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  • Registration - Read Now - I'll Be Deleted

    I would like to know what qualifies someone to register at this hauntworld forum. For the life of me, I have not been able to find any membership requirements, and all indications are that anyone can join. The Fright Forum itself has a note under it that says, "Welcome to the industry's most comprehensive chat room on the internet. We invite you to ask questions, reply to subjects and assist haunters world wide and to learn from each other's experiences. You must be registered to post."

    There is also a note at the top of the Forums that says, "If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below." If you read through the FAQ, the only requirement that I can find is that you have to specify a username and password and valid email address, and "If you are under the age of 13, the administrator may require that a parent or guardian provides consent before allowing you to complete the registration process."

    However, before my registration was FINALLY accepted after several attempts, on more than one occasion I received emails telling me that my "registration at Haunted House Forums did not meet our membership requirements. Therefore your registration was deleted." I am an investor of one of the haunts posted at this site and am very interested in how it compares to other haunts, which may lead to my investing in other haunts.

    So without knowing anything about me (all that's asked for is username, password, and email address), why are you rejecting members? Based on what? Username? Password? Email Address? A bad feeling?

    We're just as interested in haunts, etc., as you or we wouldn't be investing, and you don't have a clue who you are rejecting when you are not gathering any info about us before rejecting us. You certainly knew nothing about me when you rejected me. If you gave us a chance to post, you may find we have some helpful tips. I've been wanting to respond to the post that was upset about the investor not coming through because I know what it feels like to be on the other end of that. That's how long I've been trying to get my registration accepted. And I've certainly got ideas about how to make money.

    Well, everyone. I guess Larry will be removing my post any minute now, so I hope you at least got to see it! Thanks for listening, and sorry to those others of you who have gotten rejected. Keep trying!
    Chris Riehl
    Sales@spookyfinder.com
    (586)209-6935
    www.spookyfinder.com

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    Hey

    Do you have AOL. I heard it doesn't function well here?

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    • #3
      Wow...talk about jumping the gun there.

      We have no registration requirements. I had to turn OFF the automatic registration because we are getting way to many spammers. I have to look at each person and ask myself is that person real or fake.

      Depending on the user name, the email address or the IP address I will either accept you or delete you.

      It really is that simple.

      No one is targeting you!

      Calm down!

      Larry
      Larry Kirchner
      President
      www.HalloweenProductions.com
      www.BlacklightAttractions.com
      www.HauntedHouseSupplies.com
      www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com

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      • #4
        Fear

        May I be the first to welcome you to the wild, crazy, wackey, world of HauntWorld!!!! NOW LARRY HELP THIS PERSON OUT!!! Fear if there any more problems tell me I will be in St. Louis soon and will get Larry for you! Shane and its Hit Man Shane This Time!
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        • #5
          In answer to Nut, no, I don't have AOL.

          And Larry, I don't understand what you mean by spammers. People are sending you spam by registering? How does allowing somebody to register hurt the forum? I honestly don't understand that. And I do know of another investor who still hasn't managed to get accepted yet.

          So what are you looking for? My experience is that you're rejecting yahoo, ymail, and rocketmail (all the same since yahoo started running out of email accts and expanded to ymail and rocketmail). I just happened to have a road runner acct after you rejected my yahoo, ymail and rocketmail accts, but what about everyone who has to rely on free email accts because they don't have access to other email accts?

          And are you looking for scary user names or what?

          We have no control of the IP address that the emails are sent from.

          Thanks for clarifying.
          Chris Riehl
          Sales@spookyfinder.com
          (586)209-6935
          www.spookyfinder.com

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          • #6
            Thanks, Hit Man Shane!

            You must own a haunt that needs an investor! Kidding!
            Chris Riehl
            Sales@spookyfinder.com
            (586)209-6935
            www.spookyfinder.com

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            • #7
              Fear

              LOL yes I do own a haunt. But in no need of investors. But I hear there is this Haunt up North I think its called the Darkness hes looking to take some money!!!! LMAO!!! Shane and its CEO Shane this time!
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              • #8
                Fearseeker

                You must have been lurking here for months, because no newbie has ever called me NUT right off the bat. lol

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                • #9
                  Yes, Nut, I've been trying to get my registration accepted for what seems like forever, and I've seen them call you Nut on many occasions. I feel like I know you all. You just don't know me... I can't believe I haven't been deleted yet.
                  Chris Riehl
                  Sales@spookyfinder.com
                  (586)209-6935
                  www.spookyfinder.com

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by FearSeeker View Post
                    And Larry, I don't understand what you mean by spammers. People are sending you spam by registering? How does allowing somebody to register hurt the forum? I honestly don't understand that.
                    If I may add my two cents, I have had the same problem with my message board. Spammers can hurt a message board by registering in at least 2 ways.

                    1) Profile Content: Upon initial registration, a spammer can leave inappropriate text and links in their profile information. If a webmaster doesn’t crack down on this behavior, his/her message board’s list of member profiles can quickly become inundated with hundreds of links to Viagra, porn and other inappropriate websites. Last October I had the same problem and couldn't keep up with erasing all the spam profiles.

                    2) Posting Later: Sometimes the initial registration isn’t the whole problem. If spammers are allowed to activate their own accounts, they often come back and repeatedly post spam on the message board.
                    Happy Haunting,

                    Adam Drendel
                    Webmaster of http://www.HauntedIllinois.com

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                    • #11
                      I want to add that I haven't ever seen any spam on this forum, and as Nut pointed out, I have been actively watching it for quite some time.

                      One of the biggest problems I see is that if you are not registered, then you cannot see most of the pictures everyone is posting of their haunts. Yes, we can click on the links to websites and view the websites if anyone posts that way, but any pictures attached in the forums (Darkness under Construction, all Build photos, glimpses at Magazines, etc.) are pretty useless to those of us that are deemed unworthy to meet membership requirements because we can't see any of those pictures.

                      So, yes, it has been very frustrating and I was torn about whether or not to speak up after finally getting accepted for membership because I figured I would be kicked right back out. Is there a way to change it so that non-members can at least see the pictures that are posted? They still wouldn't be able to upload spam that way. I didn't even know that was a possibility.
                      Chris Riehl
                      Sales@spookyfinder.com
                      (586)209-6935
                      www.spookyfinder.com

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                      • #12
                        Yes there was a bunch of it...just ask the people who report them to me. It got more or less out of control so I just stopped letting people sign up automatically.

                        It is nothing against you...

                        But yeah I do look for haunted names, or something that looks reasonable.

                        Yes I do delete a lot of gmail because most of it is SPAMMERS!

                        Secondly I can look at IP's and if there is 6 signs ups from the same IP well I think that is a spammer as well.

                        Its part of running a board, sometimes you win sometimes you lose.

                        Well you are on board now so have fun!

                        Larry
                        Larry Kirchner
                        President
                        www.HalloweenProductions.com
                        www.BlacklightAttractions.com
                        www.HauntedHouseSupplies.com
                        www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com

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                        • #13
                          Just FYI... I approved about 8 new people today. I try to approve new people once every two or three days. I just make an educated guess.

                          Larry
                          Larry Kirchner
                          President
                          www.HalloweenProductions.com
                          www.BlacklightAttractions.com
                          www.HauntedHouseSupplies.com
                          www.HauntedHouseMagazine.com

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                          • #14
                            Well, there's nothing to worry right now here... I have had some bad experience from other spammers and others like multiply sign-up accounts, you know, many things like porn smutters, home-based business opportunites, get-quick-rich-schemes, etc. I do have Halloween board, but I already PROTECTED all of them about 18 months ago! They never return back to my board again, ever! I'm sooo happy about that!!! My board's version was 2.0.0, then 2.0.1 about 3, 4 years ago... this year, I already upgraded to 3.0.2 from 3.0.1
                            Chris Riehl
                            Sales@spookyfinder.com
                            (586)209-6935
                            www.spookyfinder.com

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                            • #15
                              I USED to be part of this other board, but i think it crashed with all the spammers that it had on it what with porn spammers get rich quick schemes etc etc. But yeah this board is probably the best iv ever been a part and im proud to say that i am.

                              -Zackary J

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