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#201 2012-02-22 23:46:52

kayybee
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Magnie wrote:

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I actually really think saying "this is in the wrong section" is useful, because the user might post future threads like that in the wrong place again or something. maybe just without the "reported".

Also, I think a mod should make that become a new topic and become its own guide  neutral  choose to report it to make a new topic if you wish.

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#202 2012-02-23 01:29:52

wolvesstar97
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

CheeseMunchy wrote:

wolvesstar97 wrote:

Hey lightnin, should you add Quote Trains as spam? Because all they do are clutter up the forums.

They're not really spam if they're on-topic.

HOW IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE ARE QUOTE TRAINS ON-TOPIC?!?!

EDIT:

By quote trains I mean the ones like:

user wrote:

another user wrote:

yet another user wrote:

Last edited by wolvesstar97 (2012-02-23 01:32:37)


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#203 2012-02-23 11:35:28

RedRocker227
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

wolvesstar97 wrote:

CheeseMunchy wrote:

wolvesstar97 wrote:

Hey lightnin, should you add Quote Trains as spam? Because all they do are clutter up the forums.

They're not really spam if they're on-topic.

HOW IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE ARE QUOTE TRAINS ON-TOPIC?!?!

EDIT:

By quote trains I mean the ones like:

user wrote:

another user wrote:


It's basically saying "I agree with this, but I don't have anything else to add".


Why

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#204 2012-02-24 14:09:13

Magnie
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

kayybee wrote:

Magnie wrote:

long guide about good posts hidden to save space

I actually really think saying "this is in the wrong section" is useful, because the user might post future threads like that in the wrong place again or something. maybe just without the "reported".

Also, I think a mod should make that become a new topic and become its own guide  neutral  choose to report it to make a new topic if you wish.

Well, I guess so, but in general, most replies "Wrong section" usually end up looking like someone being rude to the topic-owner. Besides, when they see the topic moved, it'll become more obvious. And if the moderators the move it see fit, they can also explain it and they usually explain it in a nicer form than others.

Though for making a new topic. I'm not sure where I would put it. The post would belong in almost all the forums. It's the moderators/ST's decision on whether to make one or not.

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#205 2012-02-25 08:12:30

Haiming
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

I have 1 question. How many people did this on Scratch recently?

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#206 2012-02-25 11:26:57

Magnie
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Haiming wrote:

I have 1 question. How many people did this on Scratch recently?

Like, with in the last two months? Or when the topic was created?

Last edited by Magnie (2012-02-25 11:27:14)

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#207 2012-03-23 23:57:10

GeonoTRON2000
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

what-the wrote:

Some good detail there of what spamming is and why people do it. Hopfully some day there could be a good program that can prevent it. Until then we just have to keep flaging it.

I have an idea.  You could have external site links require activation by moderator or at least 5 more thumbs ups than thumbs downs (some way to vote whether or not to display the link.)


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#208 2012-03-24 00:01:02

GeonoTRON2000
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Magnie wrote:

kayybee wrote:

Magnie wrote:

long guide about good posts hidden to save space

I actually really think saying "this is in the wrong section" is useful, because the user might post future threads like that in the wrong place again or something. maybe just without the "reported".

Also, I think a mod should make that become a new topic and become its own guide  neutral  choose to report it to make a new topic if you wish.

Well, I guess so, but in general, most replies "Wrong section" usually end up looking like someone being rude to the topic-owner. Besides, when they see the topic moved, it'll become more obvious. And if the moderators the move it see fit, they can also explain it and they usually explain it in a nicer form than others.

Though for making a new topic. I'm not sure where I would put it. The post would belong in almost all the forums. It's the moderators/ST's decision on whether to make one or not.

Yes, but the general issue here is that moderators post "Moved to section" when they move them.  When I see posts like these, it makes me want to shout "I CAN SEE THAT!", but I can't because they usually lock the topic when they do this.


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#209 2012-03-24 10:44:09

Haiming
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Unique title!  lol

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#210 2012-03-24 10:45:15

Haiming
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Magnie wrote:

Haiming wrote:

I have 1 question. How many people did this on Scratch recently?

Like, with in the last two months? Or when the topic was created?

Recently

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#211 2012-03-24 14:02:16

SplatKirby
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

I can't BELIEVE the nerve of advertisers. Faceless companies post submission on a site OBVIOUSLY MARKED Scratch.mit.edu (emphasis on .EDU!) just for the heck of it. DOWN WITH GREEDY $$$ COMPANIES! What kind of sick joke do they think they're playing?!

Please notify me if I took that too seriously.


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#212 2012-03-24 15:02:37

Haiming
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

SplatKirby wrote:

I can't BELIEVE the nerve of advertisers. Faceless companies post submission on a site OBVIOUSLY MARKED Scratch.mit.edu (emphasis on .EDU!) just for the heck of it. DOWN WITH GREEDY $$$ COMPANIES! What kind of sick joke do they think they're playing?!

Please notify me if I took that too seriously.

What?

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#213 2012-03-24 15:05:54

stevetheipad
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Haiming wrote:

SplatKirby wrote:

I can't BELIEVE the nerve of advertisers. Faceless companies post submission on a site OBVIOUSLY MARKED Scratch.mit.edu (emphasis on .EDU!) just for the heck of it. DOWN WITH GREEDY $$$ COMPANIES! What kind of sick joke do they think they're playing?!

Please notify me if I took that too seriously.

What?

Essentially, I think Splatkirby was saying that spam companies make robots to go to sites (like is one!) and spam with links, this is one of the reasons that new Scratchers can't post links.  sad


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#214 2012-03-24 15:09:45

veggieman001
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

stevetheipad wrote:

Haiming wrote:

SplatKirby wrote:

I can't BELIEVE the nerve of advertisers. Faceless companies post submission on a site OBVIOUSLY MARKED Scratch.mit.edu (emphasis on .EDU!) just for the heck of it. DOWN WITH GREEDY $$$ COMPANIES! What kind of sick joke do they think they're playing?!

Please notify me if I took that too seriously.

What?

Essentially, I think Splatkirby was saying that spam companies make robots to go to sites (like is one!) and spam with links, this is one of the reasons that new Scratchers can't post links.  sad

The fact that it's a .edu actually makes them come here more, because it optimises the search engine results even more.


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#215 2012-03-24 15:38:09

scimonster
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

veggieman001 wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

Haiming wrote:

What?

Essentially, I think Splatkirby was saying that spam companies make robots to go to sites (like is one!) and spam with links, this is one of the reasons that new Scratchers can't post links.  sad

The fact that it's a .edu actually makes them come here more, because it optimises the search engine results even more.

And some are even payed to do it. D:

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#216 2012-03-26 23:41:38

Magnie
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Haiming wrote:

Magnie wrote:

Haiming wrote:

I have 1 question. How many people did this on Scratch recently?

Like, with in the last two months? Or when the topic was created?

Recently

Well, recently, I haven't seen very much. But I only stick to forums that are rarely spammed in general. There was an incident a few months ago, but other than that, very little if any.

When the topic was created in the first place, there was a lot of commercial spam.

But as I've said earlier, there is more spam than commercial spam.

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#217 2012-04-03 18:08:02

logiblocs
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

There was an incident that led to img tags being disabled.

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#218 2012-04-04 13:05:15

James07
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Registered: 2012-04-04
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

RedRocker227 wrote:

schusteralex2 wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:


Nah, chocolate all the way.

Nah, Chocolate chip cookie dough.
Lets stop spamming the no spamming thread, shall we?

Haha yeah, I guess this is pretty ironic.

tongue


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#219 2012-04-04 18:13:03

Mokat
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

RedRocker227 wrote:

wolvesstar97 wrote:

CheeseMunchy wrote:

wolvesstar97 wrote:

Hey lightnin, should you add Quote Trains as spam? Because all they do are clutter up the forums.

They're not really spam if they're on-topic.

HOW IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE ARE QUOTE TRAINS ON-TOPIC?!?!

EDIT:

By quote trains I mean the ones like:

user wrote:


It's basically saying "I agree with this, but I don't have anything else to add".


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#220 2012-06-02 04:39:32

9star
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

thanks for telling us!! by the way another type of spam is a type of compressed meat (gross!) that comes in a tin.


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#221 2012-06-02 04:54:32

trinary
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

9star wrote:

thanks for telling us!! by the way another type of spam is a type of compressed meat (gross!) that comes in a tin.

That's not exactly relevant to this topic...


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#222 2012-06-08 04:53:03

bluecat600
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

9star wrote:

thanks for telling us!! by the way another type of spam is a type of compressed meat (gross!) that comes in a tin.

lol!


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#223 2012-06-09 13:16:03

JH1010
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Is posting bump on your own thread spam because I have seen it done a lot lately. Look at this thread as an example.

http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=96843

9 out of the 13 posts just say bump.

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#224 2012-06-09 13:19:18

RedRocker227
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Registered: 2011-10-26
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

JH1010 wrote:

Is posting bump on your own thread spam because I have seen it done a lot lately. Look at this thread as an example.

http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=96843

9 out of the 13 posts just say bump.

It's not spam, as long as you only do it once or twice a day.


Why

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#225 2012-06-11 11:47:43

SplatKirby
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Registered: 2012-03-22
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

What about this comment that I got from my friend? I encouraged him to join, but...here's a screenshot: http://gifninja.com/animatedgifs/94777/this-is-what-my-friend-does.gif and a link: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/SplatKirby/2502135


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