[wp-forums] bad plugin?

[Mika A Epstein]

The best part about all this is he keeps emailing plugins, asking me to 
restore his plugin.

I'm sorry, but the more he does this sock-puppetry, pointing fingers at 
other plugins that I have checked and are just FINE, the less we will 
ever re-consider.

So far he has:

1) Submitted someone else's plugin and had it removed
2) Resubmitted the plugin, making it different enough we didn't notice 
right away, with a different domain and IP, but with a massive security 
hole (which is how we realized he was the guy from 1) and had THAT removed
3) Spammed the forums with fake reviews of his own plugins via 
sockpuppet accounts
4) Spammed the forums with fake reviews of OTHER plugins, mainly 
competitors, citing them spuriously for errors that don't exist 
(including, but not limited to, claims of using their own jquery - Like 
we can't QUICKLY check for that!)
5) Made even more sock puppet accounts to submit the plugin
6) Continually emailing plugins, asking us to reconsider because they're 
not doing anything wrong, and by gum, those other plugins are breaking 
rules too (not)
7) Complained we're 'hurting his reputation and business'

And yes, I did tell him, specifically, that his behavior was a massive 
part of why we won't reconsider the decision about his plugin(s).

Jan Dembowski wrote:
>
> Geez. That guy just doesn't know when to stop. Just how many sock puppet
> accounts does he have?
>
> I've b-coded his account but this guy really wants to get blocked.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jan Dembowski
> On Apr 20, 2013 9:20 AM, "Jennifer Roberts"<wpyogimail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> He's baaaack (same IP) -
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-wordpress-site-was-in-debug-mode-tons-of-errors?replies=8&view=all
>>
>>
>> On Apr 13, 2013, at 9:13 PM, Mika A Epstein wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> He's swearing he fixed the plugin, too (pro-tip, EVERYONE can see your
>>
>> SVN checkins, no you didn't). (Also we're 'killing' his brand...)
>>>
>>> I called him out on the pointing at other plugins, though I will still
>>
>> make sure there isn't anything wrong with them.
>>>
>>> Jan Dembowski wrote:
>>>>
>>>> And he's still using sock puppet accounts (same IP) just to trash his
>>>> competition? Some people just never learn when to stop.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know the story behind his creating admin users with his plugin
>>>
>>
>> (how
>>>
>>>>
>>>> can that be possibly justified?) but this guy is working hard on 
>>>> getting
>>>> blocked.
>>>>
>>>> Jan Dembowski
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, April 13, 2013, Jennifer Roberts wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Two of these guys are still up to no good - now "reporting" bad
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> plugins??
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL ((in spam or deleted))
>>>>>
>>>>> http://wordpress.org/support/profile/vincelittle20
>>>>>
>>>>> http://wordpress.org/support/profile/wp-plugin-guru
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 12, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Mika A Epstein wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's weird.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once you remove a plugin, it's gone, unless it's writing to another
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> file
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> somewhere and force-reinstalling it. I don't see anything in that
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> plugin
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> doing it, but I'll pass it up to the plugins team. Randomly, I saw
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> someone
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> else have a recurring folder problem (not WP related) but it was his
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> backup
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As for the users, I'll go hit 'em with a brick. Serial accounts,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> ffs...
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Drew wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah. Actually olgarnold& beatruceus share 1 IP, and wp-plugin-guru
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> (the
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> author), john.maker786, annarenaud9, vince.little20, and
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> paul.basson32
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> share another IP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sneaky sneaky.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Jan Dembowski<jan at dembowski.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> <javascript:;>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Laughter. Chris beat me to it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Chris Olbekson<
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> chris at c3mdigital.com<javascript:;>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I just looked at the reviews and they all come from the same ip
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> address
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> except for 1 which is in a different subnet.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 12, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Jennifer Roberts<
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> wpyogimail at gmail.com<javascript:;>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Re:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-plugin-is-installing-itself-automatically-every-morning-after-i-delete-it?replies=1&view=all
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> FWIW - I noticed a few days ago that the dev wrote his own review
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> and
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> then within a short time 6 almost identical 5-star reviews
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> appeared -
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> seems
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> kinda fishy?
>>>>>>>>>>
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