Flagged as potential spam?
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Is this normal for people's messages to be flagged for moderation as potential spam, or did I do something that has put me on some sort of blacklist? It's kind of annoying as from what I can tell, I have not ever tried to advertise anything on here.
Well, not sure what message you're referring to so not enough context. As to whether it's normal... wouldn't say normal but it happens. There is a voting system though so you'd have to get flagged by multiple users for a message to be removed. Not sure what it takes to get booted though.
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Well, not sure what message you're referring to so not enough context. As to whether it's normal... wouldn't say normal but it happens. There is a voting system though so you'd have to get flagged by multiple users for a message to be removed. Not sure what it takes to get booted though.
Just today, I did "This week's survey" about being a game programmer, and posted an answer to one of the discussions in there. Basically the answer was a "yeah I used to do that too!" kind of answer, which got flagged for moderation. Then I posted my own discussion giving a little detail about the kind of work I used to do as a game programmer, which also got flagged. As far as I know, I did not use any language that might imply spam or anything inappropriate.
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Just today, I did "This week's survey" about being a game programmer, and posted an answer to one of the discussions in there. Basically the answer was a "yeah I used to do that too!" kind of answer, which got flagged for moderation. Then I posted my own discussion giving a little detail about the kind of work I used to do as a game programmer, which also got flagged. As far as I know, I did not use any language that might imply spam or anything inappropriate.
If you're not actually spamming, I wouldn't worry too much about it. :cool:
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Is this normal for people's messages to be flagged for moderation as potential spam, or did I do something that has put me on some sort of blacklist? It's kind of annoying as from what I can tell, I have not ever tried to advertise anything on here.
The ones I saw seemed OK, so I let them through.
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Is this normal for people's messages to be flagged for moderation as potential spam, or did I do something that has put me on some sort of blacklist? It's kind of annoying as from what I can tell, I have not ever tried to advertise anything on here.
Let me tell you a secret. In order avoid yourself from getting caught by send filters, you need to do this: 1. Send 1 metric ton of hamster food to CP headquarters. 2. Send a bottle of gin to Nagy. 3. Send another bottle to OG. 4. Send pie to PIEBALDConsult. 5. Send me cash so I can spend it at local micro-brewery. 6. And last but not the least, hang a poster of Sean in his beloved attire at your workplace.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]
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Let me tell you a secret. In order avoid yourself from getting caught by send filters, you need to do this: 1. Send 1 metric ton of hamster food to CP headquarters. 2. Send a bottle of gin to Nagy. 3. Send another bottle to OG. 4. Send pie to PIEBALDConsult. 5. Send me cash so I can spend it at local micro-brewery. 6. And last but not the least, hang a poster of Sean in his beloved attire at your workplace.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]
lw@zi wrote:
- Send a bottlecase of gin to Nagy.
FTFY :)
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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Is this normal for people's messages to be flagged for moderation as potential spam, or did I do something that has put me on some sort of blacklist? It's kind of annoying as from what I can tell, I have not ever tried to advertise anything on here.
It is nothing personal... There is an automatic spam filter, that scans every messages - regardless who posts it. Sometimes it catches non-spam messages too... Fortunately the filter lack of self confident, so every message goes to human review and signed as spam or not... If you message signed as not-spam it released to the public and no harm done... In addition the filter learns better for the next time...
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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It is nothing personal... There is an automatic spam filter, that scans every messages - regardless who posts it. Sometimes it catches non-spam messages too... Fortunately the filter lack of self confident, so every message goes to human review and signed as spam or not... If you message signed as not-spam it released to the public and no harm done... In addition the filter learns better for the next time...
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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Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'm ok with messages going to moderation. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't unintentionally doing something that was making my messages appear evil to the spam filter lol
We'll have your name put on the list.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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We'll have your name put on the list.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
Is that the little list, or the list that was checked twice? :laugh:
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
