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

[Josh Lobe]

Thanks @songdogtech.
Just trying to learn the ropes a little here.

"Giving wrong answers":  Good point.  I don't watch out for this as well 
as I should.  Thanks for the tip.

*Josh Lobe*
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Personal Website <http://www.joshlobe.com>

On 5/17/2014 1:44 PM, Mark Ratledge wrote:
> >From my experience, he's an habitual offender of being quite cranky with OPs's and giving wrong answers. I've never bozo'ed him, but I've never questioned the bozo. (As outlined before, the bozo tag lets mods approve each post.)
>
> Any other mods have experience with swanson/pioneervalley?
>
> -- songdogtech
>
>
> On May 17, 2014, at 11:37 AM, Josh Lobe wrote:
>
>> Okay... like this profile user:
>> https://wordpress.org/support/profile/swansonphotos
>>
>> I know I see him on WP forums all the time... helpful... polite... etc.
>> How do you find out why he is b-tagged?
>>
>> *Josh Lobe*
>> WP Edit Pro <http://wpeditpro.com>
>> Personal Website <http://www.joshlobe.com>
>>
>> On 5/16/2014 11:12 AM, Half-Elf on Tech wrote:
>>> 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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