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Well, no one can say P O'H is not passionate about supporting this site and keeping spammers/site-abusers at bay 
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Pete. Big-stick. What more can I say?
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: since it's fairly clear now that my posting about the spammers is causing undue noise here in S&B.
I still disagree. 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Cool. I'll continue to whackamole then.
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I still believe that's not the best option. If a popular member like you does that, others will do the same. The best option is to report a profile and if you want to quickly get 4 others to do it, you might want to take advantage of a certain mailing list
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: might want to take advantage of a certain mailing list
Good idea - I'll do that.
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Ok, you are not helping Chris. If P O'H does that, many others will too. Might as well retire that report-member feature then! 
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: If he wants spam left lying around because of apathy
No, I don't.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: I asked for whackamole powers for higher rep users
They are here - but the issue is that giving powers to high rep members can lead to issues of abuse. High rep doesn't always mean thoughtful and cautious when dealing with members, as we all know, so any power I give must be something that has some built in safeguards. Specifically: I ask for 5 members, not just one, to vote for the closing of a member's account.
I don't think the issue is apathy, I think it's visibility of the feature and understanding what it does.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: I don't think the issue is apathy, I think it's visibility of the feature and
understanding what it does.
Maybe start a thread on it in the Lounge so people know of it?
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That doesn't do enough. I've mentioned it in the forums and the newsletter several times. It needs to be made more prominent without sending a big "hey! Report everyone for grins and giggles!" message.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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As I just said Chris - I'm happy enough not to bother when it's clear that a spammer is slipping through the nets. I'll report them using the report member link (I already do this), but if they don't get picked up by others, then I will leave them to get through.
Yes, I am one of the biggest reporters of spammers (if not the biggest), but if you don't want me to report them here, I won't.
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I looked through the other posts that the user you mentioned posted and all seem innocent enough. Would it be fair to disable this account for one bad message or just delete the message?
Just a thought... 
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There were several spam messages today - not just one. An entire thread was deleted to get rid of one.
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Well... maybe this will teach him not to do it anymore. I saw his reputation curve... figured it must've been more than one thing. If he does it again, we'll whack the mole. I can't stand spam either.
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May I say thank you for the new features. I'm going to be very careful here.
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Gratz on getting the multiple nukes feature (well I think you got that as a protector now).
I somehow already feel safer now 
And you get a cool new icon
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I disagree.
The lounge is a fairly busy place, reporting it there would send the report on to the second or 3th page very quickly.
Also if the Jedi master (aka Pete) reports it I believe most would just click the link and report away, not to suggest that Pete would use that knowledge for bad but in this particular case I disagree with him (probably because Chris already deleted the offending messages).
We all have a mind of our own, I just wish people would use there's more often (especially on the internet).
When Pete (or anybody else) reports a member here I always check out the profile of the member, his/her messages and decide for myself if I send in the nuke.
The reporting it here however ensures that the spammer is removed more quickly. Like Pete said a lot of people simply don't care about the spam messages or don't know about that report link (I think it should be made into a big red button with a nuke icon or something on it ).
Anyway usually these report threads here are only 1 or 2 messages long so I don't think they cause much noise.
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I have been reading lounge posts in Thread view for a couple of years now.
In April I started getting the "Unable to load messages due to high load" message in the lounge constantly.
See post here[^].
Yesterday Frank Kerrigan[^] pointed out here[^] that using 'Normal View' instead of 'Thread View' allows lounge posts to be seen.
I would like to report that I also see this behaviour when attempting to access The Lounge.
Pete
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It's a load issue, unfortunately. We've changed hardware and we're still trying to nut out why theoretically faster hardware != better performance.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Fair enough. I couldn't find a similar report for this in this forum, nor mention in the current bugs list. Just thought I'd formally point it out.
thanks for looking into it.
Pete
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Chris Maunder wrote: It's a load issue, unfortunately. We've changed hardware and we're still trying
to nut out why theoretically faster hardware != better performance.
Started to see this high load notice while attempting to view The Lounge and C++ Forums, roughly since mid August. Normal view worked on The Lounge but on C++ I got timed out.
-- RP
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Thread view is working fine for me now. However, in the past it did not work for approx. 4 days and then it was fine after the hampsters did their thing.
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Just along for the ride.
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I hate to do myself down but the ratings in this question[^] seem incorrect. Listing the solutions in the order "Top Rated", puts mine ahead of Marcus and SA, and yet I got 2x5 votes and they each got 3x5.
The best things in life are not things.
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You're sorted now. 
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But it still doesn't explain why I was top before; I'm not asking for extra points, rather that the others get due recognition. But thanks anyway.
The best things in life are not things.
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