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I have been wondering why CP has introduced this half-baked user moderation system. Although I was laughing yesterday when it was SA, it turned out to me today. And my original account is still not yet there since this morning.
http://www.codeproject.com/suggestions.aspx?msg=4977498#xx4977498xx[^]
And even after this, the baba questions in Q&A does not stop.
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Unfortunately the spam-moderation does not yet include QA...
One of the features of this moderation that if the message got reported as a spam the system removes member instantly - it is enough that one not read your message carefully and you are gone...
In any case do not see it as personal attack - CP staff try to improve the site and the anti-spam-war is one of the hardest part of it...
See it as a voluntary work for the community 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I understand that it's not a personal attack.
But my account was removed (and not yet returned) based on 1 trigger. And I am not yet sure what exactly that was.
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Hi, Are you saying that one spam report by one user is enough to get someone's account automatically disabled ? If so, that's downright scary.
«What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning» Werner Heisenberg
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Exactly. If that report comes from message moderation...Scared me too...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I guess the question to ask then is: who is "message moderation;" I've always assumed only CP staff could de-activate an account.
cheers, Bill
«What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning» Werner Heisenberg
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I dont't think it's CP staff only. And as you said what scares me as well that it's just 1 report and account is gone!
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I can see the message moderation queue (and I think you too) and if I report a message there the member will be gone - so beware  !
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Does this apply to only new accounts?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Message Massacre Queue no can see ... where ?
«What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning» Werner Heisenberg
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I have seen the Message Moderation Queue only once and IIRC, it appears just above the one for articles/blogs/tips approval.
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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manas b wrote: And my original account is still not yet there since this morning.
Only admins could restore accounts and it's weekend, that's the only reason for the delay.
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One of the big things I've learned from my career in Software Development is the Pursuit of Excellence.
I bet you've learned that too.
Anyways, wherever I see the Pursuit of Excellence I am always motivated by it.
I had never heard of Urijah Faber Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) until yesterday when i stumbled upon his fantastic book, The Laws of the Ring: The Laws of the Cage from the California Kid -- amazon link[^]
It's a really great book on the Pursuit of Excellence in every life and it's written very well. Check it out. I'm betting as a Software Developer (Maker) you will like the book too.
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I'm having difficulty in seeing "hitting people" as part of the set of "excellence".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well, it makes them less likely to talk next time. Excellent! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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An old trick with scriptwriting is that if you go over beat, you calculate by how much, then cross out the appropriate number of words.
E.g. if you've got ten beats, but your lines run to fifteen beats, rather than agonise for ten minutes over how to rewrite it, just cross out every third word, and tidy it up. Done in a trice. After a few times, you can do the edit without actually crossing out the words.
I find that I'm doing pretty much that with my ears, lately. I just blank every second or third word spoken in certain meetings, and come away with a lot more sense than if I'd listened to them all.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ah! Herself does something similar: she listens to one word in three and makes the other two up... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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He: We should use a Singleton.
Me: Boot to the head.
Result: Excellence.
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Hmm.
Very good.
This is why I say that appropriate use cases should be included in the explanation of every process.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Me: Boot to the head.
Hahaha, LOL!!
Yes, beat the stupid devs into submission.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: having difficulty in seeing "hitting people" as part of the set of "excellence"
LOL! I know. I thought that too.
Honestly, from the outside you often think, "fighting / boxing arts are just two dimwits knocking eacher other around". But people on the inside know the challenge of examining the opponent from every perspective and hacking their way into beating the other person.
If you watch Urijah's first bout ever avaialable on YouTube you'll see that he beat his much more experienced opponent with a grappling technique in the first round and Urijah wasn't even hurt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDXyBp6ShTw[^]
I think that is the point, "thinking differently". There are some interesting analogies to wrestling another person with wrestling with a difficult progrmaming problem.
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I'm having difficulty in getting past that terrible title. It's ridiculously redundant.
It'd be like one of us writing a book titled The Laws of Programming: The Laws of Coding by <Insert Screen-name Here>
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I've tried beating the crap out of my code, but the crap is tenacious, and beating it just caused the bugs to multiply, and then there's the awful sound of that damned whimpering, and the accusing look that breaks your heart.
«What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning» Werner Heisenberg
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You should buy her flowers.
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