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We seem to be having a round of univoting trolling again. Normally I'd let this pass, but I think you might need to have a word with them in private.
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I'm getting the feeling there is one or 2 people constantly creating new accounts and posting drivel in the lounge.
Why you may ask.
To many new posts from fresh members (less than 3 months old accounts), under normal circumstances most if not all posts there are from regulars.
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Well I'v been countering the vote's you get.
My vote of 5 against ??? vote of 1 gives you a 3.67 so it averages out a bit
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What's worse than the trolling are the accusations and assumptions that are arbitrarily thrown around. Yesterday someone assumed a nice polite member of being the troll, I had to interfere and clarify things up for people to leave him alone. Let's face it. Except for Chris (and other CP admins), we can only make guesses. So maybe it's best to keep any suspicions to ourselves.
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That's why I'm asking Chris (or other admin) to have a word with them in private - they have the logs. If the person has been around for a while, I'd hope that a days foolishness could be overcome with a gentle prod rather than the nuclear option of a ban being touted. As I said in the lounge, they can downvote me all they like - I have a big enough reputation not to be worried about it; some of the people who've been targeted have less of a reputation cover. If they must target somebody, then take it out on me.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: If they must target somebody, then take it out on me.
Holy crap
This is Arnold O' Hanlon!
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Wait there a moment. I'll be back.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Wait there a moment. I'll be back.
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I don't really care much about the reputation points so let them down vote me as much as they want, it doesn't work anyway since more often than not a member with at least equal weight in voting comes along and balances the vote out.
So in fact the down-voters are really giving you more reputation points
In the past 4,5 years I'v been a member here I'v had one rule:
If I don't have anything meaningful / funny to say I say nothing at all and just move on.
Seems to work pretty well so I think I'll stick to it (only down side is that the reputation doesn't go up as fast)
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Come on now, that was me jokingly accusing you of being the troll, and now you want everybody to think that you're a nice polite member???
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Johnny J. wrote: Come on now, that was me jokingly accusing you of being the troll, and now you want everybody to think that you're a nice polite member???
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An option like member can Down-vote only if he has >=500 points. I hope it will help us to restrict uni-voters.
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thatraja wrote: <=500 points
Is that the Visual Basic equivalent of ">="?
Go and never darken my towels again - Groucho Marx
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Oops..you right. That should be Member points >= 500. changed
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Univoting trolling
You'll probably need to call in a trollslayer - do we have any here?
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I did a search for "Serialisation vb.net" in Articles, to see if there was anything i could point to following a question in one of the forms.
The system return this article;
Using Serialization to Persist TreeView Control (VB.NET)[^]
I clicked the article, and it highlighted the instances of the search term.
as i scroll down the article, and move my mouse down it, as the mouse hovers over the various paragraphs, sections etc. huge chunks of text become underlined. As the mouse leaves the regions, they return to normal.
[Chrome 6.0.472.63]
Dave
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CPRepWatcher now available as Packaged Chrome Extension, visit my articles for link.
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We're on it - thanks
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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I cannot solve the puzzle presented by the 'Build Coding puzzles in C#, Visual Basic, and F#[^]' link in The Insider today.
It's because you used the vb words, isn't it? You should have known they can break anything.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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It appears that the reputation frame can't resolve - at least that's true for everyone I checked
Remember in November:
But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security.
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I lost the tabs too - I just see it all in a single page.
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Try now.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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...for members who have signed up nearly a decade ago and haven't made a single post. Is it really that necessary?
I know i have a personal interest at heart in posting this, but i still wonder.
I can understand it for regulars and for those who have made a post or two, but the accidental name squatters should maybe lose protected status after a whole year with 0 total posts
I should be able to create a similar name that's not identical to the squatted name, but one which would normally be thrown out by the filter.
I had thought of also sharing some of the "holes" in the system, but a troll might get a hold of my ideas and observations, so i won't.
P.S. I'm a former regular here, so i've known this site for a number of years, on and off... even though my account is quite recent. Big thanks to Chris and all of the staff here at CP. Love you guys
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