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Re: Sock Puppeteer??

Manfred Rudolf Bihy14-Dec-13 10:53

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

14-Dec-13 10:53

The account of the article writer is of type group eventhough the image and name suggests there is a single person behind it. The first alleged puppet is a member of that group who wrote the article. Whilst it doth look suspicious I don't think I would call it a sock puppet. It might be some other dimension of tom foolery though.

Cheers!

"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"

Ron White, Comedian

modified 15-Dec-13 7:15am.

Re: Sock Puppeteer??

CHill6015-Dec-13 6:22

CHill60

15-Dec-13 6:22

Thanks for checking. Never knew there was group accounts! Learn something new every day Smile | :)

PowerAdmin

DaveAuld14-Dec-13 0:12

DaveAuld

14-Dec-13 0:12

This user: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10057313[^]

has a number of technical blogs sitting in moderation.
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=105193&aid=696534[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=105192&aid=696533[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=105191&aid=696532[^]

They all are basically trying to drive traffic towards their site. Even one of them has a link that says, "Click here to continue blah blah blah" and this goes off to their site.

Looks rather spammy to me.

Dave
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Re: PowerAdmin

SoMad14-Dec-13 0:32

SoMad

14-Dec-13 0:32

Yeah, I agree and I was going to report all of it too, but then I stumbled upon the article from August (read the Editorial Note): An Extra Pair of Hands, 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week[^].
Does this mean it is a CP sponsor and protected by the hamsters?

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Re: PowerAdmin

DaveAuld14-Dec-13 1:31

DaveAuld

14-Dec-13 1:31

That article is in its correct location, i.e. the Product Showcase which is paid for.

I don't think that gives them the right to try and push other content into other sections.

Dave
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My posts down voted

i0013-Dec-13 21:59

i00

13-Dec-13 21:59

I posted this article in the lounge (yes I know I probably should have posted it here, whops) Article violates Terms[^].

Anyway, today, in a period of 7 mins, 19 of various posts of mine were mysteriously down-voted. I assume this was related.

Kris

i00 Spell Check - No Third Party Components Required!

modified 14-Dec-13 4:06am.

Re: My posts down voted

Manfred Rudolf Bihy14-Dec-13 3:35

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

14-Dec-13 3:35

I also spotted some paranormal democratic activity directed at myself, but if I were you I wouldn't worry too much.

Just keep on going doing your thing. Points don't matter anyhow.

Cheers!

"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"

Ron White, Comedian

Random Downvoter

Marco Bertschi13-Dec-13 7:41

Marco Bertschi

13-Dec-13 7:41

This guy[^] appears to have been on some sort of downvoter strike, after one of his articles got downvoted by another member.
Read the whole story[^]

Whatsoever, he then voted an article with two stars, using the great comment "....."
i00 BindingList with DataGridView[^]

Afterwards, he voted another article with one star, with the not really better comment "could have done better" - Constructive criticism sounds different, I suppose.

Given the context of the Lounge post (And believe me, that story is true, sadly the said article by RAJ is already deleted) I'd say this is pure abusive behavior by the member RAJ, and we should close his account as abusive.

Veni, vidi, caecus

Re: Random Downvoter

Manfred Rudolf Bihy13-Dec-13 10:24

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

13-Dec-13 10:24

I also came to the same conclusion and have already reported the offender.

Cheers!

"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"

Ron White, Comedian

Re: Random Downvoter

Ron Beyer13-Dec-13 11:06

Ron Beyer

13-Dec-13 11:06

Gone

Re: Random Downvoter

i0013-Dec-13 22:12

i00

13-Dec-13 22:12

I think he is back under another account ... I don't get many posts down-voted but just had 19 various posts down-voted in 7 mins ... Here[^] is the post about it I just opened under this forum.

Kris

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Re: Random Downvoter

Marco Bertschi13-Dec-13 23:53

Marco Bertschi

13-Dec-13 23:53

Just let him be, as long as he is only downvoting posts we can't really prove that it was him.
Send a report to Sean@codeproject.com, he will take care of the problem.

Veni, vidi, caecus

Re: Random Downvoter

Chris Maunder16-Dec-13 4:56

Chris Maunder

16-Dec-13 4:56

Action has been taken.

Plagiarised would be article

Tom Marvolo Riddle12-Dec-13 22:21

Tom Marvolo Riddle

12-Dec-13 22:21

This article:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=105047&aid=695959&msg=4721374#xx4721374xx[^]
from this:
http://www.microsoft.com/web/solutions/powerpoint-embed.aspx[^]
and this:
http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2008/07/07/4-ways-to-put-a-powerpoint-presentation-on-your-web-site#[^]

Member:
http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Vishnu-Y[^]

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I'm getting down vote attacks

Mohamad M. Mohamad12-Dec-13 20:10

Mohamad M. Mohamad

12-Dec-13 20:10

I woke up this morning on lower reputation point that yesterday and when I checked my reputation details I found a series of down votes to my answers. What to do in this case?

My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

Re: I'm getting down vote attacks

Pete O'Hanlon12-Dec-13 21:00

Pete O'Hanlon

12-Dec-13 21:00

Do nothing. Reputation points are completely meaningless.

Re: I'm getting down vote attacks

Mohamad M. Mohamad12-Dec-13 21:23

Mohamad M. Mohamad

12-Dec-13 21:23

My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

Re: I'm getting down vote attacks

OriginalGriff12-Dec-13 21:03

OriginalGriff

12-Dec-13 21:03

Ignore it.
It may be they are deserved (I don't know which posts got them so I can't say), it may be a number of people just didn't like them, or you may have annoyed someone and picked up a stalker.

The best thing to do it ignore it: if you react it shows a stalker that you care and that encourages them to continue, because they are getting a reaction from you. If they don't get any reaction, then the "fun" goes out of it and they get bored and move on. We all get them from time to time.
It's not as if you could convert rep points to cash, is it? Laugh | :laugh:

Re: I'm getting down vote attacks

Argonia12-Dec-13 21:15

Argonia

12-Dec-13 21:15

OriginalGriff wrote:
It's not as if you could convert rep points to cash, is it?

Strange, i remember something about converting them into beer(which is precious than cash) in the CP meetings. But again i may be wrong

Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true

Re: I'm getting down vote attacks

OriginalGriff13-Dec-13 2:03

OriginalGriff

13-Dec-13 2:03

Oooo! Sorry - the offer ended 1st Dec 2013...

Re: I'm getting down vote attacks

Albert Holguin13-Dec-13 5:04

Albert Holguin

13-Dec-13 5:04

Does happen from time to time.... you just have to learn to ignore it and try not to let it bother you.

Re: I'm getting down vote attacks

i0013-Dec-13 22:02

i00

13-Dec-13 22:02

I am getting the same because I pissed off someone who is just being un-rational.

I do think that there should be a limit of say 15 mins to how often you can down vote any given individual, because I got 19 down-votes in 7 mins!

I think there is a lot Code Project could do to improve its voting systems to prevent these kind of attacks.

Kris

i00 Spell Check - No Third Party Components Required!

Not sure what this is. Spam of some type?

TnTinMn12-Dec-13 15:42

TnTinMn

12-Dec-13 15:42

Same strange message posted as answer in two QA questions.

Member: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10462179[^]

Thumbnail from 1st Powerpoint Slide C#[^]

a Where clause in db query datetime = string[^]

Re: Not sure what this is. Spam of some type?

OriginalGriff12-Dec-13 19:48

OriginalGriff

12-Dec-13 19:48

I've asked him not to do that again, sent him to Google to get his file, and deleted the non-answers.

Re: Not sure what this is. Spam of some type?

TnTinMn13-Dec-13 5:08

TnTinMn

13-Dec-13 5:08

Thanks.

Uh-oh, since those answers contradicted my opinion (and apparently yours as-well), does your deleting said answers mean that we are that nasty word you taught me yesterday? Cry | :((

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