Reporting and Moderation
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Deleted User last edited by
I really need to much more thoroughly think through how I'm coming across before I post... and not to post at all while I feel frustrated about things (here or elsewhere). That's something I've adopted since then, and I think the result has been more constructiveness and less harshness... or at least I hope so. And for that, I genuinely thank you.
I like your words above, blackbird and I'll try to put them to work in my posting. I grew up playing hockey back in Canada and still seem to have that mindset, if you will - being provoked I don't think but drop the gloves and get ready for battle. For many reasons that's not a good course of action. Anyway... I guess we're mutually thankful for that exchange so that's a good thing.
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A Former User last edited by
I wouldn't believe it appropriate behavior to ask an Audi service shop for advice on tweaking a Ford engine...
Black, it was the Lounge.
Think of it like I "asked for advice" to another customer being in their toilet room.
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christoph142 last edited by
I wouldn't believe it appropriate behavior to ask an Audi service shop for advice on tweaking a Ford engine...
Black, it was the Lounge.
Think of it like I "asked for advice" to another customer being in their toilet room.
I can't approve of you not thinking straight.Why do you keep fighting? We agree to disagree. This has been discussed now and we mods (and others) have told you that my decision was justified. So drop this now, please.
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blackbird71 last edited byNo.
The wrong reason stays the wrong reason.Here in the States, we have an expression: "Never argue with the referee!" When his decision has been made, and especially after he's explained it despite your appeal, it's been made... it's over... you can't change it. Going beyond that will only get one ejected from the game. In other words, relax and get on with other things.
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Deleted User last edited by
Since the penalty box didn't appear to do the trick, there's always a game suspension. :whistle: I don't think you want to go down that path so as christop and bb have encouraged you: drop it.
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A Former User last edited by
Black, I have my opinion, and it hasn't changed.
I'm not gonna overthrow "the government" - then what? I'm staying on my point - that's it. -
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christoph142 last edited by
My posts are held for moderation. Hmm.
Yes, some URLs trigger spam filter automatically. I approved your post.
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Deleted User last edited by
In any case my new post being moderated doesn't overwrite the old one just in time, '1 new' is mentioned but the previous username is still there. 'Some' urls could be all, links from this forum are included.
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blackbird71 last edited by
Without going into too much detail lest spammy eyes be watching, I've found that keeping most forms of punctuation to a basic minimum is very important. The longer the post, and the more that certain characters accumulate in it, the greater the likelihood it will be trapped as spam. There are certain characters that are more... uhm, sensitive in this regard.
A couple of URL links seem not to cause trapping problems.
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blackbird71 last edited by admin
Frankly, this is starting to become a nuisance of late. I just attempted to post in the https://forums.opera.com/topic/4766/google-search-problem-with-opera-12-17/24 topic, and got trapped (yet again) for moderation. My post contained one at symbol before a username, an Opera version number, four comma's, two hyphens, two apostrophes, and one exclamation point scattered across five ordinary sentences ending with periods. This is the third or fourth such moderation trapping in the last week or so. Maybe the spam filter has been set too restrictively?
Another problem is that when released, such posts often don't appear in the thread until multiple hours later, by which time their relevancy can appear stale.
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linuxmint7 last edited by
Hi blackbird, Just seen your post and have approved your other post in the other thread.
It doesn't look spammy to me, but then again, as you say, maybe the filters are set a little too restrictive.
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A Former User last edited by
Mine was just helled too. No lengthy - it had the word "Indian" in it though - and a smilie: ;).
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A Former User last edited by
Black, it may be either lengthy posts or certain words. Or both.
Or even style/syntax.Do you perhaps have something Indian in your blood?
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blackbird71 last edited by
Mine was just helled too. No lengthy - it had the word "Indian" in it though - and a smilie: .
The filtering obviously has to involve a ratio/scoring principle. I've had long posts and short posts both immediately accepted as well as blocked. Both types have had lots of punctuation (I use it for emphasis and expression) and little punctuation, and still been both accepted and held for moderation. I've come to believe that very short sentences as in your one held up above are as problematic as very long, punctuation-rich ones. My guess is that the filter is really looking to pass very typical, ordinary English wording style and bounce all else.
Apparently when some URLs are posted.
