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I would agree, if this had been posted in the lounge as a joke cartoon, then it would have passed without problem. In that forum though, it is out of place, and probably only there to get either traffic or links to their website.
As you say, it is pretty poor humor! 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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I agree and voted to remove the post. I only discussed about having some written rules on the forum, and what can we do about it. Maybe we should do what you did: post our observations on the Abuse Watch forum and encourage members to vote to remove such out of place stuff.
Thank you,
—SASergey A Kryukov
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I can not do anything in the article. Other times I can not see the content, but at least I can see the flag to report. In this article, not. Don't know why.
User... helped to go to door 
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Article gone - so is the user. 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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He created a new account with the same member name but probably a different email address.
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No good. This is a big leak...
Thank you,
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Why a leak?
Black listing user names would not help: The spammer gets a message that the name is not avavilable and chooses another one.
I still wonder that most spammers enter a name rather than using the default one for new accounts.
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Maybe you are right, but without blacklisting names sneaking in again is way easier. I'm not sure though; I thought blacklisting of names is applied. You see, I, for example, create a new e-mail alias every time I deal with some new business or need to order something and later delete the e-mail account, to prevent spam (and yes, since I started this practice, I have very low level of spam, without using any filters at all). And so, it's way too easy to, say, add/modify one character in alias e-mail address and enlist in CodeProject practically unlimited number of times. Under the same account name. Yes, I do understand that the same simple trick could be done on a name, but look, spammers prefer we well-rounded names.
Thank you,
—SASergey A Kryukov
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It's easier to re-create an account with black listing. But it's not a leak. We should not waste more time than necessary with such subjects.
BTW: I did not downvote your post.
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I guess I have to agree.
I don't consider as a waste of time saying you:
Thank you. 
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Message Removed
modified 14-Nov-12 9:10am.
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I agree that such hijacking should be not posted.
I have reported the blog-entry, but not the user. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Thank you fort the feedback. I have just reported it as off-topic.
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It hasn't been approved yet (I can't view it) so it hasn't done any damage.
I don't think it will get approved so no harm done.
But you are right that (if it really is a blog about hijacking a Skype account) it doesn't belong here.
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Thank you for the feedback. The content is already available on the net. I have now reported and with the next report it will be rejected.
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Well it might be available on the net but that doesn't mean it is wanted here.
From past events like this I believe Chris doesn't tolerate (and I agree with him) things like this on this site so you did the right thing in reporting it.
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Now I know and will always report such content.
The Skype web interface has been changed meanwhile so that the hack can't be used anymore. So it can be also rejected due to outdated content.
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This user http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=8522102[^] is making a lot of editions to add code blocks or make links clickable, what is not bad. We all do it. The only thing I don't know if it goes a bit beyond the "good usage" is, the questions are quite old (I have seen from september 2012, Januar 2012 and two in 2011).
I am not reporting it as troll, because it seems to be a legitim user, with articles and questions and so on. I don't see the thing as a violation or abuse of the rules, but on the other hand... it looks not so usual.
I just wonder... what do you think about?
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Looks like an attempt to boost the editor reputation. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - it's not something I'd choose to do, but there's nothing inherently wrong with it.
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I didn't report it as wrong, just wondering about the situation.
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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