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This board allows members to report the accounts of spammers and others who abuse the forums in order to give other members the chance to vote to close the offending account.

 
GeneralPinky Sharma writes commercial advertizement in comments -- gone Pin
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov30-Aug-15 5:49
mvaSergey Alexandrovich Kryukov30-Aug-15 5:49 
GeneralRe: Pinky Sharma writes commercial advertizement in comments Pin
PIEBALDconsult30-Aug-15 8:03
mvePIEBALDconsult30-Aug-15 8:03 
GeneralSpammer in forums Pin
Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan30-Aug-15 4:44
professionalAfzaal Ahmad Zeeshan30-Aug-15 4:44 
GeneralRe: Spammer in forums Pin
OriginalGriff30-Aug-15 5:47
mveOriginalGriff30-Aug-15 5:47 
Generalgone Pin
Nelek30-Aug-15 7:39
protectorNelek30-Aug-15 7:39 
GeneralSpammer from moderation queue Pin
OriginalGriff29-Aug-15 23:33
mveOriginalGriff29-Aug-15 23:33 
Generalgone Pin
Nelek30-Aug-15 7:40
protectorNelek30-Aug-15 7:40 
GeneralSpam? Abuse? Hmmm... Pin
OriginalGriff29-Aug-15 23:10
mveOriginalGriff29-Aug-15 23:10 
A QA answer came up in moderation:
Another notable license management service which will allow you to protect your .NET software is [REDACTED]. The service is completely free, you pay only regular payment service providers fees (e.g. [REDACTED]).

(I removed the service url and the popular online payment service because that was part of the detection)

OK, it's free - he says - but...He joined today, and the question he was answering was posted in 2011 with two existing solutions.

I think it's spam, but if it isn't, it's abuse...
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=11945340[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

GeneralRe: Spam? Abuse? Hmmm... Pin
PIEBALDconsult30-Aug-15 8:02
mvePIEBALDconsult30-Aug-15 8:02 
GeneralSpammer from moderation queue Pin
OriginalGriff29-Aug-15 21:46
mveOriginalGriff29-Aug-15 21:46 
Generalgone Pin
Nelek30-Aug-15 7:47
protectorNelek30-Aug-15 7:47 
GeneralSpammer from moderation queue Pin
OriginalGriff29-Aug-15 21:08
mveOriginalGriff29-Aug-15 21:08 
Generalgone Pin
Nelek30-Aug-15 7:48
protectorNelek30-Aug-15 7:48 
GeneralMember 11945136 was a spammer Pin
PIEBALDconsult29-Aug-15 19:51
mvePIEBALDconsult29-Aug-15 19:51 
GeneralRe: Member 11945136 is a spammer -GONE Pin
DamithSL29-Aug-15 22:37
professionalDamithSL29-Aug-15 22:37 
GeneralSpammer - Dev Sharma Pin
DamithSL29-Aug-15 18:36
professionalDamithSL29-Aug-15 18:36 
GeneralGone Pin
phil.o29-Aug-15 21:36
professionalphil.o29-Aug-15 21:36 
GeneralMaybe, not gone. What I just reported can be new reincarnation of the same spammer Pin
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov30-Aug-15 5:53
mvaSergey Alexandrovich Kryukov30-Aug-15 5:53 
GeneralSpam would be article Pin
OriginalGriff29-Aug-15 6:32
mveOriginalGriff29-Aug-15 6:32 
GeneralRe: Spam would be article Pin
PIEBALDconsult29-Aug-15 7:17
mvePIEBALDconsult29-Aug-15 7:17 
GeneralSpammer from moderation queue Pin
OriginalGriff29-Aug-15 2:00
mveOriginalGriff29-Aug-15 2:00 
Generalgone Pin
Nelek29-Aug-15 7:06
protectorNelek29-Aug-15 7:06 
GeneralSpam would be article Pin
OriginalGriff28-Aug-15 20:09
mveOriginalGriff28-Aug-15 20:09 
GeneralGone Pin
Dave Kreskowiak29-Aug-15 4:17
mveDave Kreskowiak29-Aug-15 4:17 
GeneralmrDroz was a spammer Pin
PIEBALDconsult28-Aug-15 16:30
mvePIEBALDconsult28-Aug-15 16:30 

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