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Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:18 am
by Dynamic Ditto
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.
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:46 am
by Dude
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.
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:37 am
by Fred
Just thanking for a first post can be interpreted (wrongly) as a spammer. Sorry if it was the case !
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:02 pm
by Dynamic Ditto
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.
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:33 pm
by skywalk
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
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:49 pm
by srod
skywalk wrote:D
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For the same reason you claim to be an a*se
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:31 pm
by skywalk
Extra credit
Write a PB snippet to find a phrase within a larger text.
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:48 pm
by Dude
Dynamic Ditto, check this out for an example of spam:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=72243
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:05 pm
by wayne-c
Hey Dude you classify my answer as spam?
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:10 pm
by luis
wayne-c wrote:
Hey Dude you classify my answer as spam?
No, he doesn't.
Try to imagine what happened in the meantime.
But he should have linked the post and not the thread.
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:32 pm
by Derren
skywalk wrote:Extra credit
Write a PB snippet to find a phrase within a larger text.
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"))
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:48 pm
by Dude
luis wrote:he should have linked the post and not the thread.
True. I was pointing out a spam reply that the mods since deleted.
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 3:54 pm
by skywalk
Derren wrote:skywalk wrote:Extra credit
Write a PB snippet to find a phrase within a larger text.
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]
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Haha, Derren, you have unleashed the Kraken!
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:09 pm
by Derren
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.
THE tool to find doomsday-messages in the bible (or Pride and Prejudice...)
Re: Why was my forum account deleted?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:00 pm
by skywalk
yes, but tricky with floating point errors simulating irrational numbers like PI and e.