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Chris,
Have you (as in CP) run a script against the profile db to remove any links from members with a low rep? (but left the text of the link in place)
Going through some older profiles, looking at the formats of the message of known spam bots creations, I get the impression you have.
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Seems unlikely, easier to just delete the accounts
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That's what I would have thought.
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No, not specifically, though we have made nips and tucks occasionally when needed. It's Yet Another Thing On The List.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Kick him out: tb_anywhere[^]
Just check the messages he posted.
Silverlight 5 Tutorials : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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While investigating the above stated allegations another account has crossed my sights which seems to be linked to this sham: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7614616[^]. That member also links to the same website as the article and also left a high vote for that article.
His whole activity here on CP seems to revolve around this "free component", which in my opinion is a very strong indicator that something fishy is going on.
Cheers!
—MRB
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
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The plot thickens!
I wonder how many other accounts reference this component 
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Growing thicker by the minute. I thought while I was at it I'd try to spy around some more just to have this account show up in the plot: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=7665205[^].
This little spammer asked questions in Q&A trying to get people to evaluate "The Component" for him/her. He was also voting on said article. All activities can be linked to "The Component". If this gets any fishier I'll have to put a clothespin on my nose! 
Cheers!
—MRB
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."
Ross Callon, The Twelve Networking Truths, RFC1925
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I'm using Safari for PC and it does not keep me logged in between sessions. Other websites on the same browser remember me, and other browsers work fine. Oddly enough, Safari for the Mac also works fine.
I did not see any option that would be causing this, other than "block cookies from third parties and advertisers" which I think I also have enabled in the other browsers.
Anyway, I'm sure hardly anyone uses Safari for Windows, in fact I normally don't. I'm just on my never ending quest to compare fonts. So no biggie
[I changed the icon though I'm not sure it's a bug on your end.]
modified on Friday, August 19, 2011 11:44 AM
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Sounds like an issue on your end, unfortunately.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Sounds like an issue on your end, unfortunately.
Thanks for looking into it, it's kind of what I expected. Still a mystery though.
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Follow up: It turns out there was a cookie from CP being stored by Safari, even though it wouldn't remember my login. I deleted that cookie, restarted my browser, then tried it. Now it works.
Not having any idea how cookies work, this surprised me. *shrug*
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I'm glad you got it sorted. Just out of curiosity: could it be that you logged on with Safari many moons ago, then hadn't used it for a long time, then only just recently used it again?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Can we get a "Why I voted 1" feature in Q/A? Some of my answers are being voted 1 by a platinum Authority user, and if I knew why, maybe I could fix them (if they're indeed wrong).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Nice suggestion.  Infact I have been asking Chris to make comments mandatory for downvotes.
"Don't confuse experts with facts" - Eric_V
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We specifically decided against doing this to remove clutter.
I have hypothetical: If QA was in for the form of the discussion forums, with the question being the thread root, and answers being the replies to the root, and comments being replies to the answer messages, would you want to see "My vote of 1" messages in the thread?
(this isn't a facetious question. It's core)
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It would seen as a comment. The way it is now, we have no way of addressing the down vote because we don't know why it was voted that way.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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So, if we were in a forum situation and we had "My vote of X" messages in the forums as replied to questions and answers, would that bother you? Would it add unnecessary junk?
Going back to your original question: adding the "my vote of..." for QA is straightforward but needs more hours in the day, and I really want to ensure it ads value.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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At first blush, no, I don't think it would be unnecessary junk. Maybe the question should be put to those who answer a lot of questions in the forums.
I completely understand the time-available thing, and you probably have more important things to do (like adding the new button I suggested today ).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Yes, about that new button...
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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When hovering over the 'stars' for a question / answer you get the breakdown in a popup window.
In this popup window there is a '?' with a link to the explanation of the calculation.
However if you haven't voted it is impossible to click on this link since as soon as the mouse goes off the stars the popup disappears and because of the white space between the stars and the popup you never get to enter the popup before it is gone.
Once you'v voted you can click on the link. But then there seems to be something wrong with the arrow on top the box.
The right side border is double and the left side border is gone (of the arrow).
I have a screen if you want it.
Chrome 14.0.835.94 beta-m
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Fixed in next release. Thanks for spotting that.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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