Fake Accounts?

[dlambert]

<p>Yesterday I posted a picture on the critique forum. Today I go and check and see that some people gave me points. Out of curiousity I check who the people are and guess what... almost all the accounts are made on the same day and nobody has posted pictures. Anyone has seen this before?<br>

This is the picture; <a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481&msg_id=00U2iF&photo_id=9541832&photo_sel_index=0">http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481&msg_id=00U2iF&photo_id=9541832&photo_sel_index=0</a><br>

Cheers<br>

David</p>

[User_276104]

<p>There have been quite a few threads about this already in different forums. The Admins are on the case!</p>

[lex_jenkins]

<p>Yup, already reported, probably be taken care of during the week.</p>

<p>I'm bumping this thread over to the Photo.net Site Help Forum.</p>

[mtfaidherbe1]

<p>same for me, a lot of them these days.</p>

[joshroot]

<p>Have removed as many of the accounts as I could find.</p>

[mtfaidherbe1]

<p>thanks Josh, here some more:</p>

<p>http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4993918<br>

http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4991919<br>

http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4989122<br>

http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=4997024</p>

<p>and maybe:<br>

http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=5056541 (not very sure, no photos, but some interventions in the forums)</p>

[lex_jenkins]

<p>Marie-Thérèse, I'm not sure how you arrived at that list of names but I see at least two members listed with no obvious history of unacceptable participation. They have histories of infrequent but perfectly acceptable participation on forums I moderate. The absence of photos in portfolios of members who choose to rate or critique photos is not a reliable indicator of a bogus account.</p>

 

[mtfaidherbe1]

<p>As I said, ok it might be considerated ok if they participate to forums.... but if they only rate in a completely discordant manner of other people without any comment and do nothing else?<br>

what is then, a reliable indicator of a bogus account?</p>

<p>(anyway, you guys deleted or not deleted accounts, I just mentioned accounts that seem weirds to me, no obligation for you to delete them, of course).</p>