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I had posted an article and a tip using my account farhanshahsyed110@gmail.com. I had submitted each of them for publishing, only once. But out of nowhere an email arrived in my inbox with the description, "Content has been posted that is spam 10 times and is now deactivated." Isn't there enough accountability for the person who deactivates any account, aren't there any checks? I would have updated my article and tip under the supervision of some moderator but closure of my account has frustrated me a lot. I never posted anything more than once. PLEASE. RESTORE. THE. ACCOUNT. 
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Please respect our posting guidelines.
I'm reinstated your account.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Thank you for restoring it Chris!
However, I am disappointed by the way your community member behave. They are very disrespectful as it can be noticed by the attached screenshot. [Screenshot].
Thank you for looking into this.
Best Regards,
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On the contrary: Our community is extremely protective of what we, collectively, have built here. We are constantly having spammers and scammers try and post material here and the community works tirelessly to remove inappropriate material.
Our posting guidelines are clear. PIEBALDconsult's comment was a reaction to your demanding tone. It's Sunday afternoon here in North America so a little patience goes a long way.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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In Spam&Abuse I wrote two times a message "gone" after the subject got 10 Points.
When upvoting the one who reported the spamer I upvoted mistakenly my "gone message" and received two times 24 rep Points.
1.) Spammer from moderation queue (Anapouela3)
2.) Spammer from moderation (Member 13355266)
Second one was only to check whether this is reproducible.
I think this is not what you planned.
BTW: Also this message I could upvote. So please do 0x01AA.Rep-= 3*24 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Upvoting your own message is fine.
It's better than having people create sock-puppet accounts to do the same.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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sure?. ok...
btw: it was not possible before some months.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Yeah. They would do that - and by now, have like a million rep points. Maybe close to two million!
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It was other before some month. And I think puppets will be introduced to upvote Q/A-A and not for upvote own comments 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I recently had a message posted on my article which is obvious spam.
You can see the message at:
spammy message link[^]
I marked it as spam but I have no idea what that does.
Will the system delete the message? I think it should but I've never seen a result of setting a message as spam and I'm curious.
Also, the other day a particular person replied with the following and I marked it as trolling, but nothing happened. Why is that? Check out that message and see what you think.
Why doesn't CP delete a trolling message like that?
Edit - previously wrong link
The Lounge[^]
Note: I hope this is the correct forum to mention this -- not sure.
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Each time a message, an article, or even a member is reported, the reports are tallied until they hit a threshold. If they reach that threshold a message is sent internally and that item will be closed and the account that posted it (or the member itself) will be closed.
It's about getting a group consensus.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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That's what I thought. Now allow me to make a suggestion.
Please change that from group consensus.
You should add to the algorithm that also includes :
+ how many articles the person (who reports) has written)
+ how many previous days in a row they've logged in
+ overall reputation
Or, you could simply grant someone who is has obviously been heavily invested in the site with the power that when they mark a message as spam or trolling it is then deleted. Obviously, if a message is then deleted improperly the original message owner can petition.
This will allow you to get rid of messages the same way cities must be vigilant about getting rid of graffiti. Cities know if they just paint over it and keep painting over it, the offenders stop.
That's what I want with this system. The person who posted this message ( The Lounge[^] ) should've had it deleted immediately to send the message that s/he cannot use the forum that way.
The obvious spam is going to stay on my article for a long time because no one else is going to read that comment.
That's my two cents. thanks,
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IIRC, we've already tried something like that. Even the highest-rep members* can (and do) make mistakes, so it's better to have a consensus than to let a single member kill a message or user with a single vote.
If you think a message or a user needs to be removed, then you should report it in the Spam and Abuse Watch[^] forum as well as hitting the "spam" / "abuse" flag.
* Apart from Sean. Sean's special! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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raddevus wrote: You should add to the algorithm that also includes
This is baked in. Reporting requires status.
raddevus wrote: you could simply grant someone who is has obviously been heavily invested in the site with the power that when they mark a message as spam or trolling it is then deleted
We have this in the form of the Protectors and Mentors.
raddevus wrote: The person who posted this message should've had it deleted immediately
Sorry, but no. I'll agree his post makes about as much sense as a pie floater[^] but that doesn't mean it should be deleted. If I started down the path of censoring posts due to their obtuseness then it would never end.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: as much sense as a pie floater[^]
Looks eminently sensible to me, and gives me another reason to go down under some time (time and money permitting).
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Yeah APPLY for citizenship or suggest to the hamsters that perhaps another participant nuance is needed, like "Pusher".
wokkawokka
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Chris Maunder wrote: a pie floater[^]
Well OK then...
TBH, that doesn't sound so bad. I've seen worse things (like boiled Lima Beans with Tabasco sauce, pickles, and garlic. The thing smelled horrible).
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Lima Beans with anything (or nothing) == 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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My spouse being Greek, I eat and enjoy most Greek food...most.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Do you have a crpytocurrency wallet?
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Ripple
Litecoin
Other
Looking into it
Won't touch it!
What's a cryptocurrency?
Short list of cryptocurrencies
There were more than 900 cryptocurrencies available over the internet as of 11 July 2017 and growing. New cryptocurrency can be created any time.
Marc
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Thank you!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Could be me - when you mouse over the title bar on most pages:
"home articles quick answers" etc you'll get a popup / drop down menu. In firefox (as I'm typing this), behavior is correct, I can scroll down and select something.
On chrome, as soon as a leave the heading - say discussions - the drop down menu disappears. IE 11 behaves the same way.
ideas?
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I am using Chrome 59.0.3071.115 and have never seen the problem.
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Well, this morning it was chronic. Put my machine to sleep, moved locations, now seems to be working.
Hmm.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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