Let me post public sticky notes, I'm not a spamming bot
If I want to post a public sticky note, I get this message: "To reduce spam, posting public notes is a privilege reserved for active and trusted users. " In the beginning I didn't notice that my stickies weren't public, but then I realised that and started wondering I diigo really deserves my attention any more, because I am really into making public comments; For some unknown reason, there is a certain category of people that can't post public sticky notes, I've checked it out. Wouldn't it be more simple to do one of those spam tests instead of banning me from the public opinion? Aw, and I can't even send private messages to members, for the same reason. Please fix this!
Valentin Ciocanel
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Only premium users and educator have access to public sticky notes.As for the group usage, you can choose to share notes to the designated group.
We received a lot of complaints about some spam notes. eg,the google page.We take this mechanism out of consideration to block out spammers.
@Shaun Hainey
Since we are a small team, we have limited time and resources, we must focus on our main tasks.
Sticky note is not as frequently used as other core features. Therefore we cannot support the ability for users to vote posts up & down and to flag specific posts as spam.
15 comments
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Blarg Larg
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They lied. 5 is not enough. You must have a premium account. The help and built-in warning were never updated. Too busy working on their apps to fix core functionality I suppose.
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Luke Tomashek
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Yeah, this is actually so lame.
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Blarg Larg
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In the meantime, I propose everyone reading these comments should Follow everyone else here. We'll all get a bunch of followers and side-step this nonsense.
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Garrett W.
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Maybe they could start using Akismet or something to block spam instead of the current draconian policy.
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Rip Rap
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HTH and am supposed to get 5 followers if I cannot post publicly??????
And HTH is this going to reduce SPAM??? Just bcuz I have 5 ppl flwng me, makes me trustworthy??? STUPID REASON DIIGO!!!!!
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Charnita Fance
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This is soooo annoying. I am far from a spammer. I find it frustrating how they don't tell you HOW to become one of the privileged "active and trusted users."
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bilalxbilal
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detel
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bilalxbilal
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detel
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Elizabeth Clark
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My students and I are getting the same message. It's ridiculous!!! How does Diigo determine who is an "active and trusted" user?
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Shaun Hainey
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The ability for users to vote posts up & down and to flag specific posts as spam are both far more effective tools in preventing spam than the current model.
Besides, All a spammer has to do is create 5 dummy accounts and follow themselves in order to spam away; whereas, how is the honest unknown user going to get any followers if they can't post publicly?
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Abadaso _
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Generally speaking, I do support efforts to fight spammers. On the other hand the current mechanism does not seem to be fit for the proposed task, at least to me. If it is diigo's policy to let people create public notes under certain conditions only those circumstances should be clear from the beginning. Three votes!
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Mela Eckenfels
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Nope, no public sticky notes. 6 contacts, pro-account, new bookmarks every day. active for sure.
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Mela Eckenfels
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6 people are following me, and yesterday I couldn't create public sticky notes.
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Valentin Ciocanel
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I have then asked the man the following things:
"Why didn't I see this information anywhere? You should make this information obvious to members (I'm thinking a short message below the restrictive message). And how do I make people to follow me more easily, because I can't think of any acquaintances that use this service, is it an invitation to promote your service amongst my friends? What if my friends aren't interested? Wouldn't it be better if you had a simple captcha test? Or is it that that can't prove I am an active user? I guess I should seriously think of starting to promote myself so that people follow me, right? What do you suggest? Thank you for your time!
Respectfully,
Valentine."On 1 November 2010 03:51, info diigo <info@diigo.com>
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Valentin Ciocanel
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