Heads Up - Throttle Violations

by UCrawford on Jul 30, 2009 11:04 PM CDT

Just a heads-up, but it appears that SB Nation has a function that will, without the intervention of moderators, automatically ban a user for posting comments with too many links (apparently five or more), which it considers spam. It's called a throttle violation and apparently it results in a ban from all SB Nation blogs. I just found out about it when one of Arrowhead Pride's regulars, who has no previous history of issues, showed up on the moderators' banned list tonight. It appears that he's been reinstated by one of the SB Nation moderators, so there shouldn't be an issue for him, but if any of you find yourself getting booted from AP and you hadn't been warned off by a moderator (we warn every poster before a ban is issued) then please contact Chris via his e-mail to let him know. Here's the piece I found that discusses it and the text of the article:

The system (unaided by mods) will flag a comment as spam if it contains more than five links. It's called a "throttle violation". I've been ignoring those flags, as the ones I see on BE are informative, not spam. However, this morning someone (not a BE regular) has been banned by the system for having too many throttle violations. I don't know how many are too many, but those of you who tend to put lots of links in one comment may want to keep those to five or below. You can always add more later. (This doesn't apply to Ben's front page stories.) Update: Sorry; they are links in replies, not in the original fanshot, fanpost, or story. I don't know if Dave can undo a system ban; I would hope so.

For the limit itself, it's not unusual for commenters to use frequent hyperlinks in their comments to back up their arguments. Obviously, we don't want you guys to have to limit your sourcing and potentially compromise your arguments, but we also don't want you getting booted for being a spammer when you're not, so be mindful of the five hyperlink limit in comments and if you encounter a problem with your account, again please notify us immediately. Thanks.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of Arrowhead Pride's writers or editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of Arrowhead Pride writers or editors.

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Yep

Five links in a comment will just “flag” the comment, which only the moderators can see.

If you publish too many FanPosts or FanShots in a row, the system will automatically boot you. We can unban but it takes a little while.

It’s happened once or twice but ultimately it’s there to stop spammers so…

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by Joel Thorman on Jul 30, 2009 11:08 PM CDT reply actions

I Hadn't Seen It Before

Until NJChiefsFan showed up on the “banned from all” list tonight. I can’t recall him ever posting anything problematic, or even posting that many comments with multiple hyperlinks, but apparently it kept a tally on him and booted him. He’s been unbanned already, though, by I think one of the SB Nation moderators.

Predictions for 2009

1. Todd Haley's going to struggle with managing his staff in his rookie year as head coach.
2. The Lions will draft Matt Stafford, the Rams will draft Jason Smith, and the Chiefs will draft either Aaron Curry or Eugene Monroe.
3. Maurice Carthon will be the most hated man on the Chiefs' coaching staff within two years.
4. Larry Johnson has already played his last meaningful game for the Kansas City Chiefs. He's gone before the 2009 season starts.
5. Larry Johnson will gain 0 yards rushing for the 2009 Kansas City Chiefs.
6. The Chiefs will go 7-9 in 2009, good for 2nd in the AFC West.
7. Ryan Succop will not perform better in 2009 than Connor Barth did in 2008.

by UCrawford on Jul 30, 2009 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, I did

It’s from posting too many FanShots, which sucks because that’s where I get all my early morning Chiefs news.

Guess he’ll have to keep it to 4 Fanshots every 15 min. :)

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by Joel Thorman on Jul 30, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

That's f'd up you guys banned NJChiefsFan

what did he ever do to you guys?

by KansasCityShuffle on Jul 30, 2009 11:26 PM CDT reply actions

Haha

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by Joel Thorman on Jul 30, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions

His usual 3-4 FanShots weren't there for me to read in the morning

So I went Lawrence Tynes circa 2005 training camp on him.

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by Joel Thorman on Jul 30, 2009 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions

That had to be

the worlds worst bouncer EVER

by KansasCityShuffle on Jul 30, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Wasn't someone else arrested that offseason?

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by Joel Thorman on Jul 30, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions

There were a couple, I thought

Greg Wesley was one…

I could get more sacks with my sack

by ArrowSpread on Jul 31, 2009 12:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Junior Siavii! What a legacy

by RedNose on Jul 31, 2009 7:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Actually

Tynes is Scottish and those bastards can fight. :)

Predictions for 2009

by UCrawford on Jul 30, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Not only am I currently drunk,

but I am a total a-hole.

OR…

I troll for news first thing in the morning and am too effecient at posting.

Probably both…

by NJChiefsFan on Jul 31, 2009 12:54 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs

NJChiefs fan

I love your fanshots.. May I reccomend a second account?

Time is a great teacher... unfortunately it kills all it's pupils.

by 808NaNz808 on Jul 31, 2009 1:48 AM CDT reply actions

Back a second time.

Evidently everything I post disappears. They need to spell out what gets the ban stick. It isn’t clear.

I got a warning to “try again later” and did just that. Got the same warning. Waited longer. Posted some more. Got the warning and ban (it was counting the previous ones I guess).

There was some good stuff that I haven’t seen on here. Tomorrow I’ll do a fanpost with all of them in one spot. Call it something semi-clever.

by NJ Chiefs Fan on Aug 1, 2009 6:38 PM CDT reply actions