So How Many New Posts Are Lacking In Factitous Content.

[rpm]

I did think it was the usual con, so I obviously avoided it.

I wonder how many people clicked on it? Guess we`ll never know.

 

[rpm]

So you think they care if they get found out nope they will just keep posting their links / asking for advice even if no one responds

That sounds like you know them well.
(Corrected your typo for you, no need for thanks)

 

[ShaunCorbs]

That sounds like you know them well.
(Corrected your typo for you, no need for thanks)

Someone from Leeds / the links seem to be for a Leeds boiler finance company

 

[rpm]

Someone from Leeds / the links seem to be for a Leeds boiler finance company

And the others?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

And the others?

Just normal people and a few spammers

 

[Ric2013]

Damn it. So that's why when I ask complicated questions, I don't get that many answers! You think I'm fake? :'(

 

[Best]

Just normal people and a few spammers

Why then do the fake “normal people” with their fake posts asking the fake questions clearly aimed at tempting lots of answers, not targeting other forums?
The only people that could think (mistakenly) that it is to their advantage to fake posts to encourage forum activity is people within the forum.
All the regulars know.

 

[Ric2013]

Do you reckon the post on the new motorised valve not working is a fake post?

 

[rpm]

Damn it. So that's why when I ask complicated questions, I don't get that many answers! You think I'm fake? :'(

Damn it. So that's why when I ask complicated questions, I don't get that many answers! You think I'm fake? :'(

No you`re real based on the time and the answers you give plus you keep coming back Ric, oh and your Q`s are different to the fakes.

 

[rpm]

Just normal people and a few spammers

REALLY!
C`mon you`re not fooling anybody with your replies.

 

[Best]

Damn it. So that's why when I ask complicated questions, I don't get that many answers! You think I'm fake? :'(

Your questions don’t look fake. Most of the fake posts stick out as being scripted and the bluff not cleverly done.
I look for the Username and any Avatar and usually that is a good indication if it is a fake post.
So you always pass the first test!

 

[Ric2013]

Although weirder things have been known. [edit - I was referring to the idea that the forum itself generates fake posts to increase traffic.]

I recently contacted a friend with a history in trade unionism. Apparently there was a construction firm many years ago that negotiated with a stooge trade union and the firm paid the union made-up subs (as actually the staff were not members so there weren't real subs to be able to pay) so that the employer could pretend that all decisions had been negotiated with, and ratified by, the trade union (that everyone assumed other people were members of)!

 

[Best]

It all comes down to money

 

[rpm]

Do you reckon the post on the new motorised valve not working is a fake post?

You tell me, the only weak spot I can see at a quick glance is "Like for like", how much does the wiring vary Ric?
Shaun could tell better by looking at his claimed location and his ISP.

 

[Ric2013]

You tell me, the only weak spot I can see at a quick glance is "Like for like", how much does the wiring vary Ric?
Shaun could tell better by looking at his claimed location and his ISP.

Only a vague feeling, and the fact that the person writing seems to be quite clued up. As you say, I'm hazarding a guess, but who knows? I hadn't noticed the fake posts at all until you lot mentioned them.

 

[rpm]

Only a vague feeling, and the fact that the person writing seems to be quite clued up. As you say, I'm hazarding a guess, but who knows? I hadn't noticed the fake posts at all until you lot mentioned them.

Think of it as weighing up a new customer, it becomes second nature. If it smells of fish then it`s fishy!

 

[Best]

Only a vague feeling, and the fact that the person writing seems to be quite clued up. As you say, I'm hazarding a guess, but who knows? I hadn't noticed the fake posts at all until you lot mentioned them.

That’s how it started with me. Just a vague feeling that some posts were reading wrong. Then gradually noticed lots more were fake.

 

[rpm]

184 views say`s something about this topic.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Do you reckon the post on the new motorised valve not working is a fake post?

Wouldn’t surprise me. Clearly wasn’t paying any attention to any of us.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

You tell me, the only weak spot I can see at a quick glance is "Like for like", how much does the wiring vary Ric?
Shaun could tell better by looking at his claimed location and his ISP.

All match

From the thread on aquaplumb

 

[Best]

We could go to his door using that info!

 

[rpm]

Meant the post about wiring up a 3 port valve.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

We could go to his door using that info!

Area info that's why I blanked out his ip

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Meant the post about wiring up a 3 port valve.

Hold your horses just doing that one now

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Rpm

 

[rpm]

Sorry Ric, the computer says No!
Looks like he is genuine then.

 

[Ric2013]

Sorry Ric, the computer says No!
Looks like he is genuine then.

I think the poster said she was a woman...

 

[rpm]

I think the poster said she was a woman...

Leave you to check, I`m eating then going out.

 

[Ric2013]

But surely that just proves she isn't the same person as whoever the other person is? And isn't it very easy to spoof these details. I used to spoof my DNS server to get onto the American version of Netflix.

EDIT - profile says she's a woman, 40 years old and her profile pic is the female symbol. It doesn't say whether she's hot

 

[SimonG]

There's one sure way you can tell it's a fake post.

But I'm not going to spoil it for the rest of you

 

[Last Plumber]

There's one sure way you can tell it's a fake post.

But I'm not going to spoil it for the rest of you

What? They're spelt well and have decent Grammar?
I noticed that too.

 

[Best]

What? They're spelt well and have decent Grammar?
I noticed that too.

No, - that must be my posts if decent Grammar.
Other than the grammar, the fake posts consistently have an obvious fault, that shows they are definitely fake, which we later realised some of us independently had noticed.
We should do a Spot the Fake Post competition. Winner gets to humiliate the faker.

 

[Last Plumber]

No, - that must be my posts if decent Grammar.
Other than the grammar, the fake posts consistently have an obvious fault, that shows they are definitely fake, which we later realised some of us independently had noticed.
We should do a Spot the Fake Post competition. Winner gets to humiliate the faker.

Prey tell?
Is it that the phoney posters have proper names? rather than the usual 'don'tgetit1234' type thing.

 

[Best]

Prey tell?
Is it that the phoney posters have proper names? rather than the usual 'don'tgetit1234' type thing.

Last Plumber, - the Usernames of the fake posts is certainly another obvious pointer to indicate the posts are a fraud. First thing actually I look for now on every post by new members or members with infrequent posts.
But there are more and it has started to get amusing.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Last Plumber, - the Usernames of the fake posts is certainly another obvious pointer to indicate the posts are a fraud. First thing actually I look for now on every new members or members with infrequent posts.
But there are more and it has started to get amusing.

I did notice that. Saw one yesterday that was maxis painis or something like that.

 

[Best]

I did notice that. Saw one yesterday that was maxis painis or something like that.

I know there will always be the exception, - some genuine new members will have well thought out Usernames, or weird posts, but the large amount on here clearly must be fake.

 

[rpm]

184 views say`s something about this topic.

338 views now!

 

[Best]

Could the poll still be put outside the Arms on the open forum?
Just seems unfair to the other members to be excluded from voting and from being made aware of the presence of the fake posts.
Or each member could be individually contacted about same.