I hate spammers

[Observer]

Yes, I am still here, in case anybody was wondering after those last
three posts, which I've reported and deleted. I've changed the
settings on the group, so that one has to request an invitation to
join. The join message informs the applicant that he must provide a
link to a homepage or other evidence of an established online
presence, something that would allow us to know that we're not looking
at just another throwaway identity.

Sorry it took so long, but I don't know anybody here well enough to
promote him (or her) to moderator status. I hope that after a few more
posts are seen, that will change.

If it helps, I would like to mention that I'm very tolerant of topic
drift. All I ask is that the discussion have something to do with the
Green Tortoise, even if only in the most indirect way.