[wp-forums] Puppet reviews again

[andrew nevins]

By the way why I keep flagging this up instead of taking action myself is
that I'm often in the position where I just review the posts on the BBadmin
side. Plus I want to get visibility on the issue


On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:

> andrew nevins wrote:
>
>> Promoting the pro version*facepalm*
>> http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/adrotate
>>
>
> I'm *really* resisting the urge to reply with
>
> "You want this, don't you? The hate is swelling in you now. Take your
> Moderator weapon. Use it. They are unarmed. Strike them down with it. Give
> in to your anger. With each passing moment..."
>
> *Drinks more coffee*
>
> When you see that please delete the reviews, block the sock puppet
> accounts, set the author account to moderation watch and shoot the plugins
> team an email like so (which I'll do)
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> This plugin
>
> https://wordpress.org/plugins/adrotate/
>
> Written by this author
>
> https://wordpress.org/support/profile/adegans
>
> Has posted sock puppet reviews using these accounts.
>
> https://wordpress.org/support/profile/memberofthegreatlandofoz
> https://wordpress.org/support/profile/mike61
> https://wordpress.org/support/profile/jc-from-holland
>
> The sock puppet accounts are blocked and those reviews have been deleted.
> The author's account has been set to moderation watch.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> While it's tempting (raises hand as being guilty on occasion) please don't
> block or mark the author as inactive. It just makes more work for the
> plugin team. They can deal with it and if the author behaves then the
> author account can be let out of the timeout room.
>
> --
> Jan Dembowski
> https://blog.dembowski.net/
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