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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?
It's assiociated with a Chit Chat thread. I'll try to find out why it's so large.
It's gone.
As of this posting, it is back!
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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.
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
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.
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.
I just looked and the cloud is still the same as pictured above.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
Gary
Cool! How can Power Posters add the tags?Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
Interesting, I don't seem to be able to add tags to threads anymore?!?
Gary
Did you click the Edit Tags link near the bottom right-hand corner of this thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by gep13
I also don't get the "Edit Tags" link there for any thread, except for threads started by me.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
I'm using firefox 3.5.8
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Okay I'll have somebody look into this.
Like Shaggy, I can't see this link either.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
Gary
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. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I think he meant Pradeep :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I think we've fixed that now. Please verify it for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pradeep1210
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
No. They are meant as a way for you to be able to easily refer back to useful threads that you found.Quote:
Originally Posted by gep13
Yes, It's fixed now. I also tested by actually adding a tag and it adds ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
Thanks.
Ah, ok, point taken.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
Gary