Spamming the search cloud

[Shaggy Hiker]

If you go to Advanced Search, there is a search tag cloud. One item appears larger than all the others when I view the area: Gold Investments. This is clearly not a programming item, nor is it a hot topic on any forum, which makes me think that a third party bot may have added it.

I have never paid much attention to that cloud, but I always figured that some factor influenced the size of the text. How did such an obvious spam item get in there and at such size?

[MartinLiss]

It's assiociated with a Chit Chat thread. I'll try to find out why it's so large.

[MartinLiss]

It's gone.

[LaVolpe]

As of this posting, it is back!
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[MartinLiss]

Let's give it a while. Maybe there's lag between deletion and disappearance from the "cloud". I actually deleted the tag and there's no thread associated with the cloud entry for it now.

[Pradeep1210]

I see that too..
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But when I click the link, I get this message:
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So I'm notifying the administrator here :p

[MartinLiss]

That's what I meant by "no thread associated with the cloud entry" in post #5.

BTW since we feel this was bot-generated spam we've change it so that only Power Posters and above can add tags.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Cool.

I got distracted and forgot I had started the thread. Nice to see that:

A) It was probably bot generated spam, as I thought it might be.

2) It is going away.

III) Others had noticed the same thing.

[Nightwalker83]

I just looked and the cloud is still the same as pictured above.

[gep13]

BTW since we feel this was bot-generated spam we've change it so that only Power Posters and above can add tags.

Does this mean that we should make a conscious effort to tag threads with appropriate tags? So far, I have not been doing this, but rather leaving the OP to do this.

Gary

[Nightwalker83]

BTW since we feel this was bot-generated spam we've change it so that only Power Posters and above can add tags.

Cool! How can Power Posters add the tags?

[gep13]

Interesting, I don't seem to be able to add tags to threads anymore?!?

Gary

[MartinLiss]

Interesting, I don't seem to be able to add tags to threads anymore?!?

GaryDid you click the Edit Tags link near the bottom right-hand corner of this thread?

[Pradeep1210]

Did you click the Edit Tags link near the bottom right-hand corner of this thread?

I also don't get the "Edit Tags" link there for any thread, except for threads started by me.
I'm using firefox 3.5.8

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[MartinLiss]

Okay I'll have somebody look into this.

[gep13]

Did you click the Edit Tags link near the bottom right-hand corner of this thread?

Like Shaggy, I can't see this link either.

Gary

[Shaggy Hiker]

Wasn't me, I never added a tag in my life, so I don't know about the link nor miss its absence.

[gep13]

Wasn't me, I never added a tag in my life, so I don't know about the link nor miss its absence.

My bad, I glanced at the avatar on the post, and thought it was yours. Meant Pradeep. :)

[Pradeep1210]

Wasn't me, I never added a tag in my life, so I don't know about the link nor miss its absence.

I think he meant Pradeep :cool:

[MartinLiss]

I also don't get the "Edit Tags" link there for any thread, except for threads started by me.
I'm using firefox 3.5.8

76619I think we've fixed that now. Please verify it for me.

[gep13]

Yip, I can confirm that this now seems to be fixed.

So, back to my question, is this something that you would like PowerPosters to do on a regular basis my looking at threads?

Gary

[MartinLiss]

Yip, I can confirm that this now seems to be fixed.

So, back to my question, is this something that you would like PowerPosters to do on a regular basis my looking at threads?

GaryNo. They are meant as a way for you to be able to easily refer back to useful threads that you found.

[Pradeep1210]

I think we've fixed that now. Please verify it for me.

Yes, It's fixed now. I also tested by actually adding a tag and it adds ok.

Thanks.

[gep13]

No. They are meant as a way for you to be able to easily refer back to useful threads that you found.

Ah, ok, point taken.

Gary