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tripleee

7:09 AM

Mister Man is still up, rude vandalism

others already handled

rene

@tripleee at -4 now ...

Mithical

8:01 AM

@tripleee bonked

Journeyman Geek

8:21 AM

→ 30 messages moved to Chimney

tripleee

ah, the sweet sound of bonk

flag-pls spam still up, should not have been moved to Chimney askubuntu.com/questions/692700/…

flag-pls spam ditto superuser.com/questions/1764810/…

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

8:38 AM

@tripleee yeah, the script that moves Smokey messages does not check if the target spam was already deleted. Anyway flagged, at -6 already so probably needs 1-2 more.

@JourneymanGeek umm you missed lots of old messages. Bug in the script, or did you just manually move only the most recent reports? (Which is bad idea usually as many of them are still not deleted and need people to flag.)

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardChasingStars most recent that I checked through

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek I don't think it's good idea.

Journeyman Geek

→ 56 messages moved to Chimney

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

Better move old messages...

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardChasingStars Oh, Taken care of also

I didn't go back to the older page

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

8:41 AM

What confused me is that usually that's exactly what you guys are doing.

Journeyman Geek

Ok - workflow

I check through the last 5-6 messages to make sure its all cleared. Take note of the ones that arn't

the scripts selects all on the current view (so not the ones in 'view more messages', I unselect ones that arn't flag-nuked, and clear them

if the last few still need flagging, I go back till its cleared

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek nope, still lots of old Smokey reports from few days ago, yesterday, etc.

Not that I care, lol

I think @rene has a better script that actually look backwards for Smokey messages and move them to Chimney.

Journeyman Geek

→ 24 messages moved to Chimney

then don't complain :D

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek ohh, while I don't care, I find great fun and comfort in complaining and ranting. :P

Journeyman Geek

IF YOU COMPLAIN THINGS HAPPEN SOMETIMES

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

8:45 AM

nah need to yell for that, I don't yell. Just rant silently. :D

Journeyman Geek

Well I'm not batman

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek you're Journey Man

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardChasingStars the username

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek so???????

And it's not even offensive name.

forest distrusts StackExchange

Do you know DJ Sims?

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

8:49 AM

Unless I miss something very very basic.

forest distrusts StackExchange

He's an infamous troll.

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@forestdistrustsStackExchange no? I also don't know Mel Polson.

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardChasingStars Yes

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@forestdistrustsStackExchange not for me, never heard, never saw, and that answer is totally fine.

forest distrusts StackExchange

He's probably one of the only trolls who could consistently go after SE for years on end, unwaveringly.

Journeyman Geek

8:50 AM

Clearly they've not gone to the right chatrooms ._.

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

Again, never even heard, but that's because we never discuss trolls.

So if that's a troll, let the site mods handle it if and when they'll actually post bad stuff.

Journeyman Geek

apparently neither have the local mods :D

@ShadowWizardChasingStars or split the difference and let them know why

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

This might be decent person just using a name that was used by trolls in the past. We can't know.

forest distrusts StackExchange

No, it's absolutely him.

And that's what he does. He posts sometimes-not-too-terrible questions and answers.

But it's very intentional on his part.

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

Well I've seen worse trolls. Actually, all trolls I've seen are worse. lol

(people posting actual bad stuff.)

forest distrusts StackExchange

8:53 AM

You haven't seen his thousands of wacky holocaust denial posts then.

For years, and years, and years, and years...

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

That's correct. Looks like those familiar with the troll making good job of keeping them away. ;)

@forest even if it's really a troll, which I still can't see any proof for that, it's a useful troll who post actually good content, e.g. this one. If such a user post offensive answers, they should be nuked and suspended, like any other user. I honestly can't see what makes this one so terrible or special.

Good.

forest distrusts StackExchange

@ShadowWizardChasingStars I used to have the same view until I talked to moderators more familiar with him than me.

tripleee

@JourneymanGeek as previously discussed, I think the SOCVR room owners have a better script for this

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@tripleee sounds like he move the messages manually, no script.

tripleee

@forestdistrustsStackExchange maybe a room owner should delete this thread, there's a separate private room if you want to discuss trolls

forest distrusts StackExchange

9:09 AM

@tripleee I'm aware of that room. All I said here is public knowledge.

tripleee

I don't have a strong opinion, but I know some trolls will scour chat and revel in any "did too" / "did not" discussions they managed to inspire

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@tripleee and that's why common folk like me will never know that someone is a troll and won't red flag their posts.

Well I now know of this one, but there are probably hundreds more which I'll never know about.

Or do you prefer tea?

Cody Gray

I do not drink coffee, so, yes.

forest distrusts StackExchange

@ShadowWizardChasingStars There are a number, but mods are taking care of them.

tripleee

thorny problem but if a mod says "known troll" I don't argue

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

9:19 AM

@CodyGray done. So, what's up? Few years since we last heard your wise words here. ;)

@tripleee well looks like that one is network wide suspended now, so problem solved. We can safely move on to the next spammer. :D

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

9:45 AM

hmm it's hot in the office, but when A/C is on, it becomes too cold. What to do? :/

forest distrusts StackExchange

Wear layers?

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardChasingStars no thermostat?

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek was never able to reach a point where it actually stop when it's cold enough. :D

@forestdistrustsStackExchange that defeats the purpose of A/C... ;)

Well opened a window, it's fine so far.

tripleee

10:05 AM

flag-pls spam (subsequently) returning spammer (MS) law.stackexchange.com/a/88561

SPArcheon

12:26 PM

> IF YOU COMPLAIN ON TWITTER THINGS HAPPEN SOMETIMES

there, @JourneymanGeek, you forgot the most important part.

Journeyman Geek

@SPArcheon Well things are happening to twitter

forest distrusts StackExchange

Can I complain on Stack Exchange to get things to change on Twitter?

Journeyman Geek

12:41 PM

@forestdistrustsStackExchange I think you know who to ask

forest distrusts StackExchange

:D

He is the hero we need, not the hero we deserve.

Meta Andrew T.

1:01 PM

Yeah, there are many changes that happened to Twitter, like the annoying "Verified Views" stats placed between the "Like" and "Share/bookmark" buttons...

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

1:55 PM

@MetaAndrewT. I don't care for the changes in the site/app even one tiny bit. I care about the people working there that are bullied by an evil person who cares only about his money, and makes their lives a living hell. Why anyone keeps working there as a slave is beyond me, but it must stop. Twitter should be closed down. ASAP.

Journeyman Geek

2:05 PM

@ShadowWizardChasingStars Oh cause they need the money and didn't get fired overnight

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek pretty sure 100% of the surviving Twitter employees must work 24/7, literally, including sleeping in the office, or they'll get the hammer instantly as well.

And I won't work in such hellish condition even for $1000000.

That's a Golden Slavery.

Journeyman Geek

THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE TILL PROFITS IMPROVE!

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek hello Musk

Knew it was you all along.

:-D

Oh wait, forgot to mention they don't even have toilet paper in the toilet rooms. Or janitors. They literally work in their own crap.

Journeyman Geek

And they probably don't have the little hoses

or bidets

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@JourneymanGeek that's a wet dream for them at this point.

Maybe they have pots under their beds in the office. Like in the Middle Days.

And they have rotation of who clean Musk's pot every day.

Meta Andrew T.

2:23 PM

I dunno. Last time I heard, Google also laid off 12000 employees, including the one who's been working for 20 years...

Journeyman Geek

basically they're all eviiillll

this is my surprised face.

Feeds

2:56 PM

stackoverflow.blog/2023/01/25/…

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

@MetaAndrewT. so? They aren't bullying the remaining employees. And Twitter laid off about 80% of the employees, maybe more.

Shadow Wizard Chasing Stars

3:26 PM

@tripleee @forest I guess this one is another known troll? This time certainly looks like this.

Meta Andrew T.

4:03 PM

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Glorfindel

5:56 PM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog it took me a while to fix this. I can't reproduce the triple output though: i.sstatic.net/XuElU.png Might be browser/OS-specific (I'm using Tampermonkey/Firefox/macOS).

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8:02 PM

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