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Is Sashido using the parse server for their army of HN spam accounts?

by castis 10y ago

grzm 10y ago
Please don't call out other HN members as shills or spam accounts. If you suspect that such activity is going on, do contact the mods via the Contact link in the footer. They actively respond to issues like this.
- castis 10y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html If you could point me to wherever it says don't ask others about their obvious brigading tactics I'll gladly adjust my tone, thanks.
  - grzm 10y ago
    I'm not sure if it's in the guidelines (and you're right, I don't see it there). I've seen 'dang and 'sctb bring it up multiple times. One such example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13242889#13243600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13242889#13243600 I'll note that 'dang is also pretty consistent about including the "without evidence" caveat as well, which I admit there does appear to be plenty. That said, contacting the mods (which I already did) is going to be the most effective way of stopping the behavior: they've got more information available and can not only get rid of the comments, but the accounts as well. Comments such as your tend to add to the noise, and unfortunately unlikely to stop the spamming. Don't misunderstand me: I'm frustrated by it as well. Edit to add: 'sctb responded here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13524377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13524377
bbcbasic 10y ago
We don't know for a fact that Sashido is causing the spam. Could just be a elaborate joke, for example.
- grzm 10y ago
  I don't know for a fact that you're not part of that elaborate joke, either. A bunch of new accounts all commenting similar positive comments, 'sctb identifies the behavior, bans accounts, asks them to stop and they do. The simplest explanation is, yes, there was spam.
  - bbcbasic 10y ago
    Occam's Razor shouldn't be used when accusing people. Also, check my karma and previous comments.
    - grzm 10y ago
      The only accusation (if you choose to call it that) that I'm aware of is the initial comment by 'castis upthread. I don't believe you're part of the spam brigade. A comment like "we can't be sure" when there's pretty clear evidence of what happened doesn't add anything meaningful to conversation. It's tough enough addressing abuse on HN without suggesting, even possibly in jest, that we shouldn't do so. This all goes back to the initial comment: if a member suspects there's abuse going on, contact a mod, and let them sort it out. The rest of this is just noise. Edit to add: Even if it weren't spam in the sense of advertisement for sashido.io, but only a joke, it's still abuse of HN.

Is Sashido using the parse server for their army of HN spam accounts?

by castis 10y ago

Is Sashido using the parse server for their army of HN spam accounts?

grzm 10y ago

Please don't call out other HN members as shills or spam accounts. If you suspect that such activity is going on, do contact the mods via the Contact link in the footer. They actively respond to issues like this.

castis 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html If you could point me to wherever it says don't ask others about their obvious brigading tactics I'll gladly adjust my tone, thanks.
- grzm 10y ago
  I'm not sure if it's in the guidelines (and you're right, I don't see it there). I've seen 'dang and 'sctb bring it up multiple times. One such example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13242889#13243600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13242889#13243600 I'll note that 'dang is also pretty consistent about including the "without evidence" caveat as well, which I admit there does appear to be plenty. That said, contacting the mods (which I already did) is going to be the most effective way of stopping the behavior: they've got more information available and can not only get rid of the comments, but the accounts as well. Comments such as your tend to add to the noise, and unfortunately unlikely to stop the spamming. Don't misunderstand me: I'm frustrated by it as well. Edit to add: 'sctb responded here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13524377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13524377

bbcbasic 10y ago

We don't know for a fact that Sashido is causing the spam. Could just be a elaborate joke, for example.

grzm 10y ago
I don't know for a fact that you're not part of that elaborate joke, either. A bunch of new accounts all commenting similar positive comments, 'sctb identifies the behavior, bans accounts, asks them to stop and they do. The simplest explanation is, yes, there was spam.
- bbcbasic 10y ago
  Occam's Razor shouldn't be used when accusing people. Also, check my karma and previous comments.
  - grzm 10y ago
    The only accusation (if you choose to call it that) that I'm aware of is the initial comment by 'castis upthread. I don't believe you're part of the spam brigade. A comment like "we can't be sure" when there's pretty clear evidence of what happened doesn't add anything meaningful to conversation. It's tough enough addressing abuse on HN without suggesting, even possibly in jest, that we shouldn't do so. This all goes back to the initial comment: if a member suspects there's abuse going on, contact a mod, and let them sort it out. The rest of this is just noise. Edit to add: Even if it weren't spam in the sense of advertisement for sashido.io, but only a joke, it's still abuse of HN.