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Yuuki

9:02 PM

I feel like when you're donating blood, they should have you do the questionnaire before they do the finger-stick.

Now I have a bandage and tiny aching in my middle finger all for nothing.

Nzall

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Notice anything about the low rep users that ask questions on Minecraft?

Unionhawk

no?

Yuuki

They have low rep?

Nzall

HiddenFateYT, TYGaming, WillyLevine, WakkyAmericanTV, Snoopy Games,...

A lot of them seem to be youtubers

or otherwise online content creators

Yuuki

It is an emerging market.

Nzall

9:05 PM

Like, I'm unlikely to be the first person noticing this, but a lot of low-quality questions are actually made by Youtubers

I think they are trying to expand their audience, and trying to use our network for that

Unionhawk

having not looked this up, I'm going to guess "youtubers" is going to be the same sense that I am a "youtuber"

Nzall

Assuming you mean you have a very low viewer and subscriber count, yes

Unionhawk

additionally, a cursory viewing of those questions posted by users you call out show no indication of self-promotion

Dragonrage

@SepiaLazers i couldve sworn we had this question already, but i cant find it to dupe to

Yuuki

Yeah, it doesn't seem like many of them are posting videos.

Nzall

9:09 PM

The username alone can often be enough to entice users to google the asker and maybe find them

Unionhawk

...

Yuuki

Yeah, no.

Nzall

I believe you can't post videos with low rep

so they're trying to spam their way up to higher rep so they can post their videos as part of a question

Unionhawk

It is not against the rules to use the same username on here and on youtube

Nzall

This is just speculation on my part btw

Yuuki

9:10 PM

Well, good luck doing that with Minecraft error reports.

If they can manage a positive rep trend with those questions, I salute them.

Tim Stone

🤔

Yeah I'm...I'm not going to hurry to do that why would anyone

Nzall

@Yuuki Not all of them are error reports

Unionhawk

oh shit: "top 0.69% overall"

user15026

@Nzall it seems like kinda wild speculation honestly, if you wanna astroturf your videos places there are easier ways than here

Unionhawk

also 1 reputation users can post up to 8 links between their user profile and their posts until earning 10 reputation

user15026

9:13 PM

Like sure it's not outside the realm of possibilities but.... I think you are jumping the gun

user15026

@Unionhawk also that

Unionhawk

so if they're here to post their youtube videos the new user restrictions are not stopping them

Nzall

@Ash At some point the easier ways run out. I mean, you just need a Google account (which you have with Youtube) in order to create an account. It's not all that hard

Yuuki

I guess the salient point is this: are you suggesting that any action should be taken?

user15026

@Nzall then we deal with anyone spamming as it happens.

user15026

9:15 PM

Username alone means nothing

Nzall

@Yuuki Not yet. It could indeed just be a coincidence, but if this pattern does end up continuing, we want to be prepared

user15026

@Nzall prepared for what

Yuuki

If it happens, it happens. It's not like this is an incoming hurricane.

user15026

Like I fail to see q problem whatsoever at this point

user15026

Feels like jumping at shadows

Yuuki

9:17 PM

It doesn't really feel like some kind of impending crisis, tbh. Although I suppose the point of a crisis is that it doesn't feel like an impending crisis before it hits.

Nzall

Yeah, we aren't yet inundated by spammers in this style

Look, all I'm saying is there seems to be a number of new users, asking low quality questions (nothing new so far) that coincidentally seem to have a username related to Youtube let's play channels.

that's pretty much the entire point I'm trying to make

user15026

...okay

user15026

That's...a thing I guess? I dunno, doesn't seem much worth mentioning

user15026

People use the same usernames in multiple places, it's like brand identity

Nzall

And it might just be a temporary trend I'm reading too much into

user15026

9:21 PM

It does feel like that's the case currently yes

Ronan

@Ash And easier to remember

Nzall

Yeah, it could also just be that these are users that are starting a new channel and trying to get easy tech support for the games they're playing

user15026

@Ronan that's why I have the same username in a lot of places, yes.

user15026

@Nzall aka the reason we exist, yes

Nzall

that they have a legitimate issue with the game they're trying to play on their channel and that they're trying to get answers here

In which case there isn't really an issue

user15026

9:23 PM

@Nzall precisely.

user15026

We have enough crap on this site, no use manufacturing issues unnecessarily

Nzall

Yeah, I agree with that

Yuuki

Not when we have serious problems like blood donation clinics doing a finger-stick test before asking you to fill out a questionnaire.

Like what's up with that?!

user15026

@Yuuki let me guess, the questionnaire would have disqualified you before the finger stick?

Yuuki

Yes because I visited rural China last summer.

user15026

9:25 PM

(also, wait what America does the stick first? We do questions first, then I have to have an argument over the fact that yes I have had brain surgery but not a dura matter transplant, and yes I am cleared to donate, then they poke me)

Lazers 2.0

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Yuuki

@Ash I don't know if everybody does it this way but the clinic that's doing this did it this way.

user15026

@Yuuki boo that means pointless painful finger pokes

Yuuki

I don't even know if that's general policy for the clinic or some guy deciding he'd save time by assuming everyone would pass the questionnaire.

user15026

It does seem weird to do it that way.

user15026

9:27 PM

I mean it would mean less medical waste if you did the questionnaire first, if nothing else...

Yuuki

In any case, I can't donate blood until July-ish now.

Correction, May-ish.

Going back through my pictures, I visited in April not June.

RedRiderX

This is not an image, just css. No really, it's not an image

The glass reflections really get me

user15026

That hurts my brain.

Wrigglenite

That hurts my browser

Geez

Yuuki

@RedRiderX what

The constant seasonal changes that Fortnite does for the BR is honestly impressive.

"Uh... you gonna eat that?"

Memor-X

10:19 PM

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Yuuki

cc @GodEmperorDune @Wipqozn @Ash

Wipqozn

@Yuuki slowclap

Memor-X

Yuuki

@Memor-X ~~I open my eyes all day just to afford to close my eyes all night.~~

Actually, I close my eyes all night just so I can open my eyes all day.

Dragonrage

11:12 PM

@Memor-X at least he is using dark mode

Unionhawk

11:25 PM

Ben

11:45 PM

Just a quick update - this question about Minecraft Freezing then crashing - it had a broken link to the crash log. That was my b. When I edited the post I cut a character off the end. Fixed now though

Wipqozn

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Also gonna toss a cc @fredley to make sure he sees that, because I'm sure he'd enjoy it