Newbie Spammer Banned from ME Forum

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The discussion centers around the banning of user @mechanicalengineer from the ME forum for spamming. Initially, the user posed a vague question about running five DC motors at the same RPM without feedback, prompting several users to offer assistance. However, it was later revealed that @mechanicalengineer was a spammer, as he included links to his website in other posts. Consequently, his posts were removed, and he was added to the shared spammer database utilized by the forum.

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Hi Folks,

Newbie @mechanicalengineer had posted a thread (I think it was in the ME forum) where he asked a vague question about how to run 5 DC motors at the same RPM without using feedback. A number of users tried to post helpful replies, despite the OP's thread start being so vague.

Turns out @mechanicalengineer was a spammer, posting a link to his website in other posts after this one. He is now banned as a spammer, which cleans up all of his posts and threads, and adds him to the shared spammer database that the PF subscribes to.

I just wanted to let you all know why the thread has disappeared. Thanks for trying to help the newbie -- too bad it was a spam setup.
 
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