Anonymous postings - abuse of site Thread poster: Nikki Graham
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Nikki Graham 
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:02
Spanish to English
Would whoever has managed to post messages with links to my profile like to identify him/herself?
I have no need to post anonymous messages and have never done so. If anyone has noticed an anonymous posting with a link to my profile, could you please tell me where it is?
I will not post any more messages in this forum until this problem has been resolved.
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| Same Happened To Me | Dec 3, 2001 |
Hi Nikki,
I read your message and as I noticed a couple of anonymous postings yesterday, I started checking the forums...
Well, I found a little anonymous posting saying something like: \"It wasn\'t actually that anonymous.. you can click on the profile to see who posted this message..\" I clicked on that and saw my own profile!!!
I DIDN\'T post anything anonymously, I would NEVER do it, therefore I\'d like to know myself who is the funny guy. ... See more Hi Nikki,
I read your message and as I noticed a couple of anonymous postings yesterday, I started checking the forums...
Well, I found a little anonymous posting saying something like: \"It wasn\'t actually that anonymous.. you can click on the profile to see who posted this message..\" I clicked on that and saw my own profile!!!
I DIDN\'T post anything anonymously, I would NEVER do it, therefore I\'d like to know myself who is the funny guy. Whenever I want to reply to a topic, I do it and add my own signature. Should you see an anonymous posting leading to my profile, you can be sure I didn\'t post it. I hope is only a system bug.
Giuliana
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| Have notified ProZ | Dec 3, 2001 |
Whenever you have a problem that needs to be addressed, you may send a support request directly to ProZ (click \'Support Requests\' on this page).
I just sent a notification to ProZ regarding your problem and I\'m sure the tech wizard at ProZ will take care of it.
Have a nice day
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| Poster identification | Dec 3, 2001 |
In the light of this last situation, I think it\'s time for posters to identify theirselves with e mail address and phone if they want to post a job. No more anonimous posters have to be permitted!
Bruno
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| Poster identification | Dec 3, 2001 |
In the light of this last situation, I think it\'s time for posters to identify theirselves with full name, e mail, mail address and phone number if they want to post a job. No more anonimous posters have to be permitted!
Bruno
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shasas
Germany
Local time: 05:02
English to German
| No need to worry | Dec 3, 2001 |
The profile link in anonymous postings just calls one\'s own profile. Nice wake-up call, though 
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:02
German to English
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| Missing profile | Dec 3, 2001 |
I think there is something wrong with this person\'s profile, rather than there being anything sinister going on!
If you look at the forums listing, one of them shows the last posting was made by \'gholmer\'. This is the \'anonymous\' posting at the end of the \'Public Bids ...\' thread. However, if you search on this username, nobody comes up ... As I say, my guess would be that it\'s a bug rather than anything more sinister, but, as Evert so rightly pointed out, I\'m sure ... See more I think there is something wrong with this person\'s profile, rather than there being anything sinister going on!
If you look at the forums listing, one of them shows the last posting was made by \'gholmer\'. This is the \'anonymous\' posting at the end of the \'Public Bids ...\' thread. However, if you search on this username, nobody comes up ... As I say, my guess would be that it\'s a bug rather than anything more sinister, but, as Evert so rightly pointed out, I\'m sure the boys in the technical corner will be on top of it in no time!
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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:02
Spanish to English
TOPIC STARTER | Perhaps it's a bug | Dec 3, 2001 |
that happens to everyone.
But who\'s been posting the anonymous messages anyway?
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Werner George Patels, M.A., C.Tran.(ATIO) (X)
Local time: 23:02
German to English
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| Here's what's going on | Dec 3, 2001 |
ABC joins ProZ. ABC does not enter his name; he signs up using a username and e-mail address only. The profile remains largely blank. Then, ABC posts a message to the forum, but the links to his profile and username don\'t work until he completes his profile and enters his personal information.
If you click on the profile icon, you will be taken to your own profile. That\'s why we all see \"ourselves\" and believe that there is some kind of weird thing going on or that someo... See more ABC joins ProZ. ABC does not enter his name; he signs up using a username and e-mail address only. The profile remains largely blank. Then, ABC posts a message to the forum, but the links to his profile and username don\'t work until he completes his profile and enters his personal information.
If you click on the profile icon, you will be taken to your own profile. That\'s why we all see \"ourselves\" and believe that there is some kind of weird thing going on or that someone else might have accessed our member profile.
This also happened about 2 weeks ago. After a week or so, the links started to work and \"Anonymous\" was no longer anonymous.
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Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:02
Spanish to English
TOPIC STARTER | Well, not being technically minded | Dec 3, 2001 |
I didn\'t think it was a bug until I saw all your replies (thanks everyone) and have just got a message from Jason saying that this is the case. However, can\'t this be solved on a permanent basis? Otherwise someone else might get a scare later on....
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Telesforo Fernandez (X)
Local time: 08:32
English to Spanish
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| See the pattern | Dec 3, 2001 |
We saw hidden job posters and now hidden forum postings.
There is a systematic logic to this game of conmanship.
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gianfranco
Brazil
Local time: 00:02
Member (2001)
English to Italian
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| it is simply a software glitch... | Dec 4, 2001 |
Quote:
On 2001-12-03 19:32, telef wrote:
We saw hidden job posters and now hidden forum postings.
There is a systematic logic to this game of conmanship.
Oh, come on... it\'s a bug and it will be solved!
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