The most recent posts here worry me:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...966370&page=21
First complaints not at all related to my thread and then a "one beaner" thanking me!
If it don't smell right ask for another opinion, eh
The most recent posts here worry me:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...966370&page=21
First complaints not at all related to my thread and then a "one beaner" thanking me!
If it don't smell right ask for another opinion, eh
lol
It looks like what the staff refers to as a "proto-spam". A little nugget someone leaves scattered around here and there so they can come back later to edit them into spam posts. Do it 10 times and hope one gets missed.
You can always report the post for staff attention.
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Last edited by Buntu Bunny; September 7th, 2013 at 03:44 AM.
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@kansasnoob, I can understand your concern. After the recent security breach we are extra cautious about anything that seems odd or out of the ordinary. I myself have recently pursued what on the surface appeared to be a couple of suspicious and related occurrences but which on investigation turned out to be quite innocent. And on looking at the posts that concern you I think they are most likely to be innocent too, although I am not complacent.
The first of the two posters posted to what they thought was a relevant thread – but I agree with you that it wasn't – and then drifted off at a tangent in their second post with an unrelated question. I don't think this reveals malicious intent, merely a lack of experience into the best way of using a forum. We see a lot of this – it's nothing new. I've split their two posts plus yours and cariboo907's helpful replies into a new thread so as not to have yours derailed. It's here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2172925
The new member first-time thankyou post – we see a lot of those too. Many are probably exactly what they appear to be – courteous people who like to give thanks for something they found useful, and join up to say so. Others turn out to be spammers, as QIII says. We keep an eye on them when they come to our attention!
Thanks for bringing this up though. I can understand why the coincidence of two unexpected posters would have worried you.
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Thank you. At this point I'd rather be cautious than complacent. Had I been at all sure there was a spam attack or something of that nature I would have used the "report" button, but I was unsure so I asked for the opinions of minds that I know work much better than mine
We'd much rather you report it and it be nothing
Feel free to report things if you're unsure.
If nothing happens immediately - we're either thinking about it or not going to take any action. Generally reports get looked at within 15 minutes in my experience. Sometimes you'll not even be able to finish a report
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