Is Tag Spamming Reportable?

chippysmall4

Is Tag Spamming To Exploit The Trending Page Reportable?

Last edited by chippysmall4 (Feb. 20, 2024 09:00:23)

hydrofungus

Yeah
Thought you should know that

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chippysmall4

hydrofungus wrote:
Yeah
Thought you should know that

I Was Making Sure.

kkidslogin

Yes, it breaks the “Be Honest” part of the CG. If I remember right.

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The-Sushi-Cat

They can repeat the same tag, like if they put #art fifty times

But they can't do #games #art #music or whatever

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Try to refrain from saying, ‘No support’. It comes off as extremely negative. “The forums are for criticism! Don't post it you don't want it!” Agreed. But I never said that you should agree with everyone. No suggestion will ever be perfect
What sounds more constructive?
“No support, people would spam with it”
“This would lead to a lot of spam, since people can't get away from it. Not to mention, it might upset a few people with the way it's implemented”

In #1, you didn't help OP at all. You said you didn't like it, and why. Nothing else. Not even what was causing the issue of spam
In #2, you pointed out the flaws and the root causes of them. Flaws shouldn't always get a suggestion absolutely ignored

And simply supporting doesn't always help either. It's not a voting system, it's improving your ideas. There's going to be cons, there's going to be flaws, and that's the point of the suggestions. No suggestion is ever 100% perfect in any way
Here are some things you can look out for:
-Are there any flaws/cons that haven't been addressed or fixed?
-Is this idea fully flushed out? Or are there some questions you can ask?
-Are there any flaws that you know how to fix or do you know how to flush something out a bit more?
-Is there anyone else who is confused and needs some clarification?

If you don't have to do any of these, then you can move on!

Is a suggestion unable to be added because it's just impossible? Point out why and have them decide what to do next
But still, try not to say ‘no support’

EDawg2011

kkidslogin wrote:
Yes, it breaks the “Be Honest” part of the CG. If I remember right.

How is it not honest if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)

Last edited by EDawg2011 (Feb. 20, 2024 17:25:10)

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Can you please put this at/near the top of your signature and tell people that tag spam isn't allowed and it manipulates the algorithm, to start a chain and spread the word? - Thanks, @EDawg2011.

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The-Sushi-Cat wrote:
They can repeat the same tag, like if they put #art fifty times

But they can't do #games #art #music or whatever

no, you can't spam #art fifty times either, thats manipulating site statistics as more tags break the indexer and places your project higher then its supposed to be

Scratchers that I've cati-fied

kkidslogin

EDawg2011 wrote:
(#6)
kkidslogin wrote:
Yes, it breaks the “Be Honest” part of the CG. If I remember right.
How is it not honest if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)

It manipulates the search indexer and puts it higher, thus making it not based on popularity and instead on your tags.

Forum Clout: 232,655. Alright, who ate my Kumquats? Finally foruming again. Support for reasons in OP and no support for all the other reasons.

Enjoy my music.

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MythosLore

kkidslogin wrote:
EDawg2011 wrote:
(#6)
kkidslogin wrote:
Yes, it breaks the “Be Honest” part of the CG. If I remember right.
How is it not honest if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)
It manipulates the search indexer and puts it higher, thus making it not based on popularity and instead on your tags.

EDawg2011 wrote:
if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)

Last edited by MythosLore (Feb. 22, 2024 21:04:49)

actually working on a game so i'll be a bit less active on the forums

chippysmall4

Bump

RethinkingVoxels

chippysmall4 wrote:
Bump

Your answer is solved; it's reportable. It breaks the “Be honest” section.

chippysmall4

RethinkingVoxels wrote:
chippysmall4 wrote:
Bump
Your answer is solved; it's reportable. It breaks the “Be honest” section.

What if the tags are relevant?

RethinkingVoxels

chippysmall4 wrote:
RethinkingVoxels wrote:
chippysmall4 wrote:
Bump
Your answer is solved; it's reportable. It breaks the “Be honest” section.
What if the tags are relevant?

It still exploits the tag system; it's still reportable.

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chippysmall4

Bump (more answers needed, specifically ;

MythosLore wrote:
kkidslogin wrote:
EDawg2011 wrote:
(#6)
kkidslogin wrote:
Yes, it breaks the “Be Honest” part of the CG. If I remember right.
How is it not honest if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)
It manipulates the search indexer and puts it higher, thus making it not based on popularity and instead on your tags.
EDawg2011 wrote:
if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)

chippysmall4

Bump

Malicondi

Yes.

Paddle2See wrote:
Yeah, that's a bit of an abuse of the system that will eventually make it useless if it continues. It's also against the Community Guidelines - the part about “being honest”. Furthermore, it's also against the Terms of Use - the part that talks about interfering with the service (3.5). So feel free to link anybody you see doing that to this topic so they become better educated. You may also use the Report button and explain that they are abusing tags.

post #1000 post #100 i help in the forums post #1 post #500 0 second ninja
I recommend reading jvvg's essay about the scratch team before complaining, as it may change your opinion and provide insight on the topic.

coming soon :)

chippysmall4

Malicondi wrote:
Yes.
Paddle2See wrote:
Yeah, that's a bit of an abuse of the system that will eventually make it useless if it continues. It's also against the Community Guidelines - the part about “being honest”. Furthermore, it's also against the Terms of Use - the part that talks about interfering with the service (3.5). So feel free to link anybody you see doing that to this topic so they become better educated. You may also use the Report button and explain that they are abusing tags.

EDawg2011 wrote:
kkidslogin wrote:
Yes, it breaks the “Be Honest” part of the CG. If I remember right.
How is it not honest if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)

Malicondi

chippysmall4 wrote:
EDawg2011 wrote:
kkidslogin wrote:
Yes, it breaks the “Be Honest” part of the CG. If I remember right.
How is it not honest if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)

You're forgetting that it also breaks section 3.5 of the TOU, which is still breaking the rules and is reportable.

post #1000 post #100 i help in the forums post #1 post #500 0 second ninja
I recommend reading jvvg's essay about the scratch team before complaining, as it may change your opinion and provide insight on the topic.

coming soon :)

chippysmall4

Malicondi wrote:
chippysmall4 wrote:
EDawg2011 wrote:
kkidslogin wrote:
Yes, it breaks the “Be Honest” part of the CG. If I remember right.
How is it not honest if you only spam relevant tags? (tags that fit the project)
You're forgetting that it also breaks section 3.5 of the TOU, which is still breaking the rules and is reportable.

Got it.

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