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Re: Spam Users

albummaster — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:57:50 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 01/16/2021 11:57

LedZep wrote:

The nolifers who love Slayer and ACDC and hate X are back! Laurenhollander and Gio are profiles this time.

Thanks for reporting (users now banned)

RoundTheBend wrote:

Curious if blocking IP would work...

don't really want to divulge everything but IP addresses can be legitimately shared. VPN users can mostly be detected because there are databases containing the IP address ranges of known VPN providers. Some sites prevent people from accessing their sites if they are using VPNs, but BEA not doing that currently (possibly something for BEA to think about if this becomes a bigger problem).

Re: Spam Users

RoundTheBend — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:04:45 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 01/16/2021 03:04

Curious if blocking IP would work, or if they are using a VPN and it wouldn't.

Re: Spam Users

LedZep — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:05:15 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 01/15/2021 20:05

The nolifers who love Slayer and ACDC and hate X are back! Laurenhollander and Gio are profiles this time.

Re: Spam Users

albummaster — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 04:05:46 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/13/2020 08:05

Spyglass wrote:

Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam WONDERFUL SPAAAAAM!

- The vikings in the diner

😁

Just on it now...

Re: Spam Users

Spyglass — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 23:13:43 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 07/12/2020 03:13

Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam WONDERFUL SPAAAAAM!

- The vikings in the diner

Re: Spam Users

LedZep — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 17:16:50 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 07/11/2020 21:16

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Again, looks like the same person.

Re: Spam Users

albummaster — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 06:50:57 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 06/29/2020 10:50

thanks, now flagged

Re: Spam Users

LedZep — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 13:59:52 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 06/28/2020 17:59

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Again, that AC/DC guy. All 4 of those profiles are similar, I'm pretty sure it's the same person.

Re: Spam Users

Luigii — Sat, 6 Jun 2020 14:50:10 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 06/06/2020 18:50

Spyglass wrote:

This reminds me of a Chowder episode where this hippie mammoth kept banning people from his fruit stand.

I approve this reference. Honestly, I got to go back and re-watch Chowder.

Re: Spam Users

albummaster — Sat, 6 Jun 2020 14:11:16 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 06/06/2020 18:11

data integrity is not just about album data, it’s also about detecting gaming and protecting integrity of ratings/rankings

Re: Spam Users

Spyglass — Sat, 6 Jun 2020 11:07:56 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 06/06/2020 15:07

This reminds me of a Chowder episode where this hippie mammoth kept banning people from his fruit stand.

Re: Harry Styles - huge leaps for both albums

albummaster — Sat, 6 Jun 2020 05:38:01 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 06/06/2020 09:38

hwcolum wrote:

Both of Harry Styles's albums have suddenly taken huge leaps in the overall chart very recently: the debut has gone from #4721 to #3309 since last month, and Fine Line from #6549 to #3596. Not sure if spamming is what's responsible, but it's unusual enough to bring to your attention.

Thanks for pointing out, some more accounts banned...

Harry Styles - huge leaps for both albums

hwex9000 — Fri, 5 Jun 2020 16:34:34 GMT

Author: hwex9000

Posted: 06/05/2020 20:34

Both of Harry Styles's albums have suddenly taken huge leaps in the overall chart very recently: the debut has gone from #4721 to #3309 since last month, and Fine Line from #6549 to #3596. Not sure if spamming is what's responsible, but it's unusual enough to bring to your attention.

Re: Spam Users

albummaster — Sun, 31 May 2020 04:50:07 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 05/31/2020 08:50

Hi, thanks very much for reporting. Five accounts banned.

Re: Spam Users

baystateoftheart — Sat, 30 May 2020 17:13:00 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 05/30/2020 21:13

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Motörhead by Motörhead

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Re: Spam Users

albummaster — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 05:59:34 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 11/17/2019 10:59

Thanks for reporting. Agree (accounts now banned)

Re: Spam Users

baystateoftheart — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 23:58:58 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 11/17/2019 04:58

Joe1 & Salferrigno are two extremely similar accounts. So are sofia1 and Pepe. The accounts appear to be more efforts by the pro-AC/DC spammers of before.

Re: Spam Users

albummaster — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 04:32:25 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 08/31/2019 08:32

Thanks for the additions. These accounts now banned as well.

Re: Spam Users

baystateoftheart — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:49:47 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 08/31/2019 04:49

The activity of these accounts is nearly identical.

Re: Spam Users

albummaster — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:20:32 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 08/28/2019 09:20

Thanks for reporting. A few more accounts banned (the date shown on screen may not be 100% correct for some of the older ratings on the site).