[Clipart] new kind of problem

Jon Phillips jon at fabricatorz.com
Fri Jan 4 21:14:14 PST 2013


We need to assess how bad the problem is and also how much people are using
messaging to get accurate picture.

Brad how to tell?
On Jan 5, 2013 11:56 AM, "Brad Phillips" <brad at bradphillips.org> wrote:

> But are a few spam messages here and there worth completely disabling
> comments/messaging?  I personally don't think so.  I think communication is
> more valuable than the space between now and completely revamped code.
>  Perhaps email notification of new messages can be temporarily disabled, if
> it's becoming an annoyance?  Even then, though, users can opt out of
> receiving those emails directly from their manage profile page.
>
> On Jan 4, 2013, at 5:54 AM, Jon Phillips <jon at fabricatorz.com> wrote:
>
> We need to stop the bleeding first, then fix the problem.
> On Jan 4, 2013 7:35 PM, "Jakub Jankiewicz" <jcubic at onet.pl> wrote:
>
>> This is the same issue as with comments do we need to disable them too?
>> I think that we need to ban users that send spam and have email
>> verification on registration. If that will not help I don't know what
>> will.
>>
>> Jakub
>>
>> On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 03:13:39 -0800
>> Jon Phillips <jon at fabricatorz.com> wrote:
>>
>> > This is really bad problem, we should disable messaging now
>> > immediately.
>> >
>> > Jon
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:24 PM, S.Kemter <sirko.kemter at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > thats not what I spoke of thats what I delete every night
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 2013/1/3 Cyber Gédéon <cybergedeon at gmail.com>
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >> Yes , thats famalegoods.com , an exctract of the message :
>> > >>
>> > >> Open Clip Art Library <noreply at openclipart.org>
>> > >>
>> > >> 29/12/12 (Il y a 5 jours)
>> > >>
>> > >> à moi
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> ovuofdau said: famalegoods.com ---
>> > >>
>> > >> free shipping
>> > >> competitive price
>> > >> any size available
>> > >> accept the paypal
>> > >>
>> > >> Air jordan(1-24)shoes $33  ....etc .....
>> > >> ...etc......etc....etc
>> > >> This is for a comment on the clipart found at :
>> > >> http://www.openclipart.org/**detail/173949<
>> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/173949>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Le 03/01/2013 12:44, S.Kemter a écrit :
>> > >>
>> > >>> Hi,
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> you mean the famalegoods spam?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> 2013/1/3 Cyber Gédéon <cybergedeon at gmail.com <mailto:
>> > >>> cybergedeon at gmail.com>**>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     Hi
>> > >>>     I have the same problems, (about 5 spams for a week)
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     Le 03/01/2013 11:36, Jon Phillips a écrit :
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>         Yes we should investigate this more and think it has to do
>> > >>>         with the messaging system between users. If this is
>> > >>> happening to others, I think good to disable this system now and
>> > >>> file the issues to add this to the new site code on the future.
>> > >>>         Others thoughts?
>> > >>>
>> > >>>         On Jan 2, 2013 2:33 PM, "S.Kemter"
>> > >>>         <buergermeister at karl-tux-**stadt.de<
>> buergermeister at karl-tux-stadt.de>
>> > >>>         <mailto:buergermeister at karl-**tux-stadt.de<
>> buergermeister at karl-tux-stadt.de>
>> > >>> >
>> > >>>         <mailto:buergermeister at karl-**tux-stadt.de<
>> buergermeister at karl-tux-stadt.de>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>         <mailto:buergermeister at karl-**tux-stadt.de<
>> buergermeister at karl-tux-stadt.de>>>>
>> > >>> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             Hi,
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             the chinese spammer is quiet since days yeah, but
>> > >>> there is a new
>> > >>>             thing.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             I got this message an hour ago:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             Hi We are a mentally ill married couple living in Cape
>> > >>>         Town. We
>> > >>>             are struglling to live every month. Would you like to
>> > >>>         donate one
>> > >>>             of your images (Hand Truck) to us, including all
>> > >>> rights to the
>> > >>>             image? We would like to upload it to a microstock
>> > >>> site for money.
>> > >>>             We are desperate at this stage. Many thanks Regards
>> > >>> Oliver
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             same person asked me a month ago the same thing. I by
>> > >>> myself consider that as an kind of nigerian fraud question is, if
>> > >>>         I am
>> > >>>             the only one who got that?
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             br gnokii
>> > >>>
>> > >>>             --     make me rich, buy my Inkscape book
>> > >>>         http://is.gd/yq5OD0 ;)
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>> > >>> make me rich, buy my Inkscape book http://is.gd/yq5OD0 ;)
>> > >>>
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