something most people won’t read, and it ends up being caught by the spam filter, and I don’t get a chance to modify the message. It’s all gone! Who wants to start from scratch?
Why not let someone who has been a member x months with y posts a “clean” record go uncensored?
May 31st, 2009 at 10:11 pm
As long as the filter still lets us occasionally drop the F bomb (fuck!), I’m okay with it. Hell, BR has used it in his posts.
May 31st, 2009 at 10:13 pm
MA,
I see. “Fuck” is O.K. But not “vi*gra”
~~~
BR: No one sends spam emails advertising FUCK as a product. And the porn spam a) is easier for filters to spot, and b) hardly needs marketing anyway!
May 31st, 2009 at 10:15 pm
DL:
WTF!
May 31st, 2009 at 10:31 pm
DL, thanks for explaining. I’m overly sensitive! I’m a market junkie; not a c*ll girl.
May 31st, 2009 at 10:37 pm
@karen 9:57 pm
Thanks for responding and I agree. I am a very fortunate man who is married to his best friend whose name just happens to be Karen. A result of “sincere bonding”. I was off reading articles on other sites.
May 31st, 2009 at 10:47 pm
karen @ 10:31
It’s hard to be sure. This website is undoubtedly rife with c*ll girls.
Go down to Sunset Boulevard. Every other hooker is carrying around one of those netbook computers, and they’ve all got the Ritholtz site bookmarked.
May 31st, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Laughing and laughing out loud, too, too funny DL…
Oh, Pat, what a lovely, lovely name your wife has!
Okay, back to reality. Tomorrow should be wild.. good nite all. Good night and good luck I should say. May we all wake up.
May 31st, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Don’t sell them short.
They know some of the financial terms. Like “crack spread” and “naked selling”.
May 31st, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Speaking of “spam” — every time “I” enter The Big Picture,”my” spam, etc. filter (a-squared) blocks tracking cookies from specificclick.net, mediaplex.com…
June 1st, 2009 at 12:00 am
here is one of Geithner’s pitches to China-
“In words clearly intended to soothe Chinese concerns that its vibrant export economy might be targeted by U.S. lawmakers who are feeling pressure from soaring American joblessness, Geithner said the Obama administration will resist any such moves.”
wow- thanks Geithner- thanks Obama- you guy’s are really looking out for us- I guess we’re so fucked that the American worker can be cast aside as long as the Chinese will continue to buy our debt- looks like we’ll all be on Chinese financed unemployment, food stamps and section 8 housing soon enough
June 1st, 2009 at 12:23 am
I really hope Geithner’s Chinese didn’t suffer from any loss in translation. It’s been a while since he learned Chinese.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:24 am
Wow ES just shot up to +13.75.. something is happening
June 1st, 2009 at 6:59 am
1)Filter test. Does live.com count as an auto-reject?
2) In the old days, a GM bankruptcy and the blowback would cost a couple hundred points on the indexes. Today, they should go up 3% or more.
June 1st, 2009 at 7:30 am
I think Geithner only needs to know one basic phrase to have a successful visit:
“Yes, master we are your…”
June 1st, 2009 at 7:38 am
I think Geithner needs to master only a few phrases in Chinese:
“Yes master, the U.S. belongs to you and we are your personal…”
“How about another couple trillion in treasuries? We promise to pay it back someday.”
“Please stop calling Goldman Sachs to ask what they want to do. They have appointed me as their receptionist.”
June 1st, 2009 at 9:45 am
I had a post that was blocked a few weeks back. It was in response to the announcement that the workers would own a __ percent of Chrysler in the midst of widespread cries and accusations of of social-ism and the campaign nonsense echoes of Social ism.
I posted that ownership by the workers was classic commune ism. but one of these isms I’m guessing was not appropriate for polite blog company.
June 1st, 2009 at 11:06 am
Testing new . . .