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I know what you mean. I am still in pogress with checking his answers...
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Spent 3 quarter hours investigating on this guy. Still not sure about him...
3 bad things caught my eye:
- As you said - there are many of his answers were voted 5. Seems suspicious to me but somehow this is not the final proof I was looking for.
- He has answered 3 questions of "Member 8054539". Maybe this is his sock puppet?
- He is always begging for likes like "plz vote and accept ans if it helps. "
Whenever the OP had further questions for his solution he answered to them.
To be honest: Even after diving deeper into his answers I just can suggest around because he seems like an active member to me (or he was once active).
In my opinion there should be the possibility to give him a slight nudge. Maybe one of the Admins can talk / send an email to him before we just nuke his account, what do you think?
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I'll pull the link to his profile for now.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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This one: Tlhako Ya Setso[^]
Spreading the word in this weeks survey[^]
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Message[^]
user[^]
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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User is gone but messages are still there. need some more hits
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Both the user and question are gone.
0100000101101110011001000111001011101001
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User account deleted, but the answer needs a couple more spam hits: How to save attachemnts from .MSG file[^]
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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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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Case dismissed.
Move on folks nothing to see here.
"The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise."
Matthew Faithfull
modified 19-Feb-13 8:52am.
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He had several running battles with this account http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9656959[^]
I don't know what he wrote, but perhaps he was removed unfairly, might be worth looking into.
[Edit]
Wow, the spammer won first prize in the C++ articles Dec 2012 and claims to have an MVP, all through cheating.
modified 18-Feb-13 17:13pm.
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Keith Barrow wrote: He had several running battles with this account http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9656959[^]
I don't know what he wrote, but perhaps he was removed unfairly, might be worth looking into.
A difference of opinion expressed by that account in a pretty insulting manner. I do wish, however, that the questions raised by that account were answered directly since it did seem (at least for the first post) an interesting issue. After that it just went downhill badly.
Keith Barrow wrote: Wow, the spammer won first prize
Careful. "Spammer"? I don't see how that's apt or accurate. We all have zero time for people who create fake accounts, but I do not believe this was the situation in this case. What do you do if your wife and friends sign up because they know you're posting and they want to give you a 5? Tell them "no"? I wouldn't, specifically because I know that over time those few votes become meaningless after several dozen votes.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Wow. Just wow. How can someone do this without feeling like they are doing the wrong thing? It is just unbelievable! Absurd! Insane! Outrageous!
Oh, and I 5ed your messages (and Pete's) to try and return a few points to you guys. Those points should have not been lost, you were doing the right thing in reporting this criminal.
Bob Dole The internet is a great way to get on the net.
2.0.82.7292 SP6a
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Good point about the lost points. You should also look at this Lounge post[^] from earlier today - I think that is what got the whole thing started.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Not that it matters much, but It seems that I didn't lose any points.
"The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise."
Matthew Faithfull
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: reporting this criminal.
No, he's not a criminal.
What happened was regretful, but not even close to being criminal.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris is quite right, it actually took me half a day before I decided to post here.
In hindsight I believe I did the right thing, but I wasn't sure.
"The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise."
Matthew Faithfull
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