@SmokeDetector On top of what PeterJ reports, their bio includes "Content Writer at TestOrigen Software Testing Services Pvt Ltd", so it's possible they're farming content for themselves (reverse spam?)
@bertieb That user has a lot of odd posts, just noticed the last one was mod deleted then un-deleted so seems they don't know what to make of it all either
@iBug I can think of a couple admittedly rare cases (example JSON data on SU, word usage on ELL/ELU, queries about / asking if scam on finance, some form of coupon somethingorother on skeptics)
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body, potentially bad NS for domain in body, +1 more: they lead to high cholesterol by horiew201 on askubuntu.com
@Machavity That basically means, if we watch the spaced version, it'd be too broad. And if we watch the unspaced version, it'd be ineffective. What a dilemma
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching product name in body, pattern-matching website in body, potentially bad NS for domain in body, +1 more: your bag or car so if you are hungry, by user846199 on askubuntu.com
You want to know something about how bullshit insane our brains are?
OK, so there's a physical problem with our eyes: We move them in short fast bursts called "saccades", right? very quick, synchronized movements.
The only problem is: they go all blurry and useless during this
@bertieb Yes, and those that we've seen have been individually watched and then blacklisted once there were enough hits to qualify for the blacklist. I added a watch for the <hr> link link+$ pattern yesterday, but it doesn't appear to have caught this most recent example. I'll investigate why it didn't, which should be interesting, because the pattern does find that post when
room topic changed to Charcoal HQ: Where diamonds are made, smoke is detected, and we break things by developing on production. 20k false positives and counting. For more information, see charcoal-se.org/about. Handy links: metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com, github.com/Charcoal-SE. [dev-on-prod] [panic-driven-development] [plastic-knives] [programmatic-crowbars]
Given that 100k TP is a significant milestone, I think it would be better not to change to saying 100k until we actually pass it. I understand that it's 100k if you round up. But, that doesn't count for most people.
