Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#1

Post by krmmalik » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 12:38 PM UTC

I just got a "Stop spamming us, you're wasting your time" message when submitting a genuine link which was the new video from RSA. "the paradox of choice".

I've never spammed this site, at least not knowingly. Please help?

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#2

Post by ColinWright » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 12:52 PM UTC

I also got that the other day when submitting something via the bookmarklet. When I opened the "submit" page and copied things into the boxes (copy/paste) then it all worked.

Not sure what is being triggered, but it looks like more than one false positive for "spam" detection.

EDIT: As an experiment I've just tried to submit using the bookmarklet the RSA Animate of the talk and got the message again ... then I tried "by hand". Both times I got the "Stop spamming us" message.

I wonder if it's the direct link to the YouTube video that's the problem ...

Now I've succeeded with a link to a different site.

PG: You have an interesting glitch in your spam detection.

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#3

Post by davidw » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 12:58 PM UTC

It looks like you post an awful lot of stuff from your own site, maybe that triggers something.

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#4

Post by ColinWright » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 1:06 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #3

It looks like you post an awful lot of stuff from your own site, maybe that triggers something.

That seems to have been a long time ago, and the same can't be said of me. I've triggered it now twice by submitting direct links to YouTube.

Not conclusive, but it's a start.

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#5

Post by shawndumas » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 1:06 PM UTC

I got it once when I tried to post an Apple Press Release when iCloud was announced...

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#6

Post by mattdeboard » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 1:07 PM UTC

Reminds me of the link last week re: 130% effective spam filter.

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#7

Post by revorad » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 1:14 PM UTC

RSA submissions on Thursday afternoons from accounts less than 2 years old are banned.

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#8

Post by stonemetal » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 1:15 PM UTC

ColinWright wrote: post #4

davidw wrote: post #3

It looks like you post an awful lot of stuff from your own site, maybe that triggers something.

That seems to have been a long time ago, and the same can't be said of me. I've triggered it now twice by submitting direct links to YouTube. Not conclusive, but it's a start.

I know there is a list of domains that are have been banned maybe youtube has now made the list.

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#9

Post by nextparadigms » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 1:23 PM UTC

I got the same message when linking to a Youtube video.

Re: Ask PG: Why did I just get a "stop spamming us" message?

#10

Post by krmmalik » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 1:29 PM UTC

ColinWright wrote: post #2

I also got that the other day when submitting something via the bookmarklet. When I opened the "submit" page and copied things into the boxes (copy/paste) then it all worked. Not sure what is being triggered, but it looks like more than one false positive for "spam" detection. EDIT: As an experiment I've just tried to submit using the bookmarklet the RSA Animate of the talk and got the message again ... then I tried…

I just used the search function to look for HN submissions that contained the same keywords in the title, and noticed there are previous submissions that do. Even though its a different link and different content. I wonder if that's causing the glitch?