Silk Road forums
Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Bundy on February 03, 2013, 04:46 pm
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Any measures to prevent the spammers seem right, but this one in particular seems way too drastic. I want toleave a comment on the thread of a seller, but I can not, and that affects the whole purpose of the forum.
Maybe for some 50 comments seem few, but it is too much for someone who does not feel comfortable writing in English and only want to leave a comment if you find it necessary.
Probably the cause of the wave of spam on this last time not only wanted to scam, if not, cause much deeper damage...but censoring the forum is probably what they were looking.
I have the same nickname in SK, and I spent 23.12 bitcoins (6 transactions, refund rate 0%)... I think that I and all users who are in similar circumstances (showing that they are buyers) should have the freedom to discuss where they want.
If everything continues like this, I'll have to go to the Newbies section and post up to 50 ... as some have done. But I will not get to that point, because it is unfair and also tor is very slow :(
If something sounded rude is because I have bad English, the only enemy is the damn spammers
Regards
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You have a point, but working through the 50 is do-able.
If it wasn't there, literally 90% of all the threads would be spam.
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I reckon there should be summit done for people like me..been on the road and forum for 10months spent fair bit of monies, reviewed products...Just never posted much in the main forum whilst I could. I don't have many posts to go but I cant be assed spamming to reach 50.. Can anyone do anything about it? I made a thread here if anyone could..
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=116791.0
Would be appreciated x
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I agree been here for over a year now but just don't post on the forums unless its important matter that needs to be shared with the community.
anyway its fine. you can't expect perfect out of a underground market.
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I hear ya, and I'm in the same boat, been here over a year. I think I was just scammed using a new technique and now I have to post a whole bunch of stuff to try to find out if that was the case!
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this really sux
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This is crap
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I reckon there should be summit done for people like me..been on the road and forum for 10months spent fair bit of monies, reviewed products...Just never posted much in the main forum whilst I could. I don't have many posts to go but I cant be assed spamming to reach 50.. Can anyone do anything about it? I made a thread here if anyone could..
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=116791.0
Would be appreciated x
Im in the same position. This sux
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50 is a bit much when SR is alot of vendor to customer relationship, I guess I will become a bit more social then I will like to be in the meantime
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Any measures to prevent the spammers seem right, but this one in particular seems way too drastic. I want toleave a comment on the thread of a seller, but I can not, and that affects the whole purpose of the forum.
Maybe for some 50 comments seem few, but it is too much for someone who does not feel comfortable writing in English and only want to leave a comment if you find it necessary.
Probably the cause of the wave of spam on this last time not only wanted to scam, if not, cause much deeper damage...but censoring the forum is probably what they were looking.
I have the same nickname in SK, and I spent 23.12 bitcoins (6 transactions, refund rate 0%)... I think that I and all users who are in similar circumstances (showing that they are buyers) should have the freedom to discuss where they want.
If everything continues like this, I'll have to go to the Newbies section and post up to 50 ... as some have done. But I will not get to that point, because it is unfair and also tor is very slow :(
If something sounded rude is because I have bad English, the only enemy is the damn spammers
Regards
I appreciate your frustration and I have received many messages from people expressing the same sentiments, sometimes quite vitriolic. However the new rule is working at containing the spam, just looking at the sheer number of spam threads in the newbie section speaks volumes and many are still asking the same questions that have been discussed to death which shows many are just not making any effort to invest the time to research and read the wealth of information contained within the forums before creating new threads, make of that what you will.
The sense of entitlement on here sometimes is palpable, many of the posts I have made in the newbie section seem to go unread as a lot of people seem more focused on simply posting spam to hit their 50 rather than educating themselves.
This rule has nothing to do with censorship, it was a response to combat the spammer/scammer threads (anyone notice the virwex and bitcointalks threads are gone?), it was also intended as far as I know to encourage new forum members to get orientated to forum etiquette before being let loose on all the other sub forums.
Hit your 50... it's not too onerous a task.
ssbd
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Any measures to prevent the spammers seem right, but this one in particular seems way too drastic. I want toleave a comment on the thread of a seller, but I can not, and that affects the whole purpose of the forum.
Maybe for some 50 comments seem few, but it is too much for someone who does not feel comfortable writing in English and only want to leave a comment if you find it necessary.
Probably the cause of the wave of spam on this last time not only wanted to scam, if not, cause much deeper damage...but censoring the forum is probably what they were looking.
I have the same nickname in SK, and I spent 23.12 bitcoins (6 transactions, refund rate 0%)... I think that I and all users who are in similar circumstances (showing that they are buyers) should have the freedom to discuss where they want.
If everything continues like this, I'll have to go to the Newbies section and post up to 50 ... as some have done. But I will not get to that point, because it is unfair and also tor is very slow :(
If something sounded rude is because I have bad English, the only enemy is the damn spammers
Regards
I appreciate your frustration and I have received many messages from people expressing the same sentiments, sometimes quite vitriolic. However the new rule is working at containing the spam, just looking at the sheer number of spam threads in the newbie section speaks volumes and many are still asking the same questions that have been discussed to death which shows many are just not making any effort to invest the time to research and read the wealth of information contained within the forums before creating new threads, make of that what you will.
The sense of entitlement on here sometimes is palpable, many of the posts I have made in the newbie section seem to go unread as a lot of people seem more focused on simply posting spam to hit their 50 rather than educating themselves.
This rule has nothing to do with censorship, it was a response to combat the spammer/scammer threads (anyone notice the virwex and bitcointalks threads are gone?), it was also intended as far as I know to encourage new forum members to get orientated to forum etiquette before being let loose on all the other sub forums.
Hit your 50... it's not too onerous a task.
ssbd
I may have an idea for making posting in the normal sections more attainable, and probably also encouraging legit members to post helpful/useful stuff: If they receive positive karma from another member, let them post in the normal boards. That way the spam bots would never be able to get in any other part of the board (Unless the spammer already owns an account which can give karma, but in that case it would be easy to identify who that would be, I imagine).
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well i am still not a fan of the rule but i guess ill just have to start posting more
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This 50-post rule, although well-intended I'm sure, is unfortunate for the SR community.
I don't personally have the time to sit here and rack up 50 posts on this forum, so I won't Therefore, the rest of the SR community will not get to see my reviews of vendors that I've been ripped off by, leaving them free to rip off more customers.
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Sure takes awhile...
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ya that kinda sux.. spammers suck too tho, guess its too tricky for them to add a way around..
just got a suggestion for the suggestions-forum if someone could forward it there lol:
to add a "last login"-feature. I realize adding a "last login from IP" wouldn't work, but a "you last logged in X days/weeks ago" (or just the date) could be a nice security feature.. like if someone has ur user/pass but is w8ing to get ur pin somehow (like a keylogger), so its possible to notice if someone else has logged in with ur account and such.
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Really? Nobody on board with the karma idea? Just posting good content and getting karma from a member with 100+ posts... So people would be inclined to actually post something sensible rather than spamming.
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Good idea, but karma doesn't address the root of the problem at the source. Spammers gonna spam.
The 50 posts was a good idea but.
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I think having a financial component/alternative would be a good idea. It's pretty frustrating to go through when you've spent over $500... I don't really have any questions to ask!
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It is indeed pretty frustrating. I am quite frustrated. Again. Wanna post on a poll but but I canny do it. Nusakan, thats a decent idea.. and Sukeys I think your idea is pretty good also and I think it could work somehow but im not sure it will happen. Only 50 posts... doesn't sound like a lot but if you cant be assed to chat shit or spam, and dont really have a lot to ask about, it can take a while.
Ah well here goes another 1...
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It is indeed pretty frustrating. I am quite frustrated. Again. Wanna post on a poll but but I canny do it. Nusakan, thats a decent idea.. and Sukeys I think your idea is pretty good also and I think it could work somehow but im not sure it will happen. Only 50 posts... doesn't sound like a lot but if you cant be assed to chat shit or spam, and dont really have a lot to ask about, it can take a while.
Ah well here goes another 1...
LOL
Yur Almost There!!
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Good idea, but karma doesn't address the root of the problem at the source. Spammers gonna spam.
The 50 posts was a good idea but.
It could address the issue of the spam as it would allow users to moderate a bit, and perhaps this suggestion might even help the forum itself: "hide" the posts of accounts who managed to get more than -10 total karma by default?
Edit: Basically something like what reddit does right now. It would show them as hidden but with an option to still view it. Easily implemented on the client-side with some Javascript and CSS since the karma totals are shown anyway.
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SWIM
**Rolls Eyes**
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Whats the ::) for? lol
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post spam
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meo dalt
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posted here
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crap
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This is not a "bug report" -- I'm moving this topic. Also, please understand that it is not acceptable to spam your way to 50 in the bug report subforum.
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Sorry thought it was a SPAM thread. I got -4 karma from this :-\
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Sorry to hear that, PBmolly. Anyway, this is the only place to spam. (and congrats on your 51 posts!)
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post.
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Yea, I agree that it's a bit annoying. I've been a member since nearly the beginning of SR. I only post on the forums to leave product reviews and ask questions. Oh well, 50 post spam time.
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Try selling a ">50 Posts" user account...
Check the "Ghost Writers"....
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and everyone can ignore this one...
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Why not use 20 transactions and suspend the SR accounts of spammers!
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if there is no alternative we must do what we must do
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just post crap.
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just post crap.
The point is that its retarded as fuck. I shouldn't have to post 50 posts counting 1-50 like Bundy did earlier in this thread. I suppose we have to though...
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Nope.
But there have been/should be threads where you can post your review.
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SPAMTASTIC!
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scam
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I think the 50 post rule should not apply if you have a linked SR account and more than 1000 GBP or equivalent of successful transactions
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take tooo l;ong
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Awesome spamming TG :P
Maybe you need to contact inigo and request vendor status ;)
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You've spent some time in Thailand then SSBD?
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12345 * 10
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5! = 120
4! = 24
Somewhere in between 5! and 4! (I hope you screamed the aforementioned 5s and the 4s.)
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lol
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real players
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It has to be annoying to stop the bots/spam. As much as I hate it I'd rather do this than have the forums become unusable due to spam.
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oh come on
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