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There's a user that has asked 64 questions and answered and accepted 34 of them himself, usually within an hour.
Should it be considered abuse?
I'm not posting a link yet as I want a discussion Before he gets nuked.
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It sounds like abuse - it's a pattern we've seen before, and it's a pretty obvious way to gather rep points without knowing anything.
Was it over a short period of time?
Is it recent activity?
Is he accepting his answer and ignoring "real" ones?
Are his other answers any good? Or do they look suspicious as well?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Was it over a short period of time?
Is it recent activity?
Since NewYears mostly.
OriginalGriff wrote: Is he accepting his answer and ignoring "real" ones?
If other answers are helpful they're accepted too.
OriginalGriff wrote: Are his other answers any good? Or do they look suspicious as well?
There are no other answers.
He made twice as many questions as answers and accepts any that's answered by others.
It seems like he's asking whenever he doesn't know, and as soon as he's googled an answer he posts and accepts it.
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In that case I'd probably give him the benefit of the doubt, and maybe just keep an eye on him and see if it accelerates - most of the naughty ones do as they realize we haven't noticed and they get greedy.
Maybe a message to say that this could be seen as abusive and he perhaps shouldn't? I dunno, that last is a difficult one to write without offending someone who is not trying to game the system.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I just noticed that he's been given a polite nudge by CHill, let's see how it develops.
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Yeah I ran out of time to have a good look yesterday, and was going to get to it today...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Nor a tip. Nor anything else, really.
'Article'[^]
Member[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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This[^], from here[^].
This[^], from here[^].
This[^], from here[^].
Member for 5 months. Clickity[^]
What's worse... those articles are updates. All of them actually got through some time ago. 
Might not plagiarism. Jury's out. Thanks OG. 
modified 18-Mar-14 7:05am.
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I suspect it's less "plagiarised" and more "written by an employee" - it's a commercial product, and he is publicising it via the articles.
But in this case I don't think it's spam either: it appears to have a free version that just doesn't get support.
I'll let it pass myself.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I just asked him - on what base he post them here...I'll wait for the answer to decide...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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While I agree with Griff I think that the type can be changed to blog because the articles are copies of existing blogs.
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It was your articles, so he might have a point. 
Users are gone but the posts remain. Messages are flamed too.
Looks like you have an admirer. Found any little gifts? Unexpected Ewes smelling of Mint? New wellies?
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Looks like you have an admirer.
Could be. C'est la vie!
I can live without a few of his ruder remarks littering the site though.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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links 2 and 3 are the same.
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Fixed - thanks!
You can't read the comments list any more because all three members are no longer with us, but when all three were here at the same time, the lists were the same!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Yeah I'm guessing by the closeness of the member id's that they were all created roughly one after each other.
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Move along there - nothing to see here! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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