I think I've broken the cookbook. :( One user had contributed large quantities of spam in the guise of recipes. I couldn't find any real contributions from that user, so I deleted the user, assuming there'd be a ":dependent => :destroy" to get rid of the dozens and dozens of spam postings, rather than having to delete each posting, individually (for each posting, select posting, edit posting, select delete and then confirm deletion for each posting, versus one action to delete the user and the confirmation action).
Unfortunately, immediately afterwards the index has failed - you can go to specific recipes (e.g. if found in Google), but you can't get an index. I think I exceeded my powers... or at least my knowledge of how the system works. Very sorry about that. :( On Jan 17, 6:30 am, JezC <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, thanks. I'll try to use my powers wisely. With great power... ;) > > Regards, JeremyC. > > On Jan 16, 3:34 pm, Bryan Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > A couple of weeks ago I went to a moderate-new-users policy for the > > Hobo 1.3 site, but I didn't apply those changes to the 1.0 site, which > > I should do at the same opporunity. The two sites use the same > > database, so the only difference in spamminess between the two is that > > the 1.3 site doesn't show unapproved users. > > > Once we're confident that no spam is slipping through the cracks > > (thanks for reminding me about the 1.0 site), we can make trivial > > changes to the signup process that will break the spammers scripts. > > HOpefully then they will notice it is fruitless and leave us alone. > > > Congratulations, you're now an administrator. Which means you now get > > to see all the spam on both sites. :) Use your power wisely -- we > > want to make sure legitimate users get approved quickly. > > > thanks, > > Bryan > > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 5:00 AM, JezC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, I was looking at the Hobo Cookbook, and the Rails 3/Hobo 1.3 > > > cookbooks are pretty clean of spam. But the older 1.0/Rails 2 > > > cookbooks are full of spammy recipes for watches, headphones, etc. I > > > don't see a way to flag a recipe as spammy. Nor can I see any way on > > > the site to communicate feedback. I'll guess at swamped volunteers? > > > > I'll admit that I'm not an advanced Rubyist, Railser or Hobozer, but I > > > can detect spam. If you'd like someone to monitor and reject spam > > > recipes, I'll happily do so. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Hobo Users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
