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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. Practice of subverting video game rules or mechanics to gain an unfair advantage This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article possibly contains original research. Please improve ...
Of the 550,000 account closures for cheating conducted by Chess.com up to 2022, 550 were on accounts verified to be owned by titled players. [ 8 ] 165 out of the roughly 1 million accounts closed by Chess.com for cheating in 2023 were titled; of these, 20 were grandmaster accounts. [ 4 ]
After that, a member of /el challenges the community to hack into a "secure" hard drive connected to the internet to be used as a server. If the community cannot crack it, the member will consider them "failures" and begin to use it. Undeterred, the player hacks into the server and deletes a file set up by the member, passing the test.
If you have noticed a problem with a bot, have a complaint, or have a suggestion to make, you should contact the bot operator directly via their user talk page (or via the bot account's talk page). Bot operators are expected to be responsive to the community's concerns and suggestions, but please assume good faith and don't panic.
In February 2006, Debi Jones pointed out that Technorati's "State of the Blogosphere" postings, which then claimed to track 27.7 million blogs, did not take into account MySpace blogs, of which she said that there were 56 million. As a result, she said that the utility of Technorati as a gauge of blog popularity was questionable. [8]
Dave Sifry is an American software entrepreneur and blogosphere icon known for founding Technorati in 2004, [1] [2] formerly a leading blog search engine. He also lectures widely on wireless technology and policy, weblogs, and open source software.
The account's name should identify the bot function (e.g. <Task>Bot), or the operator's main account (e.g. <Username>Bot). In all cases, it should be immediately clear that the edits are made by an automated account, which is usually achieved by including Bot at the end of the account name. Bots must edit only while logged into their account.
This is why bots go through trials; not only does it allow for the bot operator to demonstrate that their bot operates as intended, it gives users the opportunity to give feedback on the task. If this is a potentially contentious task, we can have the bots not mark the edits as minor during the trial to raise more awareness of it prior to ...