NOTE: Spotting Fake scripted ads

26 Jan 2006

Just a quick pointer to both site users and site admin, but adverts that contain "rnrn" or just "rn" could be fake scripted ads that get places on the site automaticly, they could have a small problem with their script which is ommitting the slash (as the command for a new line is slash rn) thus leaving it within the script.
so should you notice ads like this i'd suggest admin's "validate" them and users avoid/report them smile

*note i've typed slash as the forum strips slashes

26 Jan 2006

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26 Jan 2006

Hi I'm Suzy, 37 married and 's what I want....rnrnFOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONSrnrnI want men and possibly women who have a digital or phone cam to volunteer to be my camera slave.

if you look at the above example of an advert, the rnrn are there to be seen, they are ment to be new lines (the equivelent of pressing enter). This is either a big bug in the system, which i very much doubt, as it would effect all of the ads not just a selection, or someone is posting fake automated adverts.
most of the adverts that have these tend to seem a little far fetched anyway...
imo, they are worth avoiding, but at the very least i would love for admins to have a look at the reason for this and clarify if my theory is correct smile

26 Jan 2006

i would understand if this error was on OLD adverts, but not new ones....
also if an add is copied from somewhere and pasted, then it's clearly a little dodgy wouldn't you say?

26 Jan 2006

Am sorry i ment no offence, on the contrary am attempting to help. Thanks for the sarcasm it's highly appreciated.

26 Jan 2006

To be honest Jude, your reply kinda helps my theory, none of your posts have rnrn in them even though you claim they are copied.
imo it is not due to being copied, it's just not the kind of error i'd expect from an assumption i am making on the site coding. if anything you will get strange spacing, not letters put in.

26 Jan 2006

Quote by JudyTV
so should you notice ads like this i'd suggest admin's delete them and users avoid/report them
*note i've typed slash as the forum strips slashes

Oh wonderful, delete ads on your assumption that they MAY be fake. Yea right. Lets stop the common cold from spreading in the UK by killing all those that are already infected now? It MAY work. Lovely idea that is!
Jude
That probably would work to cure the cold if ALL infected were removed before being able to reinfect others.
But deleteing potentially fake ads is hardly comparable to a mass cull of humans. But thank you for your constructive comments :)

26 Jan 2006

It was actually bug!
when editing an add it was putting in the characters for line breaks! but as was said above stripping the slash so it ended up rnrnrnr etc..
fixed now but all the remaining ones will still be there unless they edit their ads.

26 Jan 2006

Jude, relax, don't take this personally, this is nothing against you and infact looking at your ads, doesn't effect any of yours. I have no problem being wrong, infact it would be great smile

my sole aim is to try and ensure people who use this site and love it don't get their time wasted and their emails spammed by fake users with an alterior motive.
i gain nothing from deletion of ads you must understand jude. am merely speaking as a professional programmer who has experiance of creating automatic scripts and forums.
I apologise if i have not been clear with my intentions, but it is not to hinder the site, it is to try and improve the user experiance.

26 Jan 2006

Quote by Nick_W
It was actually bug!
when editing an add it was putting in the characters for line breaks! but as was said above stripping the slash so it ended up rnrnrnr etc..
fixed now but all the remaining ones will still be there unless they edit their ads.

Great :thumbup:

26 Jan 2006

it's all good smile

either way i'd say something got solved.

26 Jan 2006

sexylondon guy is just trying to do people a favour. cheers mate well spotted.

26 Jan 2006

basically
rn
is from the way that NEW LINES are processed
and to me is indicative of a move from a linux to a windows based server
/r = carriage return
/n = new line
hence... take the slashes
rn
:-)
i think