tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post1372701257950321295..comments2023-04-15T11:42:35.385-04:00Comments on Go To Hellman: Crowd-Frauding: Why the Internet is FakeErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14172740163003223132noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-90959541725386888422014-02-03T12:26:54.543-05:002014-02-03T12:26:54.543-05:00I see the same thing with FOSS4Lib -- accounts are...I see the same thing with <a href="https://foss4lib.org/" rel="nofollow">FOSS4Lib</a> -- accounts are requested, seem valid enough to make it through the manual activation process (I review account requests before they are created -- this comes after Drupal's built-in please-validate-this-request-by-following-a-link-in-an-email process), then lie dormant forever. I've been meaning to write a job that deletes these new accounts after a certain amount of inactivity to reduce the chance that one of these credentials will be used later, but all-in-all the whole thing is annoying.<br /><br />Thanks for the link to the disposable e-mail accounts list. It'll be worthwhile to see if any of these have been used on FOSS4Lib, but a lot of the account requests FOSS4Lib sees are like what you are seeing -- lots of Hotmail, Outlook, and Yahoo addresses.Peter Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173134242616174762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-18284669502249304492014-02-03T11:00:14.743-05:002014-02-03T11:00:14.743-05:00I'm looking at you, Quora.I'm looking at you, Quora.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483241450401134977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990922102626688253.post-26113609931417946182014-02-03T10:29:12.058-05:002014-02-03T10:29:12.058-05:00Fake robots not the only problem, but also an iceb...Fake robots not the only problem, but also an iceberg of unused or limited use real account profiles: how many times do you create an account to "test" out a promising new service, only to find that the account remains largely inactive after the initial first wave of usage, and sometimes dormant for years.<br /><br />The intention is to "come back" for more exploration at some later date when the service might prove more useful or when you have the time for further review. But in reality, you often never get the time to re-evaluate or get service from competing offering.<br /><br />Additionally -- you have "account inflation" from the "log-in-to-see-anything" policy used by many sites (the "viral" account model). I can think of several major web service accounts I maintain only because the website doesn't offer any open "read-only" mode -- you have to log in to view content. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680718411670568559noreply@blogger.com