tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517212.post7103983587241033215..comments2012-02-19T21:20:19.477-05:00Ashley Tatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06347668287413314992noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517212.post-68739690835164410502012-02-19T21:20:19.477-05:002012-02-19T21:20:19.477-05:00

Hi Ashley,<br /><br />Even i felt the same regarding #stackoverflow<br />Spam is not if it accidental and posted twice and only due to considered from moderator&#39;s eyes.<br />Thaks why i also opted to close my account.

Milstein Munakaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517212.post-53022209746092988052010-10-05T08:33:56.173-04:002010-10-05T08:33:56.173-04:00

@Jeff: Thanks for the response. Obviously we disagree on what is and isn&#39;t spam. Part of the problem here is that the deleted answers were all 7+ months old (and at least one had been upvoted by other users who found it useful). I didn&#39;t visit SO for 4 or 5 days, and then returned to find my reputation gone. There was *never* any indication of a developing problem.

Ashley Tatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06347668287413314992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8517212.post-21110910549038074282010-10-05T01:44:00.020-04:002010-10-05T01:44:00.020-04:00

Hi Ashley,<br /><br />It actually takes 5 users to flag something as spam and remove it, so to be clear, this was not the action of any individual user, it was the action of five different users working together.<br /><br />So, for better or worse, all five of them agreed these posts were spammy.<br /><br />I&#39;m not saying I necessarily agree, but it is part of our /faq to disclose affiliation

Jeff Atwoodhttp://codinghorror.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.com