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Re: Brickshelf hacked???
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 2 Sep 2013 22:52:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Chris Magno wrote:
> You are right. I see:
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> Views: 1724578787
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> 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?
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> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Anyone know anything about this? I tried e-mailing Kevin, but I don't think he
> > checks his email or Facebook account.
> >
> > -Steven
And can anyone explain why this folder
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=490129 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
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 | | Re: Brickshelf greatest hits
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| Looks like they're using automatic hit generators. (URL) front page of "most popular" is now a collection of people who have decided to cheat. Disappointing because I used to direct people to the greatest hits pages to see some truly exceptional (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf hacked???
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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? (...) (13 years ago, 26-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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