[wp-forums] "recent" info regarding Your WordPress forum

[mrmist]

Further evidence, if it were needed, that "Your WordPress" is an outdated
boil that should be lanced from the forums entirely.


On 31 July 2013 08:14, Andrew2.Nevins <Andrew2.Nevins at live.uwe.ac.uk> wrote:

> Just letting everyone know that there seems to be a surge in advertisement
> in the Your WordPress forum.
>
> I've noticed a string of accounts created with IP addresses starting with
> "109" that have been created for the sole purpose of creating 1 thread in
> the Your WordPress forum.
> For example:
>
> -
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/check-my-site-httpcraftandtheneweconomyorg?replies=1
>
> -
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-do-you-think-of-my-site-4?replies=5
>
> -          http://wordpress.org/support/topic/feedback-needed-?replies=4
>
> -
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-review-my-site-httpher-intuitionorg?replies=3
>
> -
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-provide-some-feedback-?replies=4
>
> -          http://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-new-site?replies=4
>
> Most of the time they're not doing anything wrong because they're allowed
> to show off their site, but it may not be worth giving your critiques on
> their websites since they may not be genuinely looking for feedback.
>
> Also a few of them have been advertising non-GPL themes so it may be worth
> checking that if you come across them.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew.
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