[wp-forums] Reporting puppets

[andrew nevins]

Thanks! I know you're getting annoyed that I keep spamming the mailing list
with this, but it was because I didn't know where to report it to. And now
I do.


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 2:17 PM, ipstenu <ipstenu at halfelf.org> wrote:

> This isn't rocket surgery.
>
> If a plugin author is reviewing their own plugins, block the NON plugin
> author accounts
>
> Then email the plugin name and the list of accounts to
> plugins at wordpress.org
>
> Please use a subject like "plugin name - sock puppet reviews" so we can
> easily see what's up.
>
> If the poster isn't he plugin author, or any plugin author, just bozo
> them. If they're bashing a competitor, provide a link to at least one of
> the bashing posts.
>
> Sent from my phone
>
> > On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:27 AM, andrew nevins <andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > *>I'm going to make plugin author accounts of both plugins inactive*
> > And of course it's the same author on both plugins >:(
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:25 PM, andrew nevins <
> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> And the crime of talking to one's self is apparent:
> >> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-170?replies=2
> >>
> >> I'm going to make plugin author accounts of both plugins inactive
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:24 PM, andrew nevins <
> >> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I've just deleted 15 four-to-five star reviews and blocked 15 accounts
> >>> under the same IP of this plugin:
> >>>
> http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/the-casengo-chat-widget
> >>>
> >>> The IP was: 95.97.251.250
> >>>
> >>> and noticed some of the accounts had reviewed another plugin:
> >>>
> http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/casengo-faq-web-self-service-plugin
> >>> So there are some puppets in that plugin too
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:14 PM, andrew nevins <
> >>> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Who do I report plugins that have puppet reviews to?
> > _______________________________________________
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