Spam and Abuse Watch

Re: Philosophical question...

27-Nov-16 6:14

To be honest I don't like the blog feeds because I can't start with them... most of them have links to other parts of their blogs. I find it a big grey zone that need clarification

In an Q&A Item a guy posting links to his own blog would be reported for site driving.
In an article the same.

But in the blogs is quite usual to see links in "reported speech" style... If you have a look to my other article XXXXX I said there // You can get the introduction for this topic in XXXXX

And so on...

But this one[^] writing links to own twater, farcebook and forwarding the code download to his blog is a bit too much in my opinion.

So I would like to ask... how "tolerant" do we have to be with blogs and why do blogs deserve that tolerance if you compare them with the other items published here?

@Chris-Maunder and @Sean-Ewington is there an official answer by CP? What are your personal opinions?

Chris Maunder27-Nov-16 8:30

Chris Maunder

27-Nov-16 8:30

If the intent of a post is to advertise or market a product, and that post isn't posted in the showcase or other sponsored section, then it's spam.

CodeProject is for developers to share their code freely. It's not to be used as a marketing tool for other sites or products.

If the post provides good content then it should stay. If it's spammy it should go. If it's in between then we ask the member to either remove the blatant marketing stuff from the post or the post gets removed.

We'll have a chat with the author.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Abuse? Testers for spam? Couple of months old...

OriginalGriff27-Nov-16 4:40

Re: Abuse? Testers for spam? Couple of months old...

27-Nov-16 4:40

This member: Member 11495749 - Professional Profile[^]
Has one message: Messages[^]
and five comments: Comments[^]
All from the same date: 16th Oct this year.
And all the same: "test"
And that leads to his mate: Member 10104450 - Professional Profile[^]
Who has five "similar" comments back in 2013: Comments[^]

Then look at the rest of the same question and you get more of 'em:
Dani Ramdani - Professional Profile[^]
qwertyhj - Professional Profile[^]
alighorbanip - Professional Profile[^]

At a guess, these are testers for spambots. But even if they aren't, it's abusive behaviour.

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Nelek27-Nov-16 6:23

Re: Abuse? Testers for spam? Couple of months old...

27-Nov-16 6:23

My 5 cents already in (all abuse)

I did a really cool discovery (I suppose I am quite late on this but...)

In the list of the comments... you can report them within the list, you don't need to go to visit the parent items.

That is a helpful feature to save time.

OriginalGriff27-Nov-16 6:27

Re: Abuse? Testers for spam? Couple of months old...

27-Nov-16 6:27

I'd never noticed that... D'Oh! | :doh:

Cheers!

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Nelek27-Nov-16 6:34

27-Nov-16 6:34

Nice thing, isn't it?

USERS STILL ALIVE

Nelek2-Dec-16 7:09

Spammer from Moderation (12872791) - gone

2-Dec-16 7:09

#7 and more

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
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Richard MacCutchan27-Nov-16 1:30

Re: Spammer from Moderation (12872791)

27-Nov-16 1:30

Posting links to a shopping website 12872791[^]

modified 2-Dec-16 13:08pm.

OriginalGriff27-Nov-16 1:32

Spam answer in QA: Member 12872547 - gone

27-Nov-16 1:32

One got through: Using DataTables with Web API Part 2: Making a POST Request[^]

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Richard MacCutchan26-Nov-16 20:55

Re: Spam answer in QA: Member 12872547 - member gone - no he isn't

26-Nov-16 20:55

Member 12872547[^]

modified 2-Dec-16 13:07pm.

OriginalGriff26-Nov-16 21:29

Re: Spam answer in QA: Member 12872547 - member gone

26-Nov-16 21:29

Member gone - so no link to answer available.
Have you got one in your history?

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modified 27-Nov-16 3:55am.

Richard MacCutchan26-Nov-16 21:34

Re: Spam answer in QA: Member 12872547

26-Nov-16 21:34

Er, member and question both still there. Confused | :confused:

Solution 9 to a 4 year old question: How to convert an Android application into iPhone?[^].

OriginalGriff26-Nov-16 21:54

Re: Spam answer in QA: Member 12872547 not spam - but abuse perhaps.

26-Nov-16 21:54

Weird: I got the "member closed" page ... but I don't now.

Methinks the hamsters have been at the fermented sunflower seeds again.

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OriginalGriff26-Nov-16 21:58

Re: Spam answer in QA: Member 12872547 not spam - but abuse perhaps.

26-Nov-16 21:58

There's no link, no site - just the text.
I remember it, it came up in moderation so I let it through as I assumed it was a question not an answer.
I suspect it's meant as a question - but a very poor one - rather than anything spammy. Perhaps a "warn and watch" would be a better idea here?

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Richard MacCutchan27-Nov-16 1:21

Re: Spam answer in QA: Member 12872547 not spam - but abuse perhaps.

27-Nov-16 1:21

Sounds fine to me. It just looked like a test message in preparation for a spam attack.

OriginalGriff27-Nov-16 1:31