Post by tomazzi » I don't really get why the last topic in the "programming" sub-forum has been deleted...
So the 1st question is: why someone have removed a topic of "how to write secure software"
Help: Secure software development coursesI don't know for sure if this is the topic you are referring to , if it is,
it did not get deleted, it got moved to the "offtopic" section.
by tomazzi » What the hell is the BingBot doing here? - and what is the influence of the Microsoft Corporation on the decisions made by the forum admins/mods ?
This is the only Linux forum I know of, which is officially supporting Microsoft's search engine.
I don't know about that, I have noticed the "BingBot" occasionally on many other sites, never had paid much attention to that, but it seem logical to me
to allow it, that does not mean anybody "supports" it, but if you think about
it, the logic is, (my logic anyway) , many people that are using Windows, and
Microsoft products, but have decided to do some searches, trying to find out
about Linux, and /or Debian, IE: where to get it, how to download and install,
etc,.... If the "BingBot" was blocked, of course they might still find the site via
other search engines, but I do not see any reason to not allow the "BingBot", just
because it is from Microsoft.
by tomazzi » So perhaps, a 3rd question should be formed: Do You, admins/mods, are experiencing any pressures from external companies?
Well, on that, I can not speak for any of the admins/mods, only myself, and
no, in fact I am very much against using any MS products, and often try to convince people to not even bother with trying to keep the windows malware
on their computers, just install Debian, or what ever linux distro, and be done with it. However most of them all ways have some excuse as to why they simply
must keep the mal ware on their system,..but I suppose that should be another
topic.
Back to the topic and your questions:
With that said, I honestly do not think any of the admins or mods are
influenced by any "external" companies,....but even if one was, I also do
not think they would admit it, sort of like asking somebody if they are
a spy, or something,...who knows ? but they are not going to say "Oh yes,
I am,..."
by tomazzi » in the removed thread I've suggested that security companies are selling mostly some virtual/artificial, windows-based - and as such, redundant solutions - and the thread was almost immediately removed.
Actually, and now I am pretty sure it is the topic/thread , that got moved,...
On that, No I don't think your post had anything to do with it, but only the
mod that moved it can really answer as to why they moved it,.....
I wanted to move it to spam, because it seemed to me like the OP started
the topic, planning to come back the next day and post the reply, where
they promote the site they posted a link to,
Postby rickman » 2016-10-21 04:27
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If found this course, Don't know whether this one will help me, What do you guys think about this?
But any way, by the time I had seen it, there were a couple of replies,
so I just made a "report", that I felt it was spam, but wanted to wait and see
what a mod or admin decided, and it got moved to "offtopic", .....
Usually the OP is notified and the reason is explained when we decide to move a topic,...........
by tomazzi » Suggestion: topics which are obviously not a spam should be first locked, with an annotation that they will be deleted in (let's say) a week, for a given reason - otherwise it looks like a server fault/breach/malfunction - definitely not as an conscious action taken by mods.
Actually on some occasions, the mods have done that, locked the topic, and
posted the "ultimate" reply, saying why,... ...
And usually a "shadow" is left when a topic gets moved, but I guess in this
case the mod did not do that,.. a "shadow", leaves the topic title where it
was for a period of time, but re-directs the viewer to the new location.
I guess for now that is about all I can say,...