Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2023, 10:01:28 CET schrieb Ben Cooksley: > I have checked the backend provider we use to determine if someone is a > spammer. > The email address of the person trying to register here was listed by that > provider back in November 2022. > > The action of KDE Identity in this instance was therefore correct and given > their conduct I'm not going to be manually overriding it in this instance. > I've also set the moderation flag on them for this mailing list. > > For the record, due to the amount of abuse that they're utilised for, it is > very common for VPN providers and services like Tor to be blocked from > registering. > > With regards to the conduct of this person, it is not the first time i've > seen conduct like this (have seen far worse actually) directed at Sysadmin > or the services we operate (for those wondering) > > Thanks, > Ben Cooksley > KDE Sysadmin
Just so that anybody says it: Thanks for keeping this calm and professional. You're -- as always -- doing a great job as our Sysadmin :-) > On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 9:36 PM Konstantin Kharlamov <hi-an...@yandex.ru> > > wrote: > > Indeed, given web sites are usually maintained by system administrators > > and that there's also a "sysadmin" KDE mailing list, I have no idea what > > are you doing here. > > > > With that said, I'm not sure you will get any help at all after the amount > > of insults you've done. I see someone elsewhere in the discussion even > > started to troll you, I don't think that is a good reaction either. > > > > Anyway, in terms of future advice: please apply Hanlon's Razor, it is most > > often correct, i.e. no one attempted to attribute malice to you. People > > make mistakes (like the one with the site), which Hanlon's razor describes > > as well. > > > > Also, vast majority of KDE contributors aren't funded (and I'm sure no one > > by you specifically), so nobody has obligations to you. > > > > Try to understand that and try to be calmer the next time you attempt to > > collaborate with any project, be it KDE or something else. If anything, > > insulting maintainers of a project you're interested in just impacts moral > > resources of its maintainers, hence impacts you specifically as a user of > > that project, as it may make maintainer procrastinate due to stress the > > project just brought thanks to you. > > > > For example, there's one big project I'm not gonna name for translating > > API calls to analogous ones on other systems. It's hard to contribute to > > for an outsider, which I experienced twice, I currently have a patch > > addressing serious usability problem that no amount of pinging makes to > > either merge or at least to review. It's just ignored. That annoys me, but > > do I insult them? Of course no, it is an active project (mostly due to > > paid > > developers) which I'm using, so what good would insulting them do? > > Nothing. > > > > On Mon, 2023-01-16 at 22:36 +0100, be...@tuta.io wrote: > > > > Who could I refer to in the developers' mailing list? Hmm, let me ponder > > this question, it's so complicated... > > > > -- > > I'm using Tutanota - the end-to-end encrypted email service > > > > > > > > 16 янв. 2023 г., 16:24 От nmariu...@gmail.com: > > > > Hello, > > > > When you say "Did you design this thing in such way that a VPN user is > > considered a spammer?" > > who do you think this "you" person or group of persons is? > > > > Thanks. > > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 11:13 AM <be...@tuta.io> wrote: > > > > I've filled the captcha properly and I'm using a VPN. Did you design this > > thing in such way that a VPN user is considered a spammer? Really? > > > > -- > > I'm using Tutanota - the end-to-end encrypted email service > > > > > > > > 16 янв. 2023 г., 12:03 От bcooks...@kde.org: > > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 9:58 PM <be...@tuta.io> wrote: > > > > Hello there! > > I've just tried to register on your KDE Identity thing. I did everything > > properly and saw "Client rejected by automatic spammer detection system". > > What is that shit supposed to mean? I'm not a spammer. > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > This usually means that you haven't completed the Google reCAPTCHA on the > > registration page, or there was something wrong with your details. > > > > Can you confirm that you have completed the CAPTCHA? > > > > Cheers, > > Ben