Why Can't You Fix The Korean Spambot Problem?
Nov 19th, 2016, 09:33 AM
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They've said they're working on it, they are well aware of it...it's a free country (I think), but is it really necessary to keep going on and on about it? I think the point has been made, surely.
Nov 19th, 2016, 09:57 AM
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There was Korean spam on the Asia board both today and yesterday, but it was quickly cleaned up. I agree that Fodor's has been slow to implement a solution that keeps such spam from being posted. But as I understand it, Internet Brands has been fully given the control over the tech aspects of the forums just this week. I am hopeful they will get it taken care of.
Nov 19th, 2016, 10:05 AM
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Untangling a legacy system is tedious and messy. Bi***ing about the problems and insinuating that the team working on it sucks, or is insufficiently sensitive to the suffering of Fodorites, and doing so over and over and over, is obnoxious.
Nov 19th, 2016, 10:28 AM
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WoinParis: >>None on other forums.<<
Was thinking of other sites, not other forums.
The team probably does its best. But either they are inefficient or are not given the resources necessary.
It is not a critic, it is a constatation.
If you want to buy a hamburger and have 2 booths for 60 people at one place and 6 booths for 60 people at place B, you'll go to place B, won't you ? Called competitiveness : dinosaurs die, fast adapting beasts survive.
Same here. how long has it been going on ? How many times have we been informed of the progress or lack of ?
We got 'poudre aux yeux' and Fodors is inadequately coping with the problem.
Now as I said, who cares ? You don't, me neither - and you should be glad, I am a lot less on the forums !
Was thinking of other sites, not other forums.
The team probably does its best. But either they are inefficient or are not given the resources necessary.
It is not a critic, it is a constatation.
If you want to buy a hamburger and have 2 booths for 60 people at one place and 6 booths for 60 people at place B, you'll go to place B, won't you ? Called competitiveness : dinosaurs die, fast adapting beasts survive.
Same here. how long has it been going on ? How many times have we been informed of the progress or lack of ?
We got 'poudre aux yeux' and Fodors is inadequately coping with the problem.
Now as I said, who cares ? You don't, me neither - and you should be glad, I am a lot less on the forums !
Nov 19th, 2016, 10:30 AM
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But I guess NewbE will find a way to say I'm the one to blame...
If I complain because I want to post, I am a guy with no life.
If I stay away and post once a day that the problem is still there, I am bi$$ing.
some people are never satisfied...
If I complain because I want to post, I am a guy with no life.
If I stay away and post once a day that the problem is still there, I am bi$$ing.
some people are never satisfied...
Nov 19th, 2016, 11:12 AM
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How about a script that checks posts for foreign characters (this is an English forum after all) and do a character count and automatically delete posts that pass the threshold. Any IT monkey can do that.
Nov 19th, 2016, 12:07 PM
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sparkchaser -- >>How about a script that checks posts for foreign characters (this is an English forum after all) and do a character count and automatically delete posts that pass the threshold. Any IT monkey can do that.<<
IB is JUST NOW taking over. Up til now they haven't had the 'authority' to make major changes. Plus the same staff oversees their other sites. They will fix things.
This is not new -- there was similar 'Korean' spam a couple of years ago which eventually gave up or were 'programmed out', and we survived.
Give them time . . .
And calling them 'monkeys' is really helpful.
IB is JUST NOW taking over. Up til now they haven't had the 'authority' to make major changes. Plus the same staff oversees their other sites. They will fix things.
This is not new -- there was similar 'Korean' spam a couple of years ago which eventually gave up or were 'programmed out', and we survived.
Give them time . . .
And calling them 'monkeys' is really helpful.
Nov 19th, 2016, 01:53 PM
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JanisJ, either give us some sort of <B>reference</B> which backs up your assertions about fixing things and "authority" and the "taking over" timeframe or have the common courtesy to preface your remarks with the words, "In My Opinion."
Nov 19th, 2016, 02:42 PM
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Dukey1, your pomposity deserves no reply, but here is one, anyway:
http://www.fodors.com/community/foru...om-profile.cfm
From that thread:
<mkataoka on Nov 15, 16 at 2:14pm
Hello!
We are currently in the middle of fully migrating the site over to Internet Brands from Penguin Random House so users may experience some unusual technical issues. This official migration started yesterday, and we expect this to last a week or so. We apologize for this inconvenience.>
If you're going to b***h, at least go to the appropriate forum and read the several threads that are already going over there. Cluttering up the travel boards is just dumb.
http://www.fodors.com/community/foru...om-profile.cfm
From that thread:
<mkataoka on Nov 15, 16 at 2:14pm
Hello!
We are currently in the middle of fully migrating the site over to Internet Brands from Penguin Random House so users may experience some unusual technical issues. This official migration started yesterday, and we expect this to last a week or so. We apologize for this inconvenience.>
If you're going to b***h, at least go to the appropriate forum and read the several threads that are already going over there. Cluttering up the travel boards is just dumb.
Nov 19th, 2016, 03:27 PM
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>>JanisJ, either give us some sort of reference which backs up your assertions about fixing things and "authority" and the "taking over" timeframe or have the common courtesy to preface your remarks with the words, "In My Opinion."<<
No - it isn't my opinion in any way shape or form.
It is just that I've paid attention since the first announcement re IB taking over from Random House last Spring.
No - it isn't my opinion in any way shape or form.
It is just that I've paid attention since the first announcement re IB taking over from Random House last Spring.
Nov 20th, 2016, 02:14 AM
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I think we need a space to ensure our concerns are high in the mind, "the squeaky wheel gets the oil" I doubt personal attacks or verbals at Fodors helps, just squeak regularly....
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday!
