Saturday, 14 November 2009

Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam!

We are about to close the fishbone arts forum, not because we want to, but because it is plagued by porn merchants, viagra peddlers and other low life...

The genuine members have been faced with a torrent of rubbish and consequently the forum is all but a wreck. We have had to continually ban and strike the rubbish posts, put in place a system of membership by application only and now, of course, have a torrent of membership applications coming by mail from the same idiots

If you want to keep the forum open then please contact us and express your support. We will then do all we can to make sure this can't happen.

If we do not get the support we need then we will close the facility a fortnight from now

Thanks

1 comment:

Mark Tweedie said...

Hi Judy/Jeff, I'd like to see the forum continue. I've come to it a few times recently and not posted due to the amount of spam there which is very frustrating. There are measures which can be implemented to combat spammers and I'd be happy to help out if required.

All the best.

Mark

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The Fishbone Gallery is something of a rarity. A gallery committed to promoting the diversity of the visual arts of the West Midlands, that supports new artists and encourages them to show work that otherwise might not receive the attention it deserves. We are not primarily a profit making enterprise, and therefore we can afford to show experimental work that would never gain proper exposure through commercial channels. We also host a wide range of community projects and events, clubs and classes, run by specialist practitioners with thorough knowledge of their particular disciplines. We welcome all people of all ages and all cultural backgrounds, to come along and be part of what we do. Our mission is to make art and art practise an integral part of the lives of the people of Longford, and to encourage a broader audience for the visual arts in Coventry and the West Midlands. The gallery is run by Judy Kay and Jeff Hatt