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Why was my forum account deleted?

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I made a single post in reply to a thread for a color theme for PureBasic expressing my thanks; that reply and my account (of the same name) were deleted without explanation.
I've seen plenty of others express their thanks in a similar manner without repercussion. The thread wasn't that old either.

Regardless of the actual reasoning behind it, I find it a bit harsh to delete a user's account without explanation over a single mistake.

That was my first post. I'm feeling rather put off by this experience, not going to lie.
I haven't posted again up until now due to the possibility of my account being arbitrarily deleted again.

Furthermore, I know this isn't the most appropriate way to inquire about this and that I should probably contact the administrator privately via email as is usually requested, but I did that well over a week ago, possibly two weeks now, and never heard back.
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At a guess, it was probably accidentally deleted as spam. We've got a big spam problem here, and if your first post was a reply of "thanks" or such, then that 99% looks like spam. What thread did you reply to, and what was your actual reply?

BTW, welcome aboard! :) Your post above is much better for an intro as a new member.
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Just thanking for a first post can be interpreted (wrongly) as a spammer. Sorry if it was the case !
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Ah, well that makes sense then. My first post was a bit more verbose than a simple "thanks," but I didn't add anything beyond stating my thanks.
My bad. :)

Funnily enough, I've run a forum years ago that had a pretty big spam problem as well, but it didn't even occur to me that this might be an issue here as well.

Anyway, thanks, Dude, and Fred.
Not exactly what I'd imagined my "first" post would be, but I suppose, in a somewhat ironic turn of events, it is just slightly more meaningful than the post that got my account deleted haha. :)
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Dynamic Ditto wrote:I made a single post in reply to a thread for a color theme for PureBasic expressing my thanks; that reply and my account (of the same name) were deleted without explanation.
Ditto - Why you claim to be a spammer in your 1st line :?: :!: :lol:
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skywalk wrote:Ditto - Why you claim to be a spammer in your 1st line :?: :!: :lol:
For the same reason you claim to be an a*se :!: :twisted:
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Extra credit :idea: Write a PB snippet to find a phrase within a larger text. :twisted:
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Dynamic Ditto, check this out for an example of spam:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=72243
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Dude wrote:Dynamic Ditto, check this out for an example of spam:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=72243
Hey Dude you classify my answer as spam? :shock:
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wayne-c wrote: Hey Dude you classify my answer as spam? :shock:
No, he doesn't.
Try to imagine what happened in the meantime. :wink:
But he should have linked the post and not the thread. :D
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skywalk wrote:Extra credit :idea: Write a PB snippet to find a phrase within a larger text. :twisted:
I·made a single post in reply to a thread for a color theme·for PureBasic·expressing my thanks; that reply and my account (of the same name) were deleted without explanation.

Code: Select all

Procedure.s ExtraCreditBB(haystack.s, needle.s)
	Protected.i counter_haystack 	= 1
	Protected.i counter_needle 		= 1
	Protected.i len_haystack, len_needle	
	Protected.s mid_haystack, mid_needle
	Protected.s  ret
	
	
	
	len_haystack = Len(haystack)
	len_needle = Len(needle)
	
	If len_needle > len_haystack
		ProcedureReturn "[color=#FF0000]Are you kidding? Giving me an impossible task, tsk...[/color]"
	EndIf 
	
	
	mid_needle = Mid(needle, counter_needle, 1)
	For counter_haystack = 1 To len_haystack
		mid_haystack = Mid(haystack, counter_haystack, 1)
		
		If LCase(mid_haystack) = LCase(mid_needle)
			If mid_haystack = " "
				mid_haystack = "·"
			EndIf 
			ret + "[color=#FF0000][b]"+mid_haystack+"[/b][/color]"
			counter_needle + 1
			mid_needle = Mid(needle, counter_needle, 1)
		Else
			ret + mid_haystack
		EndIf 
	Next 
	
	If (counter_needle - len_needle) < 1
		ProcedureReturn "[color=#FF0000]I can't find your phrase :([/color]"
	EndIf 
	ProcedureReturn ret
EndProcedure 

; MessageRequester("", ExtraCreditBB("ABC", "DEF"))
; MessageRequester("", ExtraCreditBB("ABC", "ABCABC"))
; MessageRequester("", ExtraCreditBB("ABCDEFGHIJKL", "DEF"))
; MessageRequester("", ExtraCreditBB("ABCDEFGHIJKL", "FED"))
; MessageRequester("", ExtraCreditBB("ABCDEFGHIJKL", "ABCM"))
MessageRequester("", ExtraCreditBB("I made a single post in reply to a thread for a color theme for PureBasic expressing my thanks; that reply and my account (of the same name) were deleted without explanation.", "I am a Spammer"))

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luis wrote:he should have linked the post and not the thread. :D
True. I was pointing out a spam reply that the mods since deleted.
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Derren wrote:
skywalk wrote:Extra credit :idea: Write a PB snippet to find a phrase within a larger text. :twisted:
MessageRequester("", ExtraCreditBB("I made a single post in reply to a thread for a color theme for PureBasic expressing my thanks; that reply and my account (of the same name) were deleted without explanation.", "I am a Spammer"))[/code]
I·made a single post in reply to a thread for a color theme·for PureBasic·expressing my thanks; that reply and my account (of the same name) were deleted without explanation.

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Now it's your turn for something that searches a huge text for messages with a constant (or variable, but following a rule, like fibonacci) distance.
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yes, but tricky with floating point errors simulating irrational numbers like PI and e.
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