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Yes, I have seen the new question. I did not flagged the former question, had not seen it. Would I have seen it, then I do not think I would have flagged it for a fiddler link. It may be that the account has actually been erroneously closed, and Chris seems to be investigating on that already.
My point was, manual moderation has been set up to protect CP from spammers and other malicious users, and, as with manual (human) systems in general, it is fallible from time to time. But I don't adhere the idea that moderators, or at least the most serious of them, are specifically acting to prevent new users from gaining their reputation. I could be wrong on that - I'm not in everyone's mind - but I tend to think that this community is rather open.
"I'm neither for nor against, on the contrary." John Middle
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phil.o wrote: My point was, manual moderation has been set up to protect CP from spammers and other malicious users, and, as with manual (human) systems in general, it is fallible from time to time.
You are right, I have been there a couple of times. When I realize I was wrong I delete the links of my post and ask the admins to wipe the reports / reinstaurate account if already went that far.
phil.o wrote: But I don't adhere the idea that moderators, or at least the most serious of them, are specifically acting to prevent new users from gaining their reputation. I can only speak for me, but I would like to think every other moderator thinks similar... we don't have anything against new users, when in border cases, we try to give comments and educate them to avoid this situations.
One thing many forget... we have little more power than other regular users. To close an account can be done by normal users, moderator status is not needed at all for that.
phil.o wrote: I'm not in everyone's mind - but I tend to think that this community is rather open. As long as you don't start with globalwarming, politics and so... I agree
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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If it gets posted in this forum it will get closed quickly. From what I can tell, not many people verify that the poster in this forum is correct in what they post.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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This: godubaidesertsafari - Professional Profile[^]
Unrelated comment to get the link in: Latest Messages[^]
Where is he spamming? A new tip of mine! About the only place more likely to be caught is to spam Chris' or Sean's homepage...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Also has two that got through: Latest Messages[^]
And a couple that I just rejected in moderation.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Messages and 'Questions' gone, user on 5.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I was thinking he could just truck off.
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