Forum home› Problem solving
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Not knowns

bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
in Problem solving
Dear All
So many times I find that I have added a comment to what is not "real".
How do I know how to detect the right and wrong ones?
I know this sounds naive but I really do not know how to see that some aren't what true.
Thank you all
«1

Posts

  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Hmm. Can you run that past me again, @bertrand-mabel? I am not picking up your point. Are you referring to responses you make on this forum or are you mulling over the veracity of posts across social media more generally?
    Rutland, England
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have no idea what you mean BM. Could you say more?
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Do you mean spam posts BM?
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Do you mean that you respond to a post (let’s call it Post X)  and, by the time you’ve posted your response, you find that  X is no longer there because it’s been identified as a Spam post and Flagged five times?


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    That's what I thought the OP meant @Dovefromabove.  I've noticed a rise in the number of spam posts recently that have tagged themselves to older posts, often months or years before, possibly to disguise their underhand motives.  This always makes me suspicious, especially when the relevance to the older post is questionable!  It's probably a good idea to check the date of the post first @bertrand-mabel and ask yourself if the poster could be trying to sell you something, not necessarily now but in the near future!  
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited January 2022
    "There are known knowns. There are things we know we know.
    We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say,
    we know there are some things we do not know.
    But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones
    we don't know we don't know."

    February 2002 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
    True enough. 

  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    @Plantminded You are right that sometimes I don't check the date and realise later that the comment doesn't match up with the original. So will take more care.
    @Dovefromabove yes to your reply.
    But how do you know that it is spam and someone trying to sell something?
    @Fire love the quote
    I appreciate your replies. Thank you
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If there isn't an obvious link in the post @bertrand-mabel , it's often the style of writing, especially when it's an old thread dredged up, and also if it's a person's first post.

    Sometimes it can look ok, but they usually give themselves away at some point  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The first thing that raises suspicion is if an old thread is trawled up by a new poster whose post is somewhat generic … rather as if it’s been cut and pasted from elsewhere … but more often than not it’s simply a combination of cynicism and experience. 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Thank you both.
Sign In or Register to comment.