@EriktheOutgolfer I know. I'll nuke it now then.

You can tell by the format it exists entirely to promote the website. If it was a self-answered question in the actual self-answer format with disclosure, I'd go for fp. But instead, it seems like the only purpose is to drag attention to the website. Also a 1-rep account, created today (presumably just before posting), which is another indicator it's just a self-promotion account

Just got a bit confused, last time I tried to tpu something like that someone told me that 'they mentioned 'my site' so I'm not sure if it's actual spam'.

imo the flag description isn't exactly accurate

Oh... it's already gone.

eh, it still covers it though

> Exists only to promote a product or service, does not disclose the author's affiliation.

that "," implies "and"

in reality, it's an "or"

@Tinkeringbell the big difference here is the way the post isn't even trying to ask a question.

If it was an answer, and the link had disclosure and actually helped answer the question, then it's fine

nvm, I was thinking about a meta post ^^"

Also:

> A post should be marked as spam only if it advertises a product, service, or similar and is unsolicited or lacks disclosure.

Okay, Okay, I get it! :D

Well you being a mod actually means you can contradict us :P

^

@CalvT Hey, I came in here to listen, not to tell ;)

@CalvT she supports considering mods more as powerful than as authorities... ;P

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, mostly punctuation marks in answer (145): How does the Central London transport system work? by John on travel.SE

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@SmokeDetector Looks like somebody's asking for help, not just posting tpu-able junk.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body (1): Reduce size (mask-image). Can you help me? by Dani on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer (1): Reduce size (mask-image). Can you help me? by Dani on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad ns for domain in answer (1): PHP switch statement to echo delivery days by Artjom Heinz on stackoverflow.com

@SmokeDetector Umm... what?

Nani? Is it just reposted?

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The answer looks NAA though

!!/location

@SurajRao iBug/EC2

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@Zoe nope...

I don't know what that really means...

oof xd

Those two looked really similar .-.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in username (1): Remove all ViewControllers except current from navigation controller by codeherk on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body (1): Does social security return less than treasuries over all time peroids by user24670 on politics.SE

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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer (1): How do I programmatically set device orientation in iOS 7? by React Native on stackoverflow.com

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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer (53): How to replace a string with a component (vue) ✏️ by Janne Rantala on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword with email in answer, pattern-matching email in answer (271): YouTube reply button missing in comments by Jane on webapps.SE

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!!/watch-number +2348135414466

@EriktheOutgolfer That pattern looks like it's already caught by Bad keyword in body and Bad keyword in answer; append -force if you really want to do that.

!!/watch-force- bazabaspellhome@gmail\.com

@EriktheOutgolfer That pattern looks like it's already caught by Pattern-matching email in body and Pattern-matching email in answer; append -force if you really want to do that.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Toxic answer detected (80): Can it be replaced with the relative pronoun that? by Koushik on ell.SE

teward/Solar Flare received failover signal.

fp- feedback received on Reduce size (mask-image). Can you help me? [MS]

Restart: API quota is 19994.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad ns for domain in body (1): Links to some .onion pages/domains: server times out by golden eagles on tor.SE

I'm going to failover to Lunar instead.

teward/Lunar Eclipse received failover signal.

!!/standby solar

Restart: API quota is 13436.

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started in standby mode at rev 08b4e09 (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of williampenn\.net by Shree) (running on teward/Solar Flare)

@iBug FYI: Your instance stopped pinging.

!!/watch bazabaspellhome(?:@gmail\.com)?

@Makyen Added bazabaspellhome(?:@gmail\.com)? to watchlist

[ SmokeDetector ] FindSpam module reloaded at rev 63ba051 (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of bazabaspellhome(?:@gmail\.com)? by Makyen) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse)

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad ns for domain in answer (1): PHP switch statement to echo delivery days ✏️ by Artjom Heinz on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer (1): How to safely cap a wire coming from a wall ✏️ by Jerry_Contrary on diy.SE

@Makyen um... btw, is there a need to ?: the email domain?

I'd worry more about the local-part changing...

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer, potentially bad asn for hostname in answer (81): What is the origin country of the bicycle brand called Longhorn? by Stas Dyadya on bicycles.SE

tpu- feedback received

!!/watch-force- quick-loans\.com\.au

@EriktheOutgolfer That pattern looks like it's already caught by Pattern-matching website in answer and Pattern-matching website in body; append -force if you really want to do that.

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklists reloaded at rev d56fb8a (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of quick-loans\.com\.au by Erik the Outgolfer) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse)

@Tinkeringbell Our webpage for Feedback Guidance explains how things differ here from how things are flagged on a particular site. It is possible to offer SD feedback to a report here that differs from how you (well, other people) would deal with flagging / DV / Hammer / on each site. We prefer feedback given to SD to align with the guidance.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer, potentially bad asn for hostname in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer, blacklisted user (151): Cost of trickle down on components by Stas Dyadya on bicycles.SE

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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body (1): Does social security return less than treasuries over all time peroids by user24670 on politics.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body (1): Which of these compounds reacts with ethylmagnesium bromide and also decolourizes bromine water solution? ✏️ by Master Adit on chemistry.SE

@EriktheOutgolfer In cases where the username is sufficiently unique such that I don't think it will erroneously match without the domain and the domain is a common one (i.e. not unique to the spammer), I'll usually make the domain optional. This will allow the username to be matched, in most cases, if the spammer starts to try to obfuscate their email address, without the need for a somewhat more complex regex to cover that. Leaving it caught when not obfuscated gives context when looking at the why.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially problematic ns configuration in answer (1): How to fix 'Failed to launch GPU process' [.NET CORE / Chromely] by Bulbousonions13 on stackoverflow.com

@Makyen yeah, one can say the same thing for some domain names (leaving the TLD out), although obfuscation happening only after the first un-obfuscated post has been posted is actually pretty rare, empirically

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially problematic ns configuration in body (1): Create an effective impact through video animation by Connie E. Dixon on stackoverflow.com

@Makyen In addition, some spammers will use such sufficiently unique usernames in other contexts (e.g. in URL paths), which we may not have seen yet. Having the domain be optional (when it's a common email domain like gmail.com), allows those possible future uses to also be detected. Every once in a while, this will detect a spam post that would not otherwise have been detected. Obviously, this can't be done when the username isn't sufficiently unique to prevent erroneous detections.

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@EriktheOutgolfer I don't have numbers for how often it happens, but I've definitely seen it multiple times, but not a large number.

@Makyen then I'd assume that you don't even need to include the (?:... part at all in the regex, e@ is definitely a word boundary

@EriktheOutgolfer I assume you mean to leave off the (?:@gmail\.com)? entirely. I prefer to leave that in. If it's not in the regex, then it doesn't show up in the why data. If it's there in the why data, then people immediately know that what was detected was an email address, rather than have to search to figure out what it was, other than just some identifier. I don't know about other people, but I prefer to see the @gmail.com in the why, if it's in the post.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword with email in body, potentially bad keyword in body (162): ((ieltscert30@yahoo.com)) NEED GENUINE IELTS/ PTE/ TOEFL/ NENOSH CERTIFICATE WITHOUT EXAMS IN CHINA by william20 on politics.SE

tpu- feedback received

!!/watch-force- thenetworthstars\.com

@Makyen That pattern looks like it's already caught by Potentially problematic ns configuration in body, Potentially problematic ns configuration in answer, Pattern-matching website in answer, and Pattern-matching website in body; append -force if you really want to do that.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad asn for hostname in body (1): How do I create a "Font Tester?" by Rishi Murugesan on stackoverflow.com

!!/watch- ieltscert30(?:@yahoo\.com)?

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklists reloaded at rev a91a5cc (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of thenetworthstars\.com by Makyen) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse)

!!/watch-number 2(37)673291873

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklists reloaded at rev 5efa96d (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of ieltscert30(?:@yahoo\.com)? by Makyen) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse)

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklists reloaded at rev d7b149c (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of 2(37)673291873 by Makyen) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse)

If I wanted to dual boot Linux with Windows what version should I get

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in link text in body (66): MS Exchange 2013 Unified Messaging issue, or really an AD issue? by D19 on serverfault.com

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@JakeSymons Yes.

@JakeSymons Linux and Windows have been able to dual boot for decades. So, the real answer to that question is: get the version(s) you want. It also wasn't clear if you were asking about the Linux version, the Windows version, or both, but the answer really is the same.

Note that it's become increasingly popular to run the OS you consider non-primary in a virtual machine, rather than only have the different operating systems available as a dual boot, or multi-boot. This allows you to be using both, or many, operating systems at the same time, which has significant benefits over having to fully reboot to change OS.

@Makyen I was asking about the Linux version - it was more I have only been running Raspian on a Raspberry Pi but other than that I was just looking to see what the preferences were around here as I'm still researching at the moment

!!/watch- quick-loans\.com\.au

@TetsuyaYamamoto That pattern looks like it's already caught by Potentially bad keyword in answer, Pattern-matching website in answer, Potentially bad keyword in body, and Pattern-matching website in body; append -force if you really want to do that.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad asn for hostname in body (1): I need help to writing this equation in matlab,where h(I) have a size 256 *1 and M(I,j) have size 16*16 ✏️ by Duaa on stackoverflow.com

fp- feedback received on How to safely cap a wire coming from a wall [MS]

fp- feedback received

tpu- feedback received on How does the Central London transport system work? [MS]

fp- feedback received on Which of these compounds reacts with ethylmagnesium bromide and also decolourizes bromine water solution? [MS]

fp- feedback received on How do I create a "Font Tester?" [MS]

fp- feedback received on Rational or cognitive dissonance? [MS]

@JakeSymons Which Linux version to use is something that people have various different opinions on. To an extent it will depend on what you are intending to do with it. Presumably, you'll want one of the Workstation builds, but most variations have such a build.

naa- feedback received on Windows update fails [MS]

fp- feedback received on Ag-grid not auto refreshing and can't refresh from other components [MS]

fp- feedback received on how to change tor identity using CMD [MS]

!!/test thenetworthstars.com

!!/test aimsoftech.com

> Would not be caught as a post, title or username.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title (195): Weight loss between harvest and pre roasting by Martin on coffee.SE

fp- feedback received

!!/watch- aimsoftech\.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklists reloaded at rev 06e4cf5 (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of aimsoftech\.com by Tetsuya Yamamoto) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse)

!!/test deqto.com

@SmokeDetector k

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad asn for hostname in answer (1): Jenkins plugins directory backup and restore by Vladislav Bolshov on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer (80): Python >=3.5.3 on Synology by Allan on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad asn for hostname in answer (1): Copy Tokens from Url1 to Url2 ✏️ by Tekzen on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad asn for hostname in body (1): Copy Tokens from Url1 to Url2 ✏️ by Tekzen on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer (1): Were some Atari 2600 games written in C? by Guest on retrocomputing.SE

!!/report ux.stackexchange.com/q/123240/64458

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported question (93): Why Provident Housing offers luxury residential space in Hyderabad by Provident Kenworth on ux.SE

tpu- feedback received

!!/watch- providentkenworthhyderabad\.in

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklists reloaded at rev fd2d349 (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of providentkenworthhyderabad\.in by Glorfindel) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse)

naa- feedback received on Copy Tokens from Url1 to Url2 [MS]

fp- feedback received on Copy Tokens from Url1 to Url2 [MS]

tpu- feedback received on Were some Atari 2600 games written in C? [MS]

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad asn for hostname in answer, potentially problematic ns configuration in answer (2): wp_trim_words not working on anything but ordinary strings by jennsuzhoy on stackoverflow.com

naa- feedback received on Reduce size (mask-image). Can you help me? [MS]

fp- feedback received

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching title (60): What is this Query? and why its taking too much time? Any way to optimize it? ✏️ by Arbab on wordpress.SE

fp- feedback received

@CalvT version 0.1.12 has been released. It fixes the off by one error and an error that had been reported if you use a filter that doesn't contain all the keys StackAPI expects to exist.

sorry that took so long. Apparently a lot has changed in regards to releasing to pypi since I pushed a release. Travis still reported a failure but managed to upload somehow. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer (60): Search box in <select> by Fawzy Zayed on stackoverflow.com

naa- feedback received

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer (53): Data sets with both social and attribute data by Furkan Gursoy on opendata.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer, potentially bad keyword in username (2): Acceptance of location requests in websites? by Kill yourself on ux.SE

tpu- feedback received

@SmokeDetector 1) There surely are more appropriate places to express your opinion. 2) There surely is more appropriate language to express your opinion.

@SmokeDetector fp-

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body (1): Welcome to my sandbox by hello world on mathematica.SE

@SmokeDetector Hmm...

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in body, potentially problematic ns configuration in body (98): How To Do AMP Cors for Wordpress ✏️ by Akif Dogan on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad ns for domain in answer (1): Video on Chrome freezing by Tales Souza on elementaryos.SE

fp- feedback received

@SmokeDetector ig

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, mostly dots in answer (120): What does the idiom "to be known for" mean? by Sneha Ghatekari on english.SE

tpu- feedback received

fp feedback received on How To Do AMP Cors for Wordpress [MS]

@SmokeDetector The dots indicate that this was the intended post that had to be elongated to be at least 30 chars long, and not an accident.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Mostly dots in answer, blacklisted user (103): What does the idiom "to be known for" mean? by Sneha Ghatekari on english.SE

tpu- feedback received

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially problematic ns configuration in answer (1): Screen tearing on Ubuntu 18.04 by Dale Burrell on askubuntu.com

naa- feedback received

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad ns for domain in body (1): RIght reasons for using a voltage regulator for DC motors ✏️ by John Galt on electronics.SE (@TetsuyaYamamoto)

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer (1): Solidity: data type conversion from bytes to address/string/uint/int [ any library available? ] by MortyIsArmin on ethereum.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in title, potentially bad keyword in title (99): who get[[LIVE]] L.A. Clippers | Golden State Warriors NBA |19 January 2019 Watch FREE live streaming by liton alam on sports.SE

tpu- feedback received

API quota rolled over with 10388 requests remaining. Current quota: 19999.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body (1): Please Help! Does this macbook have a screen or GPU problem? by Iann Lee on apple.SE

fp- feedback received

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted username (92): como traer en una sola consulta todos los datos de una tabla y a la vez los las columnas y filas de las llaves foraneas? by Fucking Code on es.stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer (86): Betting and Search for uniqueness by John Collins on stackoverflow.com

tpu- feedback received

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, blacklisted user (155): Random choice - betting script by John Collins on stackoverflow.com

tpu- feedback received

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching product name in body (99): retrieve data inside script with xpath by Adrià TC on stackoverflow.com

!!/watch fastbet\.online

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklists reloaded at rev eb7e550 (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of fastbet\.online by NobodyNada) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse)

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title (195): What was Bruce Lee diet plans and training schedule? by K_lash96 on martialarts.SE

fp- feedback received

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in body, no whitespace in body, repeating characters in body (260): Проблема с добавлением пользователей в бд ✏️ by Александр Соболев on ru.stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in answer (86): Begining to code Logistic regression in java by Chris Olsen on stackoverflow.com

tp- feedback received on Проблема с добавлением пользователей в бд [MS]

naa- feedback received on What does the idiom "to be known for" mean? [MS]

@SmokeDetector The user posted two answers on this question which have basically no content. Given that they are not actual "aosidfoasjf" posts, I'd be willing to go with NAA for just one. However, posting two that are two minutes apart implies that it was intentionally rude/trolling, rather than just a mistake of some sort. In addition, the "......." at the end of each post indicates that the user had to intentionally add that text in order to post. That further argues that the user is trolling.

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev eb7e550 (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of fastbet\.online by NobodyNada) (running on teward/Lunar Eclipse, Python 3.6.7)

Restart: API quota is 19116.

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially problematic ns configuration in body (1): /dev/ttyusb0 cannot be find while starting script on boot for raspberrry pi by FuriousPudding on raspberrypi.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad ns for domain in body (1): RIght reasons for using a voltage regulator for DC motors ✏️ by John Galt on electronics.SE (@TetsuyaYamamoto)

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