[wp-forums] What's with all the Bozo's?

[Half-Elf on Tech]

You can TOTALLY bozo yourself :) If you post too many times in too short 
a time, you will be b-tagged. Used to happen to me all the time. James 
made me a mod to stop it ;) That may not be a joke.

Also sometimes I'll bozo people for plugin abuse (spamming there) or 
ideas (ditto). I almost always loop around to tag them in the forums as 
well (Otto, where's my one button of power?).

Jan Dembowski wrote:
>
> *Drinks coffee, wishes bozo was labeled "Time out room recipient for a
> while so to keep an eye on that account" and realizes that's probably
> too many characters*
>
> Josh Lobe wrote:
>>
>>
>> I've looked back through prior posts... and didn't notice anything
>> immediately obvious.
>> I mean... a couple of these folk seem like genuine people.
>>
>> Can a BOZO happen automatically?
>
> I'm pretty sure (99.44%) that can and does happen.
>
> Occasionally someone will create a brand new account and the system
> will flag it as bozo immediately. The automated system does learn and
> if the account is from a domain or IP range that just spammed the
> forums for the last 25 days (oh boy does that happen) then the new
> account will also get picked up.
>
> If it' a real person and they post well then someone will eventually
> uncode that account too.
>
> *Drinks more coffee*
>
> There's 2 ways for an account to be coded. One is that the automated
> spam system made a determination that they should be coded. When I see
> an account hitting the spam filter and only that one flag is set then
> I'll usually un-code that account if there is nothing in their post
> history that warrants that.
>
> Then there is another flag that indicates a moderator or higher put
> them in the timeout room on purpose. That's usually for the reasons
> that Mel said.
>
>>
>> What's the threshold for a bozo?
>> I mean, I'm sure harassment, solicitation, etc... qualifies.
>> What about a genuine b-fest? A vented frustration towards a
>> developer; or WP in general?
>>
>> I don't want to bozo anyone... don't have the authority, anyways.
>> I'm just wondering if there isn't a 'glitch' somewhere in the system...
>
>
> Coding someone's account doesn't do anything negative to that forum
> member. It just makes more work for the moderators though because all
> the posts do get reviewed.
>
> When an account is coded it just means that someone has to approve
> those posts. It doesn't delete those posts but it does mean other
> members will not see those posts till they are released. If the member
> behaves then they will be let out of the timeout room unsupervised.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jan Dembowski
>
>
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