Don' t you all see whats going on here?! They're trying to cash in on SpoFi's growth by pillaging us for our users. Boo!! I say Boo, in your general direction sir!! Clearly the Gauntlet has been thrown. We must crush them with wave after wave of dyslexic new users till they beg for mercy. We will set them running to their ISPs begging for the server to be shut off! The internets will run red with the blood of wiki-posting clods with no regard for punctuation or grammar!! Remember they can take our newbies, but they will never take our FPP's!! I have gmail, and didn't receive an invite either. Regardless, their site still blows. And Shame on Herman Miller.
It's spam. Aaron/Armchair may be well-intentioned, but mass-emailing all the users in a community is bullshit. I vote to make email addresses visible only when you're logged in, and instantly ban anyone that does something like this. What he's doing is worse than a self-link.
Ah-ha! Just got the spam. I'm somebody!
Ah, fuck this guy.... I wasn't invited.
Wait for it. I finally got mine. So excited.
Fuck that dude. I have been stood up.
That site? Major sux0r. Where's the T.O. talk?
Fuck that dude. I have been stood up. me too. he could at least call.. :*(
What's all this about "invites"? I was "noticed" dammit! *checks email* Ah, an "invite". Whaddayaknow. Playing hard to get gets one doubly spammed apparently.
Well ArmchairGM was linked on this important PSA about Coach K so maybe I should cut them some slack.
I didn't get noticed or invited. Nor did I check my bulk folders before deleting their contents mind you. So let's just say that I was both noticed and invited, but Yahoo! decided I wouldn't want to know about it. Yeah - let's say that.
Aaron/Armchair may be well-intentioned, but mass-emailing all the users in a community is bullshit. I second that emotion. I've changed the site so that e-mail addresses are only displayed to logged in users.
I second that emotion Thanks for the earworm, rcade, you bastard.
I was very excited about the prospects of this site until I realized it was "Armchair" and not "Armhair". Seriously, I make Ron Jeremy look like Ziggy Stardust.
frazer, you may have just hit upon a huge untapped market. Huuuuuuge.
Are we talking about an untapped market, or Ron Jeremy? Ha!
'untapped' and 'Ron Jeremy' in the same sentence... Wow, that's a wicked oxymoron!
Like JJ, I generally delete bulk messages with barely a glance, so I may or may not have received an invite. Unconfirmable. In a related story, I have been receiving some spam in which the "From" address is the actual e-mail address of registered SpoFi users. The messages generally conveyed are "Will you please shut the hell up" or "Stay away from SportsFilter, you scumbag." Anyone else getting these?
No, no idea about those. How peculiar!
My bad, BP. That should have read, "Stay away from SportsFilter, you douchebag."
Douch, mon frère.
I don't know about that bullpenpro, but I've been assured that any email I ever send you will never be read.
I got an invite, but I feel like it was a pity invite, and now I am boycotting based on principle.
Nobody puts Baby in the corner.
I feel like it was a pity invite What? Now we're analysing the motivations behind spam? But if you don't like my principles, I have others.
Nobody puts Baby in the corner!
I'm missing something, aren't I? Pulls antipodean head in.
One of the greatest lines ever spoken by Jerry Orbach.
or Patrick Swayze.
One of the greatest lines ever spoken by Jerry Orbach I always preferred 'Home Alone is a movie, not an alibi.'
I got one! I got one! Well, sort of. I too feel a little pittied. There was no mention of being noticed or invited, just a bare statement of fact ("You are a member of Sportsfilter") and a poorly articulated aspiration ("as such, we'd have hoped you would be interested in..."). [insert funny movie line it's too early in the morning to think of here]
I'm still blacklisted. I'm taking the rest of the day off to rest my bruised ego. Oh and - "The doctor described Ed's insides as a rocky place, where my seed could find no purchase."
Woke up this mornin', checked the mail, and there it was atop my list of various oddities and notes from dear ol mom. At last my invitation to what ever these guys are sellin'. Guess now they are waiting to Count DeMoney! And Weedy my kind sir you are welcome to have me invite as I am waiting for a Miracle.
Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise.
Yup, I got mine this morning, too. I kinda feel like the kid who got picked last in school...
Guess now they are waiting to Count DeMoney! 
Oh pissboy! Wait for the shake...
Hooray! I finally received my invite. I no longer feel like the sad little puppy getting kicked around by the drunken biker.
It's spam. Stop talking about it like someone's handing out fivers in the street.
Hey, I got one. And it came with a coupon for five dollars off the subscription rate.
I did not get the email about the free street fivers. But... I did get a nice email from a Nigerian man who urgently needs my assistant. I don't have an assistant, but I think he means he needs help. Can anyone help me wire him $2500 so his brother can be freed from politcal prison? When he flees to America, they are going to pay us back 250,000!
It's spam. Stop talking about it like someone's handing out fivers in the street. Yeah, where's that angry mob when you need it?
When he flees to America, they are going to pay us back 250,000! Sweet merciful Jeebus, that'll pay for Atheist's gender-sensitivity training...with beer money left over! Life is good.
I got one, which disproved my idea that not participating in this thread would render me immune from spamttention.
I didn't get an invite but here's $5 (USD) from my paypal account for Atheist's gender-sensitivity training. There is a thread on another really cool Ultimate Sports Community site about hoaxing some old folks on a primitive sports forum.
There's another really cool Ultimate Sports Community site ? Really? We should sue them.
Not only that TBH, but it should give you the money you need to organize the "JerseyGirl Memorial Clam Shot Co-Ed Fast-Pitch Softball Tournament."
I'm also for donating some of the 250,000 to the YYMCA. You know, they have everything for you men to enjoy; you can hang out with all the boys ...
Topper.
If we do that, I so totally want dibs on being the construction worker. He's so saucy!
I got the email *twice* I've never even POSTED here. WHAT THE HECK
That's just one of the many benefits you'll enjoy as being a member of the SpoFi Family. Also included in our benefits package: - A free cheese basket from Hickory Farms - Discounts on all CDs 17.99 and over at Record Town. - A free Glenn Close video rental at Blockbuster - Spam - Deviled Ham - Hash Browns - Emails you don't want Welcome Dan!
If we do that, I so totally want dibs on being the construction worker. Well you'll need to commit a felony to catch up on old times with miss piggy
Dan - how did you get the email? Yours isn't listed in your profile.
He probably removed it, because he doesn't want our benefits package.
How could you not want that benefits package? Man, I'm hungry now. I still haven't got an invite. But I can waste enough time on Spofi, I don't need to join another site. But I did get an offer to be some girls f-buddy.
jerseygirl wins. I went from one email address listed to zero.
To make matters worse, I went there. To make things even worse, I actually *liked* the funny signs article. Now I feel dirty.
They're still coming in. I just got mine. Non-standard email address in a format that had to be typed by an actual person. They're good tryers.
Nah, just more persistent than they are smart.
well, they did manage to snag a q & a with jim bouton. (actually future q & a. there's still time to submit a question) (via baseball musings)
The q&a is cool. We should front page it, but is that site now not eligible for front paging?
