[wp-forums] something weird in the support forum

[Otto]

The thing about complex systems which use machine learning algorithms is
that the results they give are not easily subject to simple analysis.

In other words, it's not really possible to tell why Akismet flagged you.
It just did. Unflagging you is easier than trying to figure out why. :)



-Otto

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did I say something in my post to trip the spam filter? Clearly I'd
> prefer that not happen.
>
> On 11/20/14, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> > Your post was being held by the spam filter. When the spam filter is in
> > effect, things get weird.
> >
> > Normally this clears up right after somebody goes and looks through the
> > spams and clears it out. Not a huge deal, as such.
> >
> >
> > -Otto
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Otto, thanks for replying, but please see this topic:
> >>
> >>
> https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-not-getting-filtered-even-with-mathcaptcha-and-blacklist?replies=1
> >>
> >> It says this:
> >>  Started 12 hours ago by abletec
> >>  Latest reply from programmin
> >>
> >> But in reality, programmin started the topic, & the latest reply was
> >> from abletec, i.e., yours sincerely.
> >>
> >> I suppose it's not all that important, but... Looks like someone got a
> >> variable or 2 mixed up somewhere lol.
> >>
> >> On 11/20/14, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> >> > No... that info is correct. Example here:
> >> >
> >> >
> https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-display-any-theme?replies=4
> >> >
> >> > Started 18 hours ago by garcanad
> >> > Latest reply from Tara
> >> >
> >> > Looks fine to me.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -Otto
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> In the heading that says 'About this Topic', there's an indicator
> that
> >> >> says started x hours ago by y. Once a reply to the topic is made, the
> >> >> started by field is populated w/the username of the member who
> >> >> *replied*, not by the username of the member who actually started the
> >> >> topic. In addition, the 'latest reply' field is also populated in
> >> >> error by the person who started the topic, not the 1 who replied.
> >> >>
> >> >> Just thought someone might like to know.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
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