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How did this get through as an article?

22-Nov-13 18:26

Message : http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4707853/rugby-live-online-tv-show.aspx[^]

Member : http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10419935[^]

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

modified 23-Nov-13 1:01am.

OriginalGriff22-Nov-13 0:18

OriginalGriff

22-Nov-13 0:18

This http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=102414&aid=679569[^] (in the moderation queue) is very pretty, but it's just a bunch of images and a download...at the very, very best this is a tip.

Re: How did this get through as an article?

Pete O'Hanlon22-Nov-13 1:07

Pete O'Hanlon

22-Nov-13 1:07

Errm, it says Tip/Trick at the side.

Re: How did this get through as an article?

OriginalGriff22-Nov-13 1:11

OriginalGriff

22-Nov-13 1:11

It elephanting didn't when I looked! Laugh | :laugh:

It may have been resubmitted, or re-edited.

Spam...

Garth J Lancaster21-Nov-13 13:23

Garth J Lancaster

21-Nov-13 13:23

http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4707167/Chicago-Blackhawks-vs-Winnipeg-Jets-live-NHL.aspx[^]

Perpetrator : Member 10417872

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Spam [All gone]

Thanks787221-Nov-13 16:46

Hows this possible? [Report as Abuse if required]

21-Nov-13 16:46

Final kick applied

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

SD Times again (or not!)

Richard Deeming21-Nov-13 6:51

Richard Deeming

21-Nov-13 6:51

After the last user[^] was shown the door, there's now a new user[^] posting links[^] to articles hosted by Software Development Times.

This user isn't as obviously connected to SDT as the last one. However, in his three months of membership, his sole contribution has been to post two messages in the Insider News forum linking to SDT articles.

Does anyone else think this is suspicious?

~~Both messages have now been updated to link to the original story, removing the reference to SDT. Panic over!~~

And now they're completely gone, as is the user.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

modified 21-Nov-13 12:59pm.

Thanks787220-Nov-13 23:40

20-Nov-13 23:40

Member : http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10416100[^]

8032 Participant points in just one day?

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

SoMad20-Nov-13 23:56

SoMad

20-Nov-13 23:56

Good catch. It's actually not all in one day. If you look at the Reputation tab and the Comments[^], the account goes back to at least October 28. That's still a lot of points in about 3 weeks.

If you take a closer look at the Comments, the name changed a couple of times. I wonder if there is a bug in the system where the "Member since ....." information on the profile page resets when you change the name. Either that or the account was closed and reopened or something like that.

~~I think this is one for the hamsters to dig into, so I am going to leave it alone.~~

[EDIT]
The more I dig into this, the more I have to agree with you. It looks quite shady and I have reported the 3 accounts.
[/EDIT]

Soren Madsen

modified 21-Nov-13 7:23am.

Thanks787221-Nov-13 0:03

21-Nov-13 0:03

SoMad wrote:
If you look at the Reputation tab and the Comments[^], the account goes back to at least October 28

I also looked through comments and reputation tab as well but got confused because of Member since.....

Whatever it is,looks suspicious to me.

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

SoMad21-Nov-13 0:33

SoMad

21-Nov-13 0:33

Rohan Leuva wrote:
Whatever it is,looks suspicious to me.

Yeah, I might have been wrong. I just noticed how the links from the Comments actually point to what appears to be different (or 'shadow') accounts or something. Different member IDs, but same points and friendly link.

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10392723[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10415662[^]

Soren Madsen

Thanks787221-Nov-13 0:38

21-Nov-13 0:38

Yes. Why not to consider this as Abuse?

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

Nelek21-Nov-13 6:07

21-Nov-13 6:07

4/5 in both aliases. One more to go

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Nelek21-Nov-13 6:07

21-Nov-13 6:07

5/5 delivered, still alive (I guess servers synchro is playing again)

M.D.V.

Thanks787221-Nov-13 6:46

21-Nov-13 6:46

Nope. Actually,to get the profile deactivated,5 Abuse or 5 Spam reports are necessary. e.g. 4 Spam and 4 Abuse won't deactivate it even if total is 8.The displayed result shows total reports.I think i should change the title of the message.

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

Nelek21-Nov-13 6:49

21-Nov-13 6:49

Rohan Leuva wrote:
4 Spam and 4 Abuse won't deactivate it even if total is 8.The displayed result shows total reports

Didn't know. That's why sometimes I got confused. Thanks for info

M.D.V.

Spam

Pete O'Hanlon20-Nov-13 3:12

Pete O'Hanlon

20-Nov-13 3:12

Spam[^]
Spammer[^]

Unleash Mjolnir - The Spammer Hammer.

Re: Spam

Dave Kreskowiak20-Nov-13 4:53

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Nov-13 4:53

No wonder, he's in marketing. Everything he says is spam.

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Re: Spam

Pete O'Hanlon20-Nov-13 5:02

Pete O'Hanlon

20-Nov-13 5:02

It certainly is.

Re: Spam [All gone]

Thanks787220-Nov-13 5:44

20-Nov-13 5:44

Final kick applied.

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

Re: Spam [All gone]

Nelek21-Nov-13 6:09

21-Nov-13 6:09

Spam might be, spammer is alive another time (or I am having caching problems)

M.D.V.

Re: Spam

Nelek21-Nov-13 6:09

21-Nov-13 6:09

alive another time. I just gave the 1st invitation

M.D.V.

Spammer

Tom Marvolo Riddle19-Nov-13 20:10

Tom Marvolo Riddle

19-Nov-13 20:10

important link for my project[^]
another one
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modified 20-Nov-13 2:25am.

Re: Spammer

Thanks787219-Nov-13 20:21