Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Nubs_Select  | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 12:41 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:
| | In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | Rationalize it all you want.
Just.
Fix.
It.
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FYI, discussions moderators are members, like you.
If if there were a technical solution (which there isn’t), neither Roo nor I
nor the others mods can change the forum’s code.
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I'm going to go against the grain here and say that while the spam is annoying,
it's not something that I think is a critical issue. I see 1-2 spam messages
per day, they're obvious spam, I can just scroll on by. Compared to the amount
of spam I see in my emails every day, this is nothing.
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+1 it isn’t a major issue the only times it has been is when someone did this
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts 
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What about maybe if a post contains more then 1 url it has to be moderated before
it can be posted?
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Um. The other catalog admins and I post multiple links in our messages a lot
of the time. We don't need our posts moderated.
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| Author: | Chickaroo | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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What about maybe if a post contains more then 1 url it has to be moderated before
it can be posted?
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Can the same rule apply to emojis?
Roo
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 12:35 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| | | Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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What about maybe if a post contains more then 1 url it has to be moderated before
it can be posted?
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | If if there were a technical solution (which there isn’t)
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I'm not so sure about that - for example, you could have a keyword filter
that only gets triggered if the post includes a link.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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Yes, this requires a 15 years learning "curve" 
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So, you’re 3 years late?
| | A report button, BrickLink?
That'd be soooo complicated to develop, I must admit - please don't touch
anything.
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It’s even more complicated to report problems on the Gallery (which is supposedly
not spaghetti code).
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 11:11 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| | | Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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Yes, this requires a 15 years learning "curve"
A report button, BrickLink?
That'd be soooo complicated to develop, I must admit - please don't touch
anything.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 11:08 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| | | Some suggestions:
1. Ban Nubs_Select, 1001bricks, and SylvainLS from the forum. That alone will
reduce spam by 17.4%
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Agreed about one of the Sylvains...
But you forgot BrickOfFaith, wildchicken13 and UTLF; they post less but it's
then far more spammy IMHO
Thanks for the laugh, pal!
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| Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 10:56 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | Anybody know why there has been so many spam messages/scams on the forum the
past few months? It’s getting kinda irritating….
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I like spam. That is how I found my three girlfriends. I have not met them
yet, but they keep asking for plane tickets to get to El Paso. I send the tickets
and no one shows up and they all said it was the airlines fault. So I am ready
to send them cash so they can buy their tickets.
John P
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 10:36 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, Stellar writes:
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| | This depends on your default settings: with ‘Compact’ or ‘Brief’, the spam
is easy to ignore, with ‘All’ or ‘Full’ you’ll see them… but then I’m not sure
there’s people reading the forum like that 
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I do, but probably not many more... 
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Well, it takes everything to make a world
(Besides, what’s the default setting?)
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 10:24 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
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| | Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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It would be easier if there were a report post option along with View/Cancel/Reply
on the forum rather than having to go through the problem centre and dig out
the message number.
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Yes.
| | It's easier to just ignore the spam and move on rather than report the user.
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This depends on your default settings: with ‘Compact’ or ‘Brief’, the spam
is easy to ignore, with ‘All’ or ‘Full’ you’ll see them… but then I’m not sure
there’s people reading the forum like that
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I do, but probably not many more...
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 08:20 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
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| | Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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It would be easier if there were a report post option along with View/Cancel/Reply
on the forum rather than having to go through the problem centre and dig out
the message number.
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Yes.
| | It's easier to just ignore the spam and move on rather than report the user.
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This depends on your default settings: with ‘Compact’ or ‘Brief’, the spam
is easy to ignore, with ‘All’ or ‘Full’ you’ll see them… but then I’m not sure
there’s people reading the forum like that
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 07:01 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | Rationalize it all you want.
Just.
Fix.
It.
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FYI, discussions moderators are members, like you.
If if there were a technical solution (which there isn’t), neither Roo nor I
nor the others mods can change the forum’s code.
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I'm going to go against the grain here and say that while the spam is annoying,
it's not something that I think is a critical issue. I see 1-2 spam messages
per day, they're obvious spam, I can just scroll on by. Compared to the amount
of spam I see in my emails every day, this is nothing.
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| Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 06:50 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, Chickaroo writes:
| | […]
Most other forums I’ve ever been a member of suffer from similar problems
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+1
Hmm, there used to be a “Why your antispam idea won’t work” checklist for e-mail.
We need one for forums
So, to answer a few suggestions:
— Preventing newbies from asking questions on the forum is not very welcoming,
is it?
— Limiting newbies’ number of posts: most spammers only post once per account
anyway.
— The two previous ideas are worse when “newbie” is defined by feedback instead
of time.
— Captcha: most spammers here are human.
— Location filtering: nope, won’t do.
— Keyword filtering: I want to be able to talk about gummy bears and the new
Ford Escort set!
Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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It would be easier if there were a report post option along with View/Cancel/Reply
on the forum rather than having to go through the problem centre and dig out
the message number.
It's easier to just ignore the spam and move on rather than report the user.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 05:14 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | Rationalize it all you want.
Just.
Fix.
It.
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FYI, discussions moderators are members, like you.
If if there were a technical solution (which there isn’t), neither Roo nor I
nor the others mods can change the forum’s code.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 05:05 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| Rationalize it all you want.
Just.
Fix.
It.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 03:10 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, Chickaroo writes:
| | […]
Most other forums I’ve ever been a member of suffer from similar problems
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+1
Hmm, there used to be a “Why your antispam idea won’t work” checklist for e-mail.
We need one for forums
So, to answer a few suggestions:
— Preventing newbies from asking questions on the forum is not very welcoming,
is it?
— Limiting newbies’ number of posts: most spammers only post once per account
anyway.
— The two previous ideas are worse when “newbie” is defined by feedback instead
of time.
— Captcha: most spammers here are human.
— Location filtering: nope, won’t do.
— Keyword filtering: I want to be able to talk about gummy bears and the new
Ford Escort set!
Silver lining: (most) forum regulars have now learned how to report posts
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 02:20 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| | | I think there’s more chance of people being convinced to buy pizza than these
spam posts working
Roo
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| Author: | Chickaroo | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 02:03 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | Anybody know why there has been so many spam messages/scams on the forum the
past few months? It’s getting kinda irritating….
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Most other forums I’ve ever been a member of suffer from similar problems
Unfortunately any website which features on search engines is prone to spam (I
think way back BrickLink never used to show up on Google - something to do with
spiders?)
I think there’s more chance of people being convinced to buy pizza than these
spam posts working
Roo
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| Author: | ghyde | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 01:49 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | Anybody know why there has been so many spam messages/scams on the forum the
past few months? It’s getting kinda irritating….
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It's because BrickLink admins can't or won't implement a keyword
scanning system for new posts that trigger on any spam keywords, and block them,
instead of letting them get posted.
BrickLink admins have to stop making it so easy to post spam messages, if there
is an automatic filter that drops spam posts in the system's equivalent of
/dev/null then spammers will continue to spam the forums with spam posts.
BrickLink will only keep getting spammers until they make it impossible for spam
messages to be visible. The way to do that is what I outlined above.
They have to stop the spam from getting posted to the forums in the first place,
or it's just going to keep happening.
Just my 2c worth ...
Cheers ...
ghyde
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 01:41 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| | it’s the mustard gangs fault |
| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 01:21 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, here4bricks614 writes:
| | Agreed. What would be the cons of requiring accounts to be at least a day/week
old before being able to post?
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There would be no more spam
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 19, 2023 01:19 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | Anybody know why there has been so many spam messages/scams on the forum the
past few months? It’s getting kinda irritating….
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I agree, it's starting to get ridiculous. I guess whatever spam filtering
system BrickLink currently uses (if any) is just not enough.
I blame the pizza gang for these unfortunate circumstances, it seems they're
always up to no good.
Some suggestions:
1. Ban Nubs_Select, 1001bricks, and SylvainLS from the forum. That alone will
reduce spam by 17.4%
2. Block posts from users registered in India, Alaska, American Samoa, and APO/FPO
3. Remove the "Sales" topic (or hide it from view, which you can already
do BTW)
4. Automatically block any posts containing the word "gummies" or "escorts"
(sadly not TLG products as far as I am aware)
5. Invest in better technical anti-spam solutions for the site? Maybe more advanced
stuff using IP addresses or account limitations (like time or feedback requirements
to post)
6. Deprecate the forum, as already suggested: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1403154
Just some thoughts
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 18, 2023 23:28 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| | not worth it as the forums can be helpful to new users. |
| Author: | here4bricks614 | | Posted: | May 18, 2023 23:07 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | Anybody know why there has been so many spam messages/scams on the forum the
past few months? It’s getting kinda irritating….
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Agreed. What would be the cons of requiring accounts to be at least a day/week
old before being able to post?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | May 18, 2023 22:45 | | Subject: | Re: Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| probably a teen dropshipper who sold something once thru 1 link and is now spending
all his time spamming until he sells something again
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| Author: | BricksOfFaith | | Posted: | May 18, 2023 22:43 | | Subject: | Ridiculous amounts of spam on forum | | Viewed: | 281 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| Anybody know why there has been so many spam messages/scams on the forum the
past few months? It’s getting kinda irritating….
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 17, 2023 15:32 | | Subject: | Re: I see why the help desk is so quick now. | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, macebobo writes:
| | I took my time to report an error through the Report a bug or technical issue
link
https://www.bricklink.com/helpDesk.asp?helpDeskID=114
and only after one day I got this back.
| | Thank you for contacting us.
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| | For all API-related questions and suggestions, please contact our API Department at apisupport@bricklink.com.
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They could not even forward it themselves and then let me know that I needed
to report issues there!
Ugh! I guess I am going to start calling them the less than helpful desk again.
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Hello Sergio,
Thanks for reaching out to us.
We had a few users make us aware of this mistake and appreciate you letting us
know as well. We have passed the information on to our API team, and they are
currently working on getting this fixed.
Thank you again for making us aware of this, have a wonderful day.
Just got this reply to the same issue that I too opened a ticked, seems our concerns
got in.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 17, 2023 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: Stud.io lagging with large builds. | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Related Software, Leonidaz writes:
| | So I'm currently building a large map about 200 by 300 studs in size and
stud.io always freezes when I move, copy or add pieces. I've read that putting
the 0,0 coordinates into sight when building should resolve the freezing and
crashing, but at the moment it freezes regardless of what I do and eventually
crashes.
There has to be something that's being calculated or something in the background
that causes the program to overload, but I don't know how I could prevent
this from happening. I've tried 30 and 60 fps options, colission off, but
both didn't help.
Does anyone have had similar experiences or ideas how to fix this
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Hi,
The dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner is https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).
Please search the forum for your question before posting a new one (the search
box is in the very dark grey banner).
There’s indexes of known bugs and suggestions that you can browse first:
Studio: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5579
PartDesigner: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5589
The main threads talking about the problem you’re experiencing are those:
https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7614
https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7624
https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8059
https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8322
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| Author: | Leonidaz | | Posted: | May 17, 2023 12:39 | | Subject: | Stud.io lagging with large builds. | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| So I'm currently building a large map about 200 by 300 studs in size and
stud.io always freezes when I move, copy or add pieces. I've read that putting
the 0,0 coordinates into sight when building should resolve the freezing and
crashing, but at the moment it freezes regardless of what I do and eventually
crashes.
There has to be something that's being calculated or something in the background
that causes the program to overload, but I don't know how I could prevent
this from happening. I've tried 30 and 60 fps options, colission off, but
both didn't help.
Does anyone have had similar experiences or ideas how to fix this?
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| Author: | Chickaroo | | Posted: | May 17, 2023 08:43 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, peter_heyden writes:
| | @moderator:
Could you please remove / reject this kind of spamming? This is obviously not
by a Lego-minded member, since feedback is zero and membership started today.
Or is this kind of advertising paid for and meant to keep Bricklink free for
real members?
Pegard Peter.
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You can report problem posts here, it helps us to see them if we’re not on the
forum at that moment.
https://www.bricklink.com/problemMessage.asp
Roo
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| Author: | peter_heyden | | Posted: | May 17, 2023 08:36 | | Subject: | Re: Wellgard Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| @moderator:
Could you please remove / reject this kind of spamming? This is obviously not
by a Lego-minded member, since feedback is zero and membership started today.
Or is this kind of advertising paid for and meant to keep Bricklink free for
real members?
Pegard Peter.
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| Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | May 17, 2023 06:55 | | Subject: | Re: COYR | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| All though I don't follow the team congrats and best of luck.
Sadler_Bricks
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| Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | May 17, 2023 06:52 | | Subject: | Re: Helpful, adding humor to a sad norm. | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| Entertainment for sure lol
Sadler_Bricks
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| Author: | TallyToyBricks | | Posted: | May 16, 2023 21:07 | | Subject: | Re: Alternatives for Brickstore software | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Related Software, legoranger00 writes:
| | Are there alternative softwares for Brickstore? It should be free.
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It is free, but why not send $25 to help support BrickStore?
Especially, if you are using it in a commercial setting.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 16, 2023 20:23 | | Subject: | Re: Alternatives for Brickstore software | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Related Software, legoranger00 writes:
| | Are there alternative softwares for Brickstore? It should be free.
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Are you referring to BrickStock? BrickStore is already free.
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| Author: | starbeanie | | Posted: | May 16, 2023 08:41 | | Subject: | Re: Alternatives for Brickstore software | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| It is free already.
BrickStore is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
version 3, © 2004-2023 by Robert Griebl.
In Related Software, legoranger00 writes:
| | Are there alternative softwares for Brickstore? It should be free.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 23:32 | | Subject: | Re: Alternatives for Brickstore software | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| In Related Software, legoranger00 writes:
| | Are there alternative softwares for Brickstore? It should be free.
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You can do it!
Go to brickStore's github, issues or discussion, post and discuss the
changes you'd like to be freely implemented.
Apart this, AFAIK, kind of, Rebrickable and BrickLink My Collection recent feature.
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| Author: | legoranger00 | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 21:08 | | Subject: | Alternatives for Brickstore software | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
| | Are there alternative softwares for Brickstore? It should be free. |
| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 15:33 | | Subject: | Re: I see why the help desk is so quick now. | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, macebobo writes:
Hmm, it’s strange: for the 25-30 years I have heard and used this phrase, it
was always understood that it meant “they took the biggest player, the CYBottom
solution, without evaluation.” IOW, that “but they should” was implied. The
time the slogan was to be taken at face value ended up in the 1980s. So, it’s
strange to me that there’s still people using it as the slogan.
It may be cultural. Maybe we are all cynics in my circles
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: I see why the help desk is so quick now. | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, macebobo writes:
| | […]
But, I am not impressed with Lego's information technology prowess.
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To update an old adage: Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft and SAP.
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| Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 12:28 | | Subject: | Re: I see why the help desk is so quick now. | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | | | The API is a specialized service that we tend to keep hidden from the general
public. For better or for worse, this the way it has always been.
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It would be great if it was the other way around, there is awesome people in
this community that could build better tools and innovate in the LEGO world.
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The problem is, Sergio, the servers load/bandwidth: it's not infinite.
If some 'sharp' users (5%) take down BrickLink then 'regular'
users (95%) will suffer of this, and it's not acceptable.
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This should not be an issue for the largest toy company in the world, companies
load balance all the time. But heck, TLG can't even figure out how to handle
the May the 4th traffic with cloud based load balancers/servers.
So, sigh, I have to agree with you. Buy I also agree with Sergio, it would be
nice if we got a more comprehensive API which, if implemented properly, could
alleviate the load on the servers.
But, I am not impressed with Lego's information technology prowess.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 10:43 | | Subject: | Re: I see why the help desk is so quick now. | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| | | | | The API is a specialized service that we tend to keep hidden from the general
public. For better or for worse, this the way it has always been.
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It would be great if it was the other way around, there is awesome people in
this community that could build better tools and innovate in the LEGO world.
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The problem is, Sergio, the servers load/bandwidth: it's not infinite.
If some 'sharp' users (5%) take down BrickLink then 'regular'
users (95%) will suffer of this, and it's not acceptable.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 10:29 | | Subject: | Re: I see why the help desk is so quick now. | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, Admin_Russell writes:
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The API is a specialized service that we tend to keep hidden from the general
public. For better or for worse, this the way it has always been. If it helps,
think of the API service as a different company, like XE.com which currently
provides exchange rate services. You wouldn't go to BrickLink customer service
to report a problem with XE.com
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It would be great if it was the other way around, there is awesome people in
this community that could build better tools and innovate in the LEGO world.
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 01:38 | | Subject: | Re: Business, Home, and Auto Insurance | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, macebobo writes:
| | Prices for my all my policies have risen dramatically:
Business: Up 40% (The Hartford, through an independent agent) They will be getting
a call tomorrow.
Home: Up 45% (USAA)
Auto: Up 28% (USAA)
Is anyone else seeing these types of increases?
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We have Allstate and did see a minor increase of $25.
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| Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 15, 2023 00:27 | | Subject: | Re: It seemed like a good idea | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| LOL!! Awe man, I'm sorry, but this is something I know all too well. When
I decided to sell my old parts from the 80's the first thing I had to do
was pick out all the pieces (nearly 35% of them) that were gnawed on by our three
schnauzers.
All the other toys in the house that were also made out of quasi malleable plastic,
they went for the LEGO.
Except for one GI Joe that eventually looked like he got lit up by a mini gun.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | May 14, 2023 23:55 | | Subject: | Re: I see why the help desk is so quick now. | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| | | | | Thank you Russell. I did forward it to them, however why could the help desk
agent not forward it and let me know in the future I need to send corrections
to the API documentation there?
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Because the API channel is completely separate from the Help Desk.
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Sorry Russell, but this time I strongly disagree with you
From a member POV, BrickLink's API are used on the BrickLink website provided
by BrickLink.
Nobody as a member should have to care about who's doing the Taxes questions,
the Development, the Resource Management and cleaning the BrickLink office floors
(thank you!).
But if there's a question regarding whatever subject, then BrickLink should
gracefully transfer the question, and/or make the proper people to be in contact,
and/or (better!) provide a ticket system with a specific topic for Taxes, Developement,
API, etc.
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| Author: | fracksfreakshow | | Posted: | May 14, 2023 23:33 | | Subject: | It seemed like a good idea | | Viewed: | 124 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| I've been a Lego addict for about the last 20 years of my adult life. It
seemed like now was a good time to get my first ever puppy. What could possibly
go wrong I thought. In the last week I have learned that not all of my Lego
are as secure as I thought. Expecting a response from my puppy I have said countless
times "what are you chewing on".
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| Author: | azbrickz | | Posted: | May 14, 2023 18:45 | | Subject: | Re: Business, Home, and Auto Insurance | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| My father has Farmers and his went up 59% (so he cancelled all his policies with
them and went to Allstate). I have State Farm and mine only increased 4% which
is about normal. Last year it actually went down by 2%, that rarely happens!
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