Charles E Campbell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Hello! > > The following is a note that I sent to Scott Johnston; perhaps people > have woken up and decided in large groups that they really like my > tips, :) but: > > For the third time since January 15, I've seen "tip storms" in karma > rating changes. > Here's the latest one (Jan 22, 2007): > > Karma/Raters/Downloads: > dK/dR/ dD: K / R / D > tip changed by 20/ 5/ 17: 96/ 33/5988 How to initialize plugins > > I noticed this karma-increase-storm for a bunch of other tips, too. > > I figure either its a vandal or perhaps the tip-note cleaning process > has a bug affecting karma ratings. > If its a vandal, I have no idea what can be done about it, but I thought > I'd pass the info along. He suggested I let you know. > > Chip, I too have noticed this, it may be due to Google providing "free" adverts to individual VIM tips (those ads to right of search results). I have have noticed on at least two occasions a google Ad for my tip 305 "Best of Vimtips" . Vim may hopefully be reaching parts never before cleaned, whoops where was I, I mean reaching a new set of potential users. zzapper -- zzapper http://successtheory.com/tips/ Vim, Zsh, MySQL Tips
