Confirmation system is being abused
It's possible to confirm one's own answers via sock puppets.
Both jackal22 and myself have done this in the previous month in a race to get the most points.
This month semtex started doing too.
Both jackal22 and semtex are very good solvers, so even though they are confirming their own answers, they include proof in their posts, and they are almost certainly correct answers.
Now Julia Taylor started confirming her own answers as well, but she's not as careful, and is confirming merely guesses as well, like http://namethatpornstar.com/thread.php?id=403984 for example.
I think that, ultimately, self-confirmation needs to be prevented or everybody will start doing in a race for the top spot on the monthly leaderboard. It's already impossible to get the top spot without doing it, soon everybody on the leaderboard will be somebody who confirms their own answers. Then the site will lose a lot of its usefulness because it will have too many wrong answers.
On the other hand, it's extremely frustrating for solvers when questioners don't mark answers correct. I've confirmed my own answers via sock puppets too, my hands aren't clean. So it would be bad if the confirmation system disappeared completely as well.
I have several ideas for how it can be restricted:
Confirms should be logged for new threads, but the confirmed answer only gets marked correct once the thread turns a month old.
Confirms should only count from users who have earned a certain number of lifetime points. Maybe 500? Maybe 100?
The amount of total confirms per day for a user should be restricted. Maybe 25 confirms per day?
I know that you're probably already overworked, and don't need any extra tasks. But self-confirming is sort of subverting how the site is supposed to work, while on the other hand, I feel very tempted to start confirming all of my own answers again, because I really want that top spot on the leaderboard, and it's impossible to get it without doing it.
bubba37
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Zed commented
Commas and periods dude.
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Zed commented
Let me help you man. Seriously
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Zed commented
Semtex/Jackal - "you are a grammar..." "Osama and his family."? 'I'f you were...." "you are a victim of,". "And not one..." "See and hear in MSM" "and when did as past tense". totally wrapped to get rid" "And the picture..."
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Zed commented
See what you did there? Too many commas. Seriously - let me help you.
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Zed commented
Ugh - do you need me to explain what poignant means? Or have you looked it up already? Sorry. I forgot that your proficiency with the English language means that you need to capitalize words when you don't have to.
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Zed commented
Also not "when 'did' burial at sea..." It's when "does". Here's an example; "when 'does' hiding behind women as Navy seals shoot you in the head seem honorable?" See what I mean? Subtle but poignant.
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Zed commented
Sheeple?
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Zed commented
12 virgins for jihad - is that 12 little boys or girls? Also "ain't" grammar class?
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Zed commented
Does it hurt or do you secretly enjoy it?
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Zed commented
If your pussy (I mean ass) hurts - my bad. I'll use lube next time.
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Zed commented
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Also Jackal - we aren't kids. I'm happy to help you understand how to use periods and commas. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
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Jackal: "As far as Semtex a month or so ago I confirmed every thread he answered".
Really? I wonder why that was.
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Zed commented
So to your point - yes bubba sucks balls just like anyone who confirms their own answers. What? You do? Shit sorry.
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Zed commented
Frauds believe this "if I disparage the accuser then I must be clean"
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Frauds follow this "9/11 was fake"
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Zed commented
Frauds say this: "the guy who exposes me as a fraud is also a fraud"
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Bubba is a fraud, a cheat and anything he posts should be considered dubious. Just like anyone who confirms their own answers. If you think it makes sense that someone who has a paltry 11k points is someone who's confirming their own answers - so be it.
I didn't dig on bubba because he self admitted his transgressions and exposed himself and although he's a cheat and a self proclaimed fraud, I gotta give a tiny bit of props to someone who's not a coward. Unlike others who tried to justify their sins.