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Marco Bertschi wrote: According to ProgramFox there were enough people who thought that he should be
gone.
The problem is, there's a real herd mentality about spammers. If it's reported here, even if there's no evidence of a spammer/abusive poster, the account tends to get nuked. It would be easy to have members like OriginalGriff, Marc Clifton, Sacha Barber or me removed if it was posted here that we were spamming/being abusive. I'm not recommending that you try it, just that it wouldn't be hard.
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You have a valid point and I think it is because of the steady stream of spam we have been bombarded with recently.
I can only speak for myself, but I do not blindly red-flag an account just because it has been reported here. I check who reported it, how old the account is, if I recognize the name of the account, how many points have been accumulated and I go over any recent posts I can find.
I do have a handful of potential sock puppets and toolkit spammers bookmarked that I have not reported here. I am just not completely certain they have crossed the line and I do not want to be the one that get them kicked off.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Good point, my 5!
In some cases, my signature will be longer than my message...
<em style="color:red"> <b>ProgramFOX</b></em> ProgramFOX
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: It would be easy to have members like OriginalGriff, Marc Clifton, Sacha Barber or me removed if it was posted here that we were spamming/being abusive.
I think (but I could be wrong) if an account is removed because 5 members (or more) reported the account, it's possible to recover it by creating a new account and asking in Bugs & Suggestions to recover the account.
In some cases, my signature will be longer than my message...
<em style="color:red"> <b>ProgramFOX</b></em> ProgramFOX
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It is possible, but this is a problem with the nature of this forum. I suspect that not everyone is diligent in their application of checking whether or not the account/post really is abusive.
In the Henize case, the post that was linked to WAS NOT abusive, and the user should not have been removed because of that particular post. Maybe there were other posts of his that were suitable for this call, but that particular post contained no offensive content. It didn't target a particular user, it merely stated Henize's opinion which, in this case, wasn't that bad.
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Gone!
In some cases, my signature will be longer than my message...
<em style="color:red"> <b>ProgramFOX</b></em> ProgramFOX
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Looser[^]
Messages[^]
Bob Dole The internet is a great way to get on the net.
2.0.82.7292 SP6a
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... all the "removed" messages from jastinlal in the Lounge below this post.[^]
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Abracadabra.... ... ... ... Sh1t... my magical power sucks
User still there.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Yay! I sent him packing.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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In this case, I think I'll just move all the answers into one. It looks like he was legitimately trying to provide information as it is the only instance of this occurrance. I will make a note of the user and we'll see what happens.
Cheers.
[Edit] The code sample he proudly displayed in Solution 5 (now part of Solution 2) is plagiarized from a different source. I have added the source link in my comment to the OP and the answer, but the OP has definitely got my attention now.
Great catch, Manfred.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
modified 14-Feb-13 10:08am.
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Marcus Kramer wrote: OP has definitely got my attention now.
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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