repost from elsewhere, another writer's forum, the "do the moderators even check the threads anymore" thread
"...no, it's just the moderators in their wisdom have given up on the writertypes per se, and have gone over to the dark side instead throwing in their lot with spambots now..." ventured the goblin, hoping that this explanation eased any misunderstandings here, before adding "...of course, all this might sound odd at first, but then one only has to remember that over the years the posts by the spambots have evolved enormously, whereas alas the same can not be said of the writertypes here, thus it is to this forward looking attitude of the administration of xxxxx forum that we now have this wondrous opportunity, and at no extra cost too, to witness first hand the onward advancement of spam in our age.