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Re: Brickshelf hacked???
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:02:46 GMT
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You are right. I see:
Views: 1724578787
and that is odd. I wonder if it is a scripting there, where like Y2K, or some
such a number rolled over and the system populated that 1.7 billion number?
In lugnet.general, Steven Asbury wrote:
> Take a look at the "most popular" folders on Brickshelf and you'll see five new
> folders at the top of the first page.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/fhits.cgi
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> These folders seem very suspicious.
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> • Each folder has more than billion hits.
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> • However the individual images in each folder have relatively few hits (less
> than 10,000 and some less than 1,0000).
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> • The contents of the folders – while interesting – aren't quite THAT
> interesting.
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> • The folders seemed to get these hits almost overnight.
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> • Two of the folders are for WWII decals but not MOCs. I can't imagine decals
> getting this many hits on Brickshelf.
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> I'm concerned about this for two reasons.
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> 1. It appears someone is cheating the system. My guess would be through some
> automated hit generator.
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> 2. More importantly, when I'm showing people who are just starting with Lego the
> best MOCS, I often refer them to Brickshelf's greatest hits page. Hate to see
> the good stuff get buried behind spam.
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> Anyone know anything about this? I tried e-mailing Kevin, but I don't think he
> checks his email or Facebook account.
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> -Steven
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| (...) And can anyone explain why this folder (URL) is showing 3746713986 hits? That makes it the second "most popular" folder on Brickshelf. Again, the images within have less than 500 hits. Very suspicious. -Steven (11 years ago, 2-Sep-13, to lugnet.general)
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| Take a look at the "most popular" folders on Brickshelf and you'll see five new folders at the top of the first page. (URL) folders seem very suspicious. • Each folder has more than billion hits. • However the individual images in each folder have (...) (11 years ago, 23-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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