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ZFR: Every accident "hasn't happened till now" until it happens. By this logic there is no reason to worry about anything: "I've been driving like this for years, surely if anything were to happen it would have happened by now", "this has been leaking for years, surely if anything were to happen it would have happened by now",

"gunysynd has been a member of good standing for many months, surely if he were to go insane it would have happened by now."
I've never said that Gog doesn't need to fix this. But they are already aware of it, they have always been aware of it. I just don't think this is going to make them deal with it any faster. Instead we have made the situation potentially many times worse and it's only going to hurt us; the users of this forum.

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ZFR: Look at it this way, ToxicTom made an impromptu script to remove bamwar bots in a day-two most. What if it was someone with ToxicTom's knowledge who went insane instead of gunysynd?
And whose to say that isn't what's happening right now?

Alric. Will you promise that you are not in anyway behind the deletion of your threads?
Because right now your the only one on the forum I think has the capability of doing what you say is being done.
I don't really think this is the case, because I'm fairly sure from the pattern of how your threads are deleted that it's not automated, but I think it's a question that deserves asking.
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ZFR: Others were in this situation too: dtgreene had legit posts deleted too.
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dtgreene: I haven't noticed any of my posts being deleted.

(I have, however, noticed legitimate non-offensive non-controversial posts of mine being "low rated" for no good reason.)
OK, I remember your legit posts being downvoted, but not sure if deleted too.
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amok: what I find delightfully subversive in all this is that it is the downreppers who became the spammers. If they had left it alone, it would have died by itself. However, they kept it alive. Kudos for that.
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Crewdroog: exactly. I tried to explain that before when they kept deleting Tauto's posts.
I don't think you or amok understand how that started. Tauto's posts didn't get deleted because of what he said, because people "didn't like them" or whatever. They got deleted because they were literally spam.
He would follow me (and others) across multiple threads posting the same YouTube link or word over and over and over again some 10-20 times in a row. That's when the spam-deletion thing for him started, not before then. He wasn't being "silenced" and his free speech wasn't being trodded on. I'd expect the same thing to happen to me if I posted "POTATO" and nothing else in every single thread, then proceeded to necromance threads with it.
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ZFR: OK, I remember your legit posts being downvoted, but not sure if deleted too.
The only person who had posts deleted was Tauto. And we all know why that was.
Post edited December 15, 2016 by zeogold
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adaliabooks: Alric. Will you promise that you are not in anyway behind the deletion of your threads?
Because right now your the only one on the forum I think has the capability of doing what you say is being done.
I don't really think this is the case, because I'm fairly sure from the pattern of how your threads are deleted that it's not automated, but I think it's a question that deserves asking.
I have not deleted a single thread on this forum. Neither my own nor anyone else's.

But since I can't prove a negative, there will be people who'll claim otherwise.

As to the capability, I think you just might be more qualified than me.
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zeogold: So basically, you're using terrorist tactics.
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Alaric.us: Yea. Same exact terrorist tactics as Google uses.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3137173/security/google-clashes-with-microsoft-over-windows-flaw-disclosure.html
Except those are with serious security flaws for companies that such a mistake could cost millions on, not a tiny little forum that a company has shown for 8 years to care nothing about.

Either you don't care about how the forum ends up, or you are truly blind to how GOG deals with things. I suspect it's a combination of both.
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Alaric.us: No, that's MY deadline. See post #146 in this thread.
Ah, I see, that's more like it.

Well, I honestly don't see anything good happening from you sharing that list, but I can't do anything to stop you, so... please think it through before doing anything.

Even if it's really just a 5 minute fix as you say, the forum is a very low priority for Gog. They can reach tens of thousands more customers via social media. They might very well not do anything in these three months, and I agree with adalia, if the situation degenerates they'll probably opt to shut down the place for good rather than spend time and energy to fix it.
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zeogold: The only person who had posts deleted was Tauto. And we all know why that was.
Nonsense, up until a couple of months ago I've had dozens of posts deleted and two threads.
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Avogadro6: I agree with adalia, if the situation degenerates they'll probably opt to shut down the place for good rather than spend time and energy to fix it.
They told me they have plans to fix it.
Post edited December 15, 2016 by Alaric.us
To me if a thread keeps being auto-generated it is spam.
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Alaric.us: They told me they have plans to fix it.
Yeah, and they told us they had plans to fix the rep system 2 years ago. That system's been abused to death and we haven't seen even the slightest fix yet.

I know that, once again, I'll never be able to convince you, but the day you release that script for others to use is when this forum shuts itself down.
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Greywolf234: To me if a thread keeps being auto-generated it is spam.
I bet that to you anyone who complains about being beaten by police is a criminal.

Actually no, not by police, by vigilantes.
Post edited December 15, 2016 by Alaric.us
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zeogold: The only person who had posts deleted was Tauto. And we all know why that was.
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Kleetus: Nonsense, up until a couple of months ago I've had dozens of posts deleted and two threads.
Not much of a surprise after about your 15th instance of "buttplug" or "you only have one ball, ha ha" or your thread made to mock the CFFA.
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adaliabooks: Instead we have made the situation potentially many times worse and it's only going to hurt us; the users of this forum.
Just to be clear: I agree with Alric's "my thread that gets deleted" spam campaign being justified, and not with his "share with everyone".

I'm hoping GOG do pull their stuff together and just get this fixed.
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Crewdroog: exactly. I tried to explain that before when they kept deleting Tauto's posts.
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zeogold: I don't think you or amok understand how that started. Tauto's posts didn't get deleted because of what he said, because people "didn't like them" or whatever. They got deleted because they were literally spam.
He would follow me (and others) across multiple threads posting the same YouTube link or word over and over and over again some 10-20 times in a row. That's when the spam-deletion thing for him started, not before then. He wasn't being "silenced" and his free speech wasn't being trodded on. I'd expect the same thing to happen to me if I posted "POTATO" and nothing else in every single thread, then proceeded to necromance threads with it.
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ZFR: OK, I remember your legit posts being downvoted, but not sure if deleted too.
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zeogold: The only person who had posts deleted was Tauto. And we all know why that was.
zeo I like you and i don't want to fight <3

Yes, I don't know all the drama behind all this, but it is still my opinion, which i'm allowed to have, that I think the spam deleting needs to stop.
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Greywolf234: To me if a thread keeps being auto-generated it is spam.
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Alaric.us: I bet that to you anyone who complains about being beaten by police is a criminal.

Actually no, not by police, by vigilantes.
I think everyone probably has different definition of what spam is and that's part of the problem.