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11 years ago

Could be a lot of reasons. You likely broke a rule. You're obviously not familiar with the rules because one of them is not to post asking why your thread was deleted.

Read all the "stickies" at the top of the main forum. Those rules apply to all the forums.

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John mc

11 years ago

Hi

THanks.

But i did read.

And the only rule i broke is by posting this but its because i really dont understand why?

I was just asking for some relationship advice which this section is an off topic section.

So what is wrong?

I wasnt promoting any Relationship courses or whatever??

Man, im so down already and my post gets deleted.

1st step into this forum and its a negative one.

sigh.

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ThomM

11 years ago

If I remember right you where asking for a review on a dating site.

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Dennis Gaskill 11 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

If I remember right you where asking for a review on a dating site.

Is this correct, John mc?
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waterotter

11 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

If I remember right you where asking for a review on a dating site.

I read his post - it was a personal issue regarding a female friend and I don't recall any links nor asking to review anything.

I'd also be interested to know why it was deleted

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ThomM

11 years ago

Originally Posted by waterotter

I read his post - it was a personal issue regarding a female friend and I don't recall any links nor asking to review anything.

I'd also be interested to know why it was deleted

I may of been thinking of the wrong person.
I know there was recently a post here about a dating site.

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MissTerraK 11 years ago

There was a yellow box at the end of his post that said this post contains two images, but there weren't any images...cookie stuffing, maybe?

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- Kay King 11 years ago
  
  I was just asking for some relationship advice
  
  You would join a marketing forum full of strangers to get relationship advice? Or could it be Terra nailed it?
  
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  There was a yellow box at the end of his post that said this post contains two images, but there weren't any images...cookie stuffing, maybe?
  
  Those two images were two frown or mad smilies, I do believe they were frown smiles! I know because I double checked that. Seems my browser has been showing that same yellow box whenever somebody inserts a smilie in their post.
  
  I am seeing a lot of these yellow boxes at the bottom of posts - from well respected warriors that play by the rules! This may be a browser problem on my end, but I have seen this for quite some time. :confused:
  
  @Kay - There were no images that I saw (as explained to Terra). I do think there may be a language barrier though. IIRC, the op spelled friends as "frens", along with quite a few other spelling errors. Maybe that barrier caused him to join the wrong forum??? I agree, should have joined a dating site!
  
  I'm still curious as to the reason for deleting that thread. It's no secret that I report a thread if I deem it goes against the forums rules/policies.
  
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Sarevok

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Could be a lot of reasons. You likely broke a rule. You're obviously not familiar with the rules because one of them is not to post asking why your thread was deleted.

Read all the "stickies" at the top of the main forum. Those rules apply to all the forums.

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Dennis Gaskill

11 years ago

Jody,

Using smiley faces is a common cookie stuffing tactic. So are clear gif images so you never see them. You really have to look at the code to see where the image comes from to know if it's a WF smiley or one from elsewhere meant to fool people into thinking it's a WF smiley. To check, quote them, and then click the button to see the code and it will show where the image is hosted. If it's not here, 99% of the time will be a cookie stuffing attempt.

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waterotter

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Jody,

Using smiley faces is a common cookie stuffing tactic. So are clear gif images so you never see them. You really have to look at the code to see where the image comes from to know if it's a WF smiley or one form elsewhere meant to fool people into thinking it's a WF smiley. To check, quote them, and then click the button to see the code and it will show where the image is hosted. If it's not here, 99% of the time will be a cookie stuffing attempt.

Thanks Dennis. I'm learning something new every day. The head head injury was worse than thought, but that's another story for another time. Simple things I knew are becoming very difficult to remember.

Please pardon my temporary/possibly permanent insanity.

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

Jody,

To check, quote them, and then click the button to see the code and it will show where the image is hosted. If it's not here, 99% of the time will be a cookie stuffing attempt.

What button do you click to see the code?

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Dennis Gaskill 11 years ago

Originally Posted by joseph7384

What button do you click to see the code?

Upper right hand corner, farthest to the right. It's a square with the letter "A" on it twice. It's kind of like Wordpress, visual mode until you click the button, then HTML mode (only it's BBcode here).

Please pardon my temporary/possibly permanent insanity.

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waterotter

11 years ago

Dennis, whenever I see this yellow box, is this an indication that they are cookie stuffing? The reason I ask is I've seen reputable warriors post and see that same yellow box at the end of their post....and yes, they have posted smilies.

I just thought it was a browser problem after a recent update.

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Don Schenk

11 years ago

Originally Posted by waterotter

Dennis, whenever I see this yellow box, is this an indication that they are cookie stuffing? The reason I ask is I've seen reputable warriors post and see that same yellow box at the end of their post....and yes, they have posted smilies.

I just thought it was a browser problem after a recent update.

I've been seeing the yellow boxes too. Haven't a clue.

Dennis, are you referring to the A/A blue box in the "Reply to Thread" area?
The "switch editor mode?"

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Don Schenk

I've been seeing the yellow boxes too. Haven't a clue.

Dennis, are you referring to the A/A blue box in the "Reply to Thread" area?
The "switch editor mode?"

:-Don

Yes, that's the button that he is referring to!

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Dennis Gaskill

11 years ago

Originally Posted by waterotter

Dennis, whenever I see this yellow box, is this an indication that they are cookie stuffing?

It only a possibility. Sometimes the forum's own smileys will do that in a quote post. I'm not sure what all the conditions are that cause it, but sometimes it's cookie stuffing, sometimes it's other things.

Originally Posted by Don Schenk

I've been seeing the yellow boxes too. Haven't a clue.

Dennis, are you referring to the A/A blue box in the "Reply to Thread" area?
The "switch editor mode?"

:-Don

Yes Don, as Joe affirmed, that's the one. If there's only plain text you won't see any code, but if there's formatted text (bold, italic, etc.), or images or whatever, you'll see the BB code for it. If there's an image that goes offsite and the image doesn't show in the post, good chance it's cookie stuffing.

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John mc

11 years ago

Guys thanks for the help trying to figure it out.

I honestly thought this thread will be deleted again.

But yes, thanks.

Yes i know this is a marketing forum.
But i posted in a off topic section after all.
So i think there is nothing wrong.
(besides the point that its not a RS forum, which i agree but you never know some off topic advice you can get here, have been reading passively)

And i dont know what is cookie stuffing anyway, so i cant possibly be doing it. (if its something bad?)

And yes i was just stating my situation and open to comments or opinions.
No links, no sites.

But thanks for your time guys.

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Richard Van

11 years ago

I've no idea why the first post got deleted, I didn't even see it.

Just playing devils advocate but on the off chance John is in a particular difficulty: I hope you get it sorted out John.

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John mc

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Richard Van

I've no idea why the first post got deleted, I didn't even see it.

Just playing devils advocate but on the off chance John is in a particular difficulty: I hope you get it sorted out John.

Thanks Richard for your well wishes.

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

If there's an image that goes offsite and the image doesn't show in the post, good chance it's cookie stuffing.

What if you can see the images and they are an exact copies of the WF smilies but go to a site that are unrelated to smilies or icons.

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Dennis Gaskill

11 years ago

Originally Posted by joseph7384

What if you can see the images and they are an exact copies of the WF smilies but go to a site that are unrelated to smilies or icons.

I'd be suspicious! lol - There must be a reason they're using smileys from somewhere else if they look the same as the ones from here. Maybe that's my old security training coming out though.

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joseph7384

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill

I'd be suspicious! lol - There must be a reason they're using smileys from somewhere else if they look the same as the ones from here. Maybe that's my old security training coming out though.

I was suspicious so I reported the post and sure enough that post has been deleted.

Thanks Dennis.

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Alexa Smith Banned 11 years ago

I do use imported smileys here, sometimes, but I'm more of a cookie chef than a cookie stuffer, myself.
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Joe Mobley

11 years ago

Interestingly, I had a thread deleted from the main forum today. I honestly have no idea why. But hey! What 'you gonna do?

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socialentry

11 years ago

Originally Posted by John mc

Why i posted a thread about relationship and it got deleted?

Its not politics, its not religion.

Why man..?

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Kay King 11 years ago

A good while back I think it was announce the yellow box would appear when a post had images in it. Most are innocent images - but it calls attention to posts with the hidden and invisible images (cookies stuffers).
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yukon

Banned 11 years ago

Whenever I have relationship problems I turn on the TV & watch DR. Phil.

[j/k]

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11 years ago

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Dennis Gaskill 11 years ago

Originally Posted by garyv

BAN HIM!!!

Not for cookie stuffing, but because he thinks he's funny.
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