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Please stop gaming for points

rwunderlich — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:53:17 GMT

Please stop exploiting holes in the points system to gain points unfairly and with no contribution. You have "collected" over 5000 points in the last 72 hours. This is disrespectful to those who have contributed real effort and talent here, as well as an embarrassment for your employer and colleagues.

Creating fake user profiles and exploiting errors in the site configuration may be admired in a hacker forum, but not here.

-Rob

Re: Please stop gaming for points

jvitantonio — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:00:11 GMT

Well said Rob.

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sunny_talwar — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:10:43 GMT

Wow, I had no idea something like this was possible .

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Gysbert_Wassenaar — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:42:05 GMT

Could be this character: Harshitha Harshu | LinkedIn‌. Perhaps the employer might be interested to know how this employee puts her 'skills' to use.

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Digvijay_Singh — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:00:22 GMT

Its really very demotivating, I could see many more started joining hands. Sara is aware of it as I inquired her few days back about this loophole.

Re: Please stop gaming for points

rwunderlich — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:01:50 GMT

I think that is the same person. If anyone deserves to be offended it would be you Gysbert, as you have devoted an awful lot of time and effort here. However, I suggest we avoid a mob mentality and keep the conversation on this Forum. I wouldn't want to be the lead in one of those retrospective think pieces "when the internet goes crazy" J

-Rob

Re: Please stop gaming for points

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:08:20 GMT

Yeah, that's probably the best thing to do. Well, too late for me. I already tweeted about this. Not likely to lead to a posse though.

I hope one of the community administrators can find the time to do a bit of investigation and take appropriate action.

Re: Please stop gaming for points

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:17:25 GMT

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We are researching this situation and will deal with it in a timely manner. If we find that any member is bending the rules to generate points we will definitely address it.

We do rely heavily on members to help each other but also flag inappropriate content and not following the rules.

Best Regards, Sara

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robert_mika — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:49:29 GMT

Wow (not a happy wow) 9000 points in few days...

The action for this could be The Only action I believe...

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gautik92 — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 05:51:01 GMT

Very Funny.... Already commented in her post but she dint stop that ..

Good Job rwunderlich

Re: Please stop gaming for points

oknotsen — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:39:54 GMT

Please report the posts in which you think this illegal activity is taking place. That makes it easier for the Community Team to find them and act on them.

The account Rob mentioned in the initial post has been de-activated by the way.

Re: Please stop gaming for points

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:52:10 GMT

This member has been contacted and the account temporarily suspended. Hopefully we can get them re-engaged in a more positive manner. We value all members contributions when they adhere to our guidelines and are helping other members.

Thanks for keeping a watchful eye out for members 'bending the rules' to gain points. If in doubt about something you are posting or another members activity please always free to email me directly: Sara.Leslie@qlik.com.

Some investigations take longer than others and we make every attempt to be fair to all parties.

Best Regards, Sara

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nicolett_yuri — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 20:55:46 GMT

There will always be people like that

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Gysbert_Wassenaar — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:13:59 GMT

Thanks Sara!

Re: Please stop gaming for points

simonaubert — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:44:34 GMT

Hello @rwunderlich

What do you mean by "points" ? Likes ?

That sounds indeed suspect to have even 1000 likes in a moth so 5000 in 3 days .. 😄
Best regards,

Simon

Re: Please stop gaming for points

Sue_Macaluso — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:59:38 GMT

This is a very old conversation and based on the thread should not continue from 2015. Thanks for everyone's understanding.