Timeline for Sock-puppet attack on GameDev Stack Exchange - Exploits!
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| May 23, 2017 at 12:36 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 16, 2017 at 15:43 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://meta.gamedev.stackexchange.com/ with https://gamedev.meta.stackexchange.com/
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| Dec 18, 2013 at 13:36 | history | edited | user50049 |
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| Jun 25, 2013 at 13:42 | comment | added | Joachim Sauer | chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/3272/… | |
| Jun 24, 2013 at 21:32 | comment | added | Shotgun Ninja | It just goes to show you that no matter how unethical or pointless it would seem to compromise a system, there will still always be someone dumb enough to try it, and stubborn enough to be aggressive about it. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 11:58 | comment | added | casperOne Mod | He's deleting comments? Seems like we should be enabling him, if anything. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 10:07 | history | edited | Andrew Russell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2013 at 10:01 | history | edited | Andrew Russell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2013 at 10:00 | answer | added | user50049 | timeline score: 41 | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:58 | comment | added | Andrew Russell | @Bart Yep. However this is not the first time his accounts have been cleared out :\ (hence my posting about the exploits he's using) | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:56 | comment | added | Bart | Seems his SO account is gone. I guess the rest will soon follow. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:54 | history | edited | Andrew Russell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:27 | comment | added | Tobias Kienzler | In that case you should flag a post by the user and state your concerns. Maybe also do so at the SE site where said user gets their rep bonus from. This sounds like a case of inter-site abuse so meta.SO is the correct place IMHO | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:27 | comment | added | yannis | @AndrewRussell Posting on the site's Meta is a great way of getting the mods' attention, mods get inbox notifications for all Meta questions (but not for questions on MSO). Also, you shouldn't really worry for SE missing a somewhat urgent Meta question because it was posted on the site's Meta and not MSO. Mods have a direct line to SE, and we are extremely skilled at relentlessly harassing Community Managers if need be. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:23 | comment | added | Andrew Russell | @Tobias TBH I'm not 100% sure how it works (did he delete his own account? I think so, but I'm not sure). Just that it's a problem. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:16 | comment | added | Tobias Kienzler | So your basic point is that once an account has been deleted, a new one can be created and again gets the association bonus? In that case said user should not be deleted but be put on suspension. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:16 | comment | added | Andrew Russell | @M.NightDemonbobby Yep. I should mention that I did try chat (no one online), and I don't have contact details for our mods. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:15 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:11 | history | edited | Andrew Russell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:10 | comment | added | Bart | @JanDvorak Myeah. In hindsight...no big deal to leave it here. I'm sure they are on to this user anyway. Given his comments on SU, this users merely seems to be proving a point. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:10 | comment | added | Time Traveling Bobby | I agree with posting here (though, it should be a little bit cleaned up and more generalized), but if it comes to getting help when you need it immediately you should go to chat, contact your moderators and/or devs directly instead of posting it on Meta. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:09 | comment | added | Andrew Russell | @Yannis Fair enough. I shall leave this here though, as I'm still of the opinion that this is something that could be improved in the SE software. This guy is especially bad - he's using the username of existing users, then and posting fake screenshots of inflammatory comments by other users. Then he deletes the comments of anyone calling him out for it. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:06 | comment | added | John Dvorak | @Bart These exploits are applicable network-wide. They just happen to be currently being employed there. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 9:01 | comment | added | yannis | @AndrewRussell Didn't mean to imply that posting here was wrong, just that the site's own Meta would have been a better place for your question. Also, if you check the question I linked to you'll notice that SE is already aware of this (Anna, a community manager, has posted an answer there). | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 8:59 | comment | added | Bart | This question appears to be off-topic because it is about an issue on the Gamedev Stack Exchange. Such issues should be raised in their Meta: meta.gamedev.stackexchange.com | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 8:59 | comment | added | Andrew Russell | @Yannis Actually this Meta seems to be labeled as being OK for questions about the SE Network (see the text on the "Ask Question" page). I feel this needs to be reported to the network folks (not the GDSE mods - who are obviously well aware of this ongoing issues). Especially as it involves possible exploits of the SE software. | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 8:57 | comment | added | yannis | Meta GameDev would have been more appropriate for this, and the issue has already been raised there: How can the moderators and community managers ensure a fair election? | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 8:56 | comment | added | fuxia | Looks like it is the same user as in meta.stackexchange.com/questions/184842/… | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 8:54 | history | asked | Andrew Russell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |