if they returned "disallowed user-agent" they would tell you what they are doing, but if it looks like "okay, it's already dead" they can probably persuade many visitors to just give up at that point and not investigate further
@Federico I haven't looked but somebody mentioned an iframe yesterday
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching product name in body, potentially bad ns for domain in body, potentially bad keyword in body, +1 more (294): Where To Buy Green Vibration Keto? by greeniskmoon on askubuntu.com
@technastic_tc You are not a privileged user. Please see the privileges wiki page for information on what privileges are and what is expected of privileged users.
@JeffSchaller That pattern looks like it's already caught by Potentially bad keyword in body and Potentially bad keyword in answer; append -force if you really want to do that.
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in body, mostly punctuation marks in body, mostly punctuation marks in title, repeating characters in body, repeating characters in title (283): /////////////////// ✏️ by user238169 on security.SE
@RedwolfPrograms You are not a privileged user. Please see the privileges wiki page for information on what privileges are and what is expected of privileged users.
@Yatin That one actually looks like spam to me. "acportcharlotte" is pretty close to "Air Conditioning Port Charlotte" (screenshot taken from their website)
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted username, offensive answer detected, potentially bad keyword in answer, potentially bad keyword in username, toxic answer detected (249): Random mesh in Adobe Illustrator by Fuck You on graphicdesign.SE
> Potentially bad keyword in body, potentially bad keyword in title, potentially bad keyword in username ---------- Potentially bad keyword in body - Position 0-5: fdsfs Potentially bad keyword in title - Position 0-5: fdsfs Potentially bad keyword in username - Position 0-5: fdsfs
@Glorfindel They need to be added to both users.yml and to rooms.yml. In general, we usually request that they create an MS account. It's not required, but it's certainly helpful for both us and them.
@Ollie You've been added to the privilege list for SD here in Charcoal HQ and The Tavern. You should run the !!/amiprivileged command to verify. It would be a good idea to read through the Feedback Guidance, SmokeDetector wiki, and SmokeDetector commands (in particular feedback).
You may also want to look at the userscripts we have available (GitHub), as they can be quite helpful, depending on how you want to participate. For viewing, feedback & flagging in chat, I find FIRE and AIM to be the ones I use the most.
To effectively use the userscripts, you will need a metasmoke (MS) account with both the "Flagger" and "Reviewer" roles to use the userscripts for feedback and/or flagging.
For flagging through the userscripts, your metasmoke account needs to be write authenticated with SE, which, if you haven't already done so can be done from the authentication page and doesn't require you to also sign up for autoflagging, although authenticating is also a required step for signing up for autoflagging.
In addition, to enable manual flagging, the checkbox that says "Allow metasmoke to raise flags for my account" on this page also needs to be checked. If you have no entries in the "ID Site Count Flags Used Today" list at the bottom of that page, then autoflagging will still not be enabled, but manual flagging through the userscripts will be enabled.
Just so you know, we normally tell people when they are getting privileges that we practice the "ton of bricks" discipline method here: If you mess-up sufficiently, or consistently, we come down like a ton of bricks :-).
To quote ArtOfCode: "TL;DR: ton-of-bricks is mostly to say that we almost never need to enforce things because things enforce themselves through having a good community here. If it gets to the point that someone's enforcing something, something's gone badly wrong."
Quoting NobodyNada [with a bit added]: "Note that 'mess up' doesn't mean 'make a mistake', it means 'do something intentionally irresponsible/antagonistic' [or consistently do something wrong and not change when it's, repeatedly, pointed out]. Charcoalers are generally quite friendly, forgiving of mistakes, and willing to help each other learn. We recognize that our systems and policies have quite the learning curve -- so don't be afraid of us :)"
Hm. What do you guys think of these two reports? (One and two) They're not really questions, but they don't entirely look to be advertising a service either.
@ppwater ╳ You are not a privileged user. Please see the privileges wiki page for information on what privileges are and what is expected of privileged users.
Thing is, though, I can't login in to my new account. It says "Accounts require manual activation. Ping a metasmoke admin in Charcoal HQ (room 11540)."
@Spevacus I am aware of 8 admins. Currently in this room: Makyen, ArtOfCode, thesecretmaster. Not currently in this room: Thomas Ward, angussidney, tripleee, Andy, Undo.
