[REPORT] ~ Please *stop* this user - page 4.

hilariousandco

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Quote from: PistolPete on December 28, 2014, 04:22:15 PM

If posts are done for the sole purpose of getting to the ad post quota, should I report it?

Depends on the quality really. Doing 50 or 1000 posts in a day wouldn't be a problem if they were all constructive, but 50 rushed half-assed ones would be. What is or isn't spam is subjective and it depends on the mod who handles the report so you could get a bad one, but you could PM a staff member or BadBear if you're concerned and don't want to risk your accuracy. Up to you.

PistolPete

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If posts are done for the sole purpose of getting to the ad post quota, should I report it?

This user https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/pierre11-177007
needs 50 posts by Dec 30th. He has been almost silent since he posted a lot before the last month deadline, and has started again with 22 posts today.

He has also started thread https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/where-should-i-spend-my-bitcoins-906942
I believe he knows the answer to the question posed there, since he is marcotheminer (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/whatever-happened-to-pierre11-883261)

This user (https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/nor9865-59502) also belonging to him and has the ad deadline on 3rd Jan, so expect him to get activated soon too.

Question is, is this allowed? The posts are quite innocent and can't be considered spam directly.

theymos

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Quote from: botany on December 19, 2014, 11:57:17 PM

Pardon this question so late in the day - but the only way to report a user is to report specific posts to the moderator, correct?

For example - this user has made 49 spammy posts in around 51 minutes (is that a record?). If I do report one or two of his posts, would moderators just delete those posts (if they agree that it is spam) or would they look at his posts and evaluate whether to ban him?

Report only one or two posts (the most spammy ones), but note in your report that all of the user's posts are bad.

Thanks.

botany

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Pardon this question so late in the day - but the only way to report a user is to report specific posts to the moderator, correct?

For example - this user has made 49 spammy posts in around 51 minutes (is that a record?). If I do report one or two of his posts, would moderators just delete those posts (if they agree that it is spam) or would they look at his posts and evaluate whether to ban him?

BadBear

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Yeah temp bans won't show up there. Some permabans won't either if they were applied the same way as temp bans. Not common but I do sometimes. Sometimes a temp ban will be converted to permanent which will result in that behavior, also may be done that way if I want to put a reason (either for myself/others, or for the user), etc.

shorena

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Quote from: BadBear on December 19, 2014, 04:37:39 AM

Quote from: redsn0w on December 19, 2014, 03:49:20 AM

I'm sorry , but I've reported this users a few day ago ( If I'm not wrong) :

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/babba-d-374921

But he wasn't banned , so I think his posts are fine for the forum .

Look at his post history before today and you'll see a suspicious gap exactly a week long in which he wasn't posting. Just saying. Wink

That user is back with ~43 one liners just today. Guess someone didnt get the message.

Quote from: BadBear on December 19, 2014, 04:37:39 AM

Quote from: botany on December 19, 2014, 04:06:40 AM

Quote from: BadBear on December 19, 2014, 03:27:43 AM

Modlog is two weeks.

When I look at the modlog, one of the last entries I see is this
Nuke user: N/A in topic #0 by member #402358
This user registered on this forum on 12-Dec-14. Assuming he was nuked immediately afterwards, I am able to see entries for maximum 7 days.

Are there additional pages which I am missing?

Weird, it used to be 2 weeks.

IIRC there is also a limit to the number of entries shown, not sure if theymos said that or I imagined it though.

All I could find with a quick search was that the listed bans are apparently permabans.

Quote from: theymos on October 24, 2014, 10:09:32 AM

All bans listed on that page are permanent.

redsn0w

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#Free market

Quote from: BadBear on December 19, 2014, 04:37:39 AM

Quote from: redsn0w on December 19, 2014, 03:49:20 AM

I'm sorry , but I've reported this users a few day ago ( If I'm not wrong) :

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/babba-d-374921

But he wasn't banned , so I think his posts are fine for the forum .

Look at his post history before today and you'll see a suspicious gap exactly a week long in which he wasn't posting. Just saying. Wink

Quote from: botany on December 19, 2014, 04:06:40 AM

Quote from: BadBear on December 19, 2014, 03:27:43 AM

Modlog is two weeks.

When I look at the modlog, one of the last entries I see is this
Nuke user: N/A in topic #0 by member #402358
This user registered on this forum on 12-Dec-14. Assuming he was nuked immediately afterwards, I am able to see entries for maximum 7 days.

Are there additional pages which I am missing?

Weird, it used to be 2 weeks.

Yes I've seen (thanks). It is strange in the modlog he ( id# 374921) doesn't "appear" (and he was banned the 11th of december) maybe because after some lines the old voices are not more visible.

BadBear

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Quote from: redsn0w on December 19, 2014, 03:49:20 AM

I'm sorry , but I've reported this users a few day ago ( If I'm not wrong) :

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/babba-d-374921

But he wasn't banned , so I think his posts are fine for the forum .

Look at his post history before today and you'll see a suspicious gap exactly a week long in which he wasn't posting. Just saying. Wink

Quote from: botany on December 19, 2014, 04:06:40 AM

Quote from: BadBear on December 19, 2014, 03:27:43 AM

Modlog is two weeks.

When I look at the modlog, one of the last entries I see is this
Nuke user: N/A in topic #0 by member #402358
This user registered on this forum on 12-Dec-14. Assuming he was nuked immediately afterwards, I am able to see entries for maximum 7 days.

Are there additional pages which I am missing?

Weird, it used to be 2 weeks.

botany

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Quote from: BadBear on December 19, 2014, 03:27:43 AM

Modlog is two weeks.

When I look at the modlog, one of the last entries I see is this
Nuke user: N/A in topic #0 by member #402358
This user registered on this forum on 12-Dec-14. Assuming he was nuked immediately afterwards, I am able to see entries for maximum 7 days.

Are there additional pages which I am missing?

redsn0w

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#Free market

I'm sorry , but I've reported this users a few day ago ( If I'm not wrong) :

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/babba-d-374921

But he wasn't banned , so I think his posts are fine for the forum .

redsn0w

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#Free market

Quote from: BadBear on December 19, 2014, 03:27:43 AM

Why do you need to know when someone else is banned?

I don't want to know when someone is banned , but it would be a normal forum function. However mine is only a suggestion , surely a bad suggestion.

BadBear

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Also bans by admins don't always show up in the modlog, depends on how they were banned. I don't think that's intentional though.

BadBear

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Modlog is two weeks.

Quote from: redsn0w on December 19, 2014, 02:51:54 AM

Maybe when an user is banned I think it easy to theymos add under the "rank coins" a little word: "Banned" ,

What do you think ?

Why do you need to know when someone else is banned?

redsn0w

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#Free market

Quote from: botany on December 19, 2014, 02:48:39 AM

Is there any way to find out if a user is currently banned?

The modlog only contains list of users banned recently (maybe during the last 24 hours?)

I reported this user when he made 70+ (mainly spam) posts within a few hours.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kishan889-353244

A few of his obvious spam posts (repeated bumps to self promoted thread) were deleted, but a majority remain. However, he has not made any posts during the last week. Is there any way to confirm if he was banned?

I think there is only this log :

https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php , but as you told only the last ~24h of action will appear in that log. Maybe when an user is banned I think it easy to theymos add under the "rank coins" a little word: "Banned" ,

What do you think ?

botany

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Is there any way to find out if a user is currently banned?

The modlog only contains list of users banned recently (maybe during the last 24 hours?)

I reported this user when he made 70+ (mainly spam) posts within a few hours.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/kishan889-353244

A few of his obvious spam posts (repeated bumps to self promoted thread) were deleted, but a majority remain. However, he has not made any posts during the last week. Is there any way to confirm if he was banned?

deluxeCITY

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Quote from: galbros on December 15, 2014, 07:18:04 PM

Quote from: Lethn on December 13, 2014, 09:36:11 AM

I'd at least report it to the sig campaign to cut them off and provide his post history as evidence, not really worth it spamming the moderators if they're busy because they might get annoyed.

I really can't help but think this may be a partial solution to sig campaign related useless posts. Most signature sponsors are becoming a lot more discriminating in who posts for them and what counts.

There is still an issue with people spamming with new accounts to get their level up, but reporting to a sig sponsor could also be very effective.

So even if you don't want to report to the mods, report to their sig sponsor.

This may help with spam over the long term - people will not spam if the are getting kicked out of campaigns. However I don't think it will stop a particular person from spamming the first time, as it will generally take several weeks for a operator to withhold payment to a spammer and kick them out of the campaign (it will take at least as long as the next time they are due to payout)

galbros

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Quote from: Lethn on December 13, 2014, 09:36:11 AM

I'd at least report it to the sig campaign to cut them off and provide his post history as evidence, not really worth it spamming the moderators if they're busy because they might get annoyed.

I really can't help but think this may be a partial solution to sig campaign related useless posts. Most signature sponsors are becoming a lot more discriminating in who posts for them and what counts.

There is still an issue with people spamming with new accounts to get their level up, but reporting to a sig sponsor could also be very effective.

So even if you don't want to report to the mods, report to their sig sponsor.

Magic8Ball

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Quote from: shorena on December 15, 2014, 04:38:56 PM

Meh, why is your accuracy important for you if you dont report?

Its not important, it meant that posts like these are allowed and I should not spam the mods for this.
I have not stopped reporting, only posts like those.

shorena

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Quote from: Magic8Ball on December 15, 2014, 03:17:00 PM

I reported this user https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/hash72-216253

My accuracy went down so I have stopped doing it as it showed the site allows this kind of posting.

Meh, why is your accuracy important for you if you dont report?

A++ paid sig, one-liners, shows interest in bought accounts, member ranks and unrestricted number of posts would report again.

On the other hand the person is probably limited by the ability to express themself in english. I doubt its on purpose, its more likely that this is just the way the person posts, with or without paid signature. This is the post [1] they joined a campaign.

[1] https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9716755

Magic8Ball

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I reported this user https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/hash72-216253

My accuracy went down so I have stopped doing it as it showed the site allows this kind of posting.

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