Mod note: comment spambots

[ron_newman]

We're getting an infestation of strange comment-spambots, whose purpose is mysterious to me (as they are not advertising or linking to anything). Here's how I recognize them:

- their comments are short, nonsensical, lacking in substance, strangely unresponsive to what they're commenting on (e.g. "Thanks" as a reply to a request for advice on roofers), or are partial copies of a previous comment.
- they have few or no friends, only group memberships (and sometimes not even those)
- the Location in their LJ profile is China or some other faraway country

When I see one of these, I delete the comment as spam, report the user as a possible spambot, and ban the user from our community. I think other moderators are doing the same thing. But we don't see every comment on every post in davis_square. If you see this kind of spam, please post a comment here with a link to the spam comment. Thanks.

Upcoming public meetings (next week and beyond) on the Green Line Extension station designs

[fefie.livejournal.com]

MassDOT and the MBTA are hosting a series of public meetings to provide an update on specific station designs for the Green Line Extension Project. The first is on Ball Square Station this coming Monday, June 3, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The meeting will take place at St. Clement School (579 Boston Avenue in Medford). It will feature a presentation by the MBTA on the Ball Square Station and the City of Somerville will present on their own planning efforts around the Ball Square area.
Then on Tuesday, June 4, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Center for the Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Avenue) there will be a presentation by the MBTA on the Gilman and Lowell stations.

For complete schedule of all station design public meetings to be held in June (including Washington St, Union Sq, Lechmere, College Ave stations), see:

http://greenlineextension.eot.state.ma.us/documents/PubMtgs/Phase1/meetingSchedule0613.pdf

For more info about the project, see:
http://greenlineextension.eot.state.ma.us/
http://www.somervillestep.org/