We banned a bunch of accounts today and sent a tremendous amount of warnings.
I did accidently run a batch with a bad config setting and had to manually reverse things.
I think many that got warnings today may be from things up to two months ago.
We don't check warnings like we do bans, so you can get a warning pretty easily but it's nothing to worry about, just a way of us saying "hey, your account showed up on the naughty report."
How does your script determine if someone is manipulating votes? Not asking for a friend, I just don't want to end up on the naughty list by using Voat in a weird way that makes the script flag me for whatever reason.
you know, in the IT world they never give out how something works specifically, if they did a "hacker" could tip toe their way around and avoid it.
even if you are 100% innocent in your question and dont want to end up on the naughty list, someone else could be reading the reply and use that information.
if you are that concerned about it you probably arnt anything to worry about.
I know this. Infosec is a huge priority in my current job. Never hurts to ask though. If putts is willing to give up the information, I assume he understands the risks if there are any.
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PuttItOut ago
We banned a bunch of accounts today and sent a tremendous amount of warnings.
I did accidently run a batch with a bad config setting and had to manually reverse things.
I think many that got warnings today may be from things up to two months ago.
We don't check warnings like we do bans, so you can get a warning pretty easily but it's nothing to worry about, just a way of us saying "hey, your account showed up on the naughty report."
ThisIsMyRealName ago
How does your script determine if someone is manipulating votes? Not asking for a friend, I just don't want to end up on the naughty list by using Voat in a weird way that makes the script flag me for whatever reason.
McFluffy ago
you know, in the IT world they never give out how something works specifically, if they did a "hacker" could tip toe their way around and avoid it.
even if you are 100% innocent in your question and dont want to end up on the naughty list, someone else could be reading the reply and use that information.
if you are that concerned about it you probably arnt anything to worry about.
ThisIsMyRealName ago
I know this. Infosec is a huge priority in my current job. Never hurts to ask though. If putts is willing to give up the information, I assume he understands the risks if there are any.