It's obvious that its scumbag advertisers and Google (maybe I'm repeating myself here) behind this. They want a way to track every user and all their behaviors. They want things like these to either not exist or be disabled by default. They live for all the user data they can gather. This also means they are available for law enforcement and any other party with interest to gather that data, now and in the future.
It's already starting to bother me. I'm seeing these advertisements here on Slashdot too. Aft
How did a post from an obvious Microsoft shill received +5 Interesting moderation?
Signs for a Microsoft shill: - Very long first post - The only post by the user ever (rarely followed by one-two additional responses) - Very clear and strong anti-Google or pro-Microsoft message
We really want the shill to get away from Slashdot (maybe the company management doesn't, but the users do). Moderators, please always recognize the shills before modding up, and mod them down into oblivion. We also need a new moderation: -1 Astroturfing.
Please do something about it, it really hurts to see this site destroyed by paid mercenaries.
Don't allow newly created user accounts to be modded higher than +2 for the first 7 days or say after 20 posts. Maybe put a reminder next to the username that the user is a new user so others will know in casual browsing. There are some downsides to these concepts but it would weed out a lot of deception and shilling as well and people constantly creating new accounts to hide an agenda.
Something fishy is going on, the obvious shill is modded up, while any attempt to object is immediately labelled as trolling. I guess it's time to move on from shillsdot.org to some other place.
As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.
Gee, How Much Google Paid For This (Score:2, Interesting)
It's already starting to bother me. I'm seeing these advertisements here on Slashdot too. Aft
Re:Gee, How Much Google Paid For This (Score:0, Troll)
How did a post from an obvious Microsoft shill received +5 Interesting moderation?
Signs for a Microsoft shill:
- Very long first post
- The only post by the user ever (rarely followed by one-two additional responses)
- Very clear and strong anti-Google or pro-Microsoft message
We really want the shill to get away from Slashdot (maybe the company management doesn't, but the users do).
Moderators, please always recognize the shills before modding up, and mod them down into oblivion.
We also need a new moderation: -1 Astroturfing.
Please do something about it, it really hurts to see this site destroyed by paid mercenaries.
Re: (Score:2, Insightful)
Don't allow newly created user accounts to be modded higher than +2 for the first 7 days or say after 20 posts. Maybe put a reminder next to the username that the user is a new user so others will know in casual browsing. There are some downsides to these concepts but it would weed out a lot of deception and shilling as well and people constantly creating new accounts to hide an agenda.
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The most important sign: huge message posted at the exact same minute as the story.
Seriously people, are you blind?
Re: (Score:2)
Something fishy is going on, the obvious shill is modded up, while any attempt to object is immediately labelled as trolling.
I guess it's time to move on from shillsdot.org to some other place.