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A comment on the problem "SPAM ALERT!" in The Writ:
It was posting more but I think it stopped after you deleted that account because I didn't receive any more notification after your reply notification. Do we have spam guard set up on workshop comments?? – dabetswe, on June 04, 2008 15:02-
Sarah replied on June 04, 2008 04:25 to the problem "SPAM ALERT!" in The Writ:
Thanks -- and sorry to hear about that. I just banned that account (they had only just joined today).
Please let me know if any others pop up. -
Sarah reported a problem in Twitter on April 12, 2008 02:10:
Can We have Mashups without Phishing, Pls?I contacted the developer of a 3rd party website that's asking for twitter usernames and passwords, in a context that seems completely unnecessary. This was his response:
"It's true that it is not absolutely necessary to get the password, but Twitter only allows 70 requests per hour for each user. So I could always use my information to retrieve everyone's friends lists, but after a few people view their friends, my account would not work for an hour. If you know that Twitter has changed their policy please let me know and I will get it changed. "
His tool displays an individual's friends' tweets in a creative way. For what it does, all he should be asking for is a username. Or at least, some kind of openID-style solution for validating the user.
The road to mashups should not be paved with password phishing. Twitter, what should he be doing differently? -
Lisa marked one of Sarah's replies in The Writ as useful. Sarah replied to the idea "The Writ -- Print Edition".
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Sarah replied on March 21, 2008 05:51 to the idea "The Writ -- Print Edition" in The Writ:
Good question! Everything is ALL BACKED UP and no data is lost. Your writings are safe and sound and they might even be available really soon in the old workshop (which we might be able to save). Either way, they'll end up in the new system we're working on. Our database guru assures us it can be done. -
Sarah marked one of Joe's replies in The Writ as useful. Joe replied to the idea "The Writ -- Print Edition".
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Sarah marked one of Jeremiah's replies in The Writ as useful. Jeremiah replied to the idea "The Writ -- Print Edition".
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Sarah reported a problem in The Writ on March 18, 2008 21:35:
Why The Writ is down again, and what's next.I just want to give you a heads up that The Writ has been shut down again due to hacking. Last month we were phishing people in the UK for their bank information. This month, we're soliciting strangers to see who'd be willing to host a nine million dollar transfer from an Egyptian account. You know. The usual.
The problem, unfortunately, is that our system is severely out of date and vulnerable to attacks. We're looking at a few options for moving through the situation, and none of them are very pretty.
One option is to back up all of our data, wipe the site clean, and start from scratch with a more stable system. This plan will require a significant amount of customization and might mean that the workshop is unavailable to the public for up to a month. From a hosting and security standpoint, this is the best solution.
Other options include sticking it out with "more of the same" and trying to buy ourselves time by continuing to put band-aids on the wounds.
It's a lot more complicated than that, and we've got some smart people working on it, but i wanted to open the conversation up to the community so you can ask questions and offer suggestions.
