Giveaway of the Day Forums

1. 

   Fluffyntx
   Member

   being posted? I have commented on several downloads, filled in my name and my email address and none of them are being posted. What's up with that?

   Posted 18 years ago #
2. 

   triphammer
   Member

   Yea.. I think it has something to do with being logged in the forum here. If you log out of the forum here and make a comment in the comment section it'll post. But if you're still logged in, none of your comments get posted there. Dunno why... tis just so.

   Posted 18 years ago #
3. 

   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   It has happened to me - and I've found it shows that in the comment section I am logged in as "." and my comments appear as from "Anonymous". If I sign out from the comments section I can specify my name and email address, and the comments appear properly.

   It looks like a bug that has been around for some time yet - ideally you want to sign in once and have an account for both program comments and forums at the same time.

   Posted 18 years ago #
4. 

   kc
   Member

   Not all of my comments have been posted either. I believe the team is editing the comments even though they aren't stating they do. That is why some mornings you don't see all the "yeah! first comments". Because someone deleted them. Don't ask me how they pick and choose comments, and some of the things posted are personal attacks.

   Posted 18 years ago #
5. 

   BuBBy
   Teh adnim

   I wish they would delete all of the "first post" entries. Leaving the posts there only encourages them. And the people who post "hmm nice" or "I'll have a look at this" in the first minute of the giveaway.

   I'm sure they haven't even read what the product is or does - they just are trying to be the first gimp to post. If it's the biggest contribution they can make to the GOTD community, perhaps they would be better off staying in bed.

   Posted 18 years ago #
6. 

   Giveaway of the Day project team
   Key Master

   Guys, let me clarify the situation:
   some comments are treated by built-in filter as spam, I've checked out spam folder, found some of your comments and restored them, so you can see them now.

   Regards,
   Alex

   Posted 18 years ago #
7. 

   BillW50
   Member

   Oh I see. Is there keywords that causes them to be tossed into the spam?

   Posted 18 years ago #
8. 

   Giveaway of the Day project team
   Key Master

   I guess that only developers of Akismet module (from Automattic) can describe its algorithm of spam filtering, but it's stated that Akismet's logic is based on some kind of global spam statistics being permanently accumulated by Akismet's database from lots of blogs and forums all over the world.

   http://akismet.com/faq/

   Posted 18 years ago #
9. 

   inneedof1
   Member

   Yes some of mine posted as annoymous also, but i figured oh well at least it shows up :) Thanks for the explanation admin.

   Posted 18 years ago #
10. 

    BuBBy
    Teh adnim

    Alex,

    Is it possible to set a rule or filter that treats regular posters to a more forgiving spam filter, or just avoid testing for spam, once the user has made 20 non-spam posts (for example)?

    The idea that a regular who makes lots of non-spam posts isn't likely to suddenly start spamming.

    Posted 18 years ago #
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    Giveaway of the Day project team
    Key Master

    Bubby,
    we have taken some actions, I guess now regular posts will not move into the spam folder anymore.

    Regards,
    Alex

    Posted 18 years ago #
12. 

    BillW50
    Member

    Thanks Alex! :)

    Posted 18 years ago #
13. 

    sophie
    Member

    I never had a problem commenting until today and I think your filter has just eaten my comments, which was disappointing to say the least

    Posted 17 years ago #

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