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SHILLPO - Notify

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  • 31-03-2006 10:04pm
    #1
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭


    Let's get the ball rolling here folks.

    I suspect this poster of being a shill.
    Only a few posts and seems to be going the "recommend me a ...." route

    miss_english http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=63841
    Post edited by Shield on


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    #2
    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Hagar wrote:
    miss_english http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=63841
    It's far too early to go accusing the user.
    She could genuinely be <snip>...


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    #3
    Sparky
    Registered Users Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    Guys, whats wrong with just using the report post feature?
    You have a comment box to enter your remarks on the post.


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    #4
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    You could say the same about SigPo violations.


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    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Sparky-s wrote:
    Guys, whats wrong with just using the report post feature?
    You have a comment box to enter your remarks on the post.
    Shills and their posts generally require more than 1 opinion due their subtle nature. Report Post generally leads to 1 mod. coming along and making the decision there and then. The result would lead to far too many false positives and negatives.


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    #6
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Another customer perhaps.

    Zaxxon http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=28651

    and from the same thread

    Red03 http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=19536


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    #7
    nuttz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭nuttz


    Hagar wrote:
    Let's get the ball rolling here folks.

    talk about jumping the gun! have you looked at her other posts?


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    #8
    Photi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 669 ✭✭✭Photi


    Wahey, McCarthyism in full flow.


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    #9
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Hagar wrote:
    Another customer perhaps.

    Zaxxon http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=28651

    and from the same thread

    Red03 http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=19536

    In fairness both those people have been signed up for a long time - your average shill tends to be a bit newer. This thread is only one step away from tying people to the ducking stool..


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    #10
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Perhaps your are right, but from their postcounts they are not active posters. How many other newbs can figure out the system well enough to have sites in their profiles and steer threads in that direction.

    As always I am open to correction and this thread may be deleted or closed at the discretion of mods or admins.


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    #11
    ai ing
    Registered Users Posts: 396 ✭✭ai ing


    Hagar you are completely OTT. The only one out of them that seems to be advertising is Zaxxon and he clearly states what he is at. Kinda different from shilling really.


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    gandalf
    Registered Users Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Use the report this post link. Its out of season for Witch hunts. Try again at the end of October :D


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    #13
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Sigpo needs a thread because nearly all of the moderators cannot do anything about a person's sig. Thus it makes far more sense to have a thread. :)

    Shills, well the inherent difficulty in identifying them makes it a bad idea to have a thread accusing people. If I was new and had a fetish for Cadbury's and went on about said chocolate bars in a few of my early posts I'd be quite pissed off if there were public accusations about me being a shill. Really, just because someone mentions a particular product or brand a fair bit does not mean they are a shill. In fact, it's only by observing a post history that you can really decide.

    *tries to imagine seperating posters from shills on FAP*

    *shudders*


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    #14
    Asok
    Registered Users Posts: 6,628 ✭✭✭Asok


    I see no use for this bar being a complete witch hunt. If you suspect a user is a shill report the post and we will look into it.


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