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== Chat Spam == | == Chat Spam == | ||
=== Rigged Poll === | === Rigged Poll === | ||
"Rigged Poll" is in reference to the World of the Day Poll, which was known for its lack of security and its tendency to have illegitimate votes favor one particular World of the Day candidate. Prior to the events leading to the poll's replacement with an automated ratings system, it was very easy for a single user or a small group of individuals to launch a [[wikipedia:Sybil_attack|Sybil attack]] on the poll by placing an "x" character next to the world name over the course of a few days. It was one of the duties of a front page [[member]] to protect each vote that gets added to the poll, as long as it's not obvious that somebody is trying to rig the votes. A frequent occurrence was also the removal of legitimate votes from the poll by users who did not originally vote for that world. This eventually leads to unpopular worlds receiving the World of the Day status. For most of the poll's history, the front page members did not regard the votes on the poll, hence the meaning of Rigged Poll. | "Rigged Poll" is in reference to the World of the Day Poll, which was known for its lack of security and its tendency to have illegitimate votes favor one particular World of the Day candidate. Prior to the events leading to the poll's replacement with an automated ratings system, it was very easy for a single user or a small group of individuals to launch a [[wikipedia:Sybil_attack|Sybil attack]] on the poll by placing an "x" character next to the world name over the course of a few days. It was one of the duties of a front page [[member]] to protect each vote that gets added to the poll, as long as it's not obvious that somebody is trying to rig the votes. A frequent occurrence was also the removal of legitimate votes from the poll by users who did not originally vote for that world. This eventually leads to unpopular worlds receiving the World of the Day status. For most of the poll's history, the front page members did not regard the votes on the poll, hence the meaning of Rigged Poll. | ||
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=== The W Chat Spam === | === The W Chat Spam === | ||
Spammers use these to clear the chat since it's a long character and can sometimes be more annoying if they spam each time with a different ID. | Spammers use these to clear the chat since it's a long character and can sometimes be more annoying if they spam each time with a different ID. | ||
== Canvas spam == | |||
[[File:Road spam.png|thumb|Road spam]] | |||
[[File:Chess spam.png|thumb|Chess spam]] | |||
[[File:Replicator spam.png|thumb|Replicator spam]] | |||
[[File:Link replicator spam.png|thumb|Replicator spam (links only)]] | |||
[[File:Anime face spam.png|thumb|Anime face spam]] | |||
[[File:Cjk tile spam.png|thumb|CJK tile spam (very sparse)]] | |||
[[File:Dense unicode cluster spam.png|thumb|Dense Unicode cluster spam]] | |||
[[File:Unicode cluster spam.png|thumb|Sparse Unicode spam]] | |||
[[File:Script experimentation.png|thumb|Miscellaneous script experimentation]] | |||
Revision as of 16:24, 15 August 2023
Spam is unwanted repetitive content intended to render a medium of communication useless for a period of time, or to cause annoyance to users.
Chat Spam
Rigged Poll
"Rigged Poll" is in reference to the World of the Day Poll, which was known for its lack of security and its tendency to have illegitimate votes favor one particular World of the Day candidate. Prior to the events leading to the poll's replacement with an automated ratings system, it was very easy for a single user or a small group of individuals to launch a Sybil attack on the poll by placing an "x" character next to the world name over the course of a few days. It was one of the duties of a front page member to protect each vote that gets added to the poll, as long as it's not obvious that somebody is trying to rig the votes. A frequent occurrence was also the removal of legitimate votes from the poll by users who did not originally vote for that world. This eventually leads to unpopular worlds receiving the World of the Day status. For most of the poll's history, the front page members did not regard the votes on the poll, hence the meaning of Rigged Poll.
The W Chat Spam
Spammers use these to clear the chat since it's a long character and can sometimes be more annoying if they spam each time with a different ID.
