Stumble exchanges create the illusion of trust for websites that do not merit it, and no one on DigitalPoint does any sort of checking into the legitimacy of the sites being endorsed. I\'ve found sites that promote pharmaceuticals, email/password harvesting proxies, stolen content, cross site scripting exploits, blatant spam and affiliate scams, adware/trojans/viruses and so on. Stumble exchanges are a dishonest and infuriating waste of time, they insult the intelligence of users and create a dangerous hazard for inexperienced web users. The \"freebies\" section of DP has become a breeding ground for unscrupulous behavior and it\'s time to stop. Let your voice be heard. This petition will be sent to the Administrators of DigitalPoint when is has been signed by as many stumblers as possible, let others know about it.
Side note: I will do everything possible to safeguard your privacy, but I do not have any control as to how your email addresses are used in conjunction with this site (ipetitions), and cannot vouch for them personally. Use a temp email address such as guerrillamail or mailinator as a reasonable precaution against spam. But please DO NOT submit more than one petition signature, I want this to be an absolutely honest representation of the frustration SU users have with the current amount of spam (conservatively estimated at 20k+ pages) received solely from the DigitalPoint forums.
I really thought this might just fizzle out but the momentum is actually kind of overwhelming right now. It is wild seeing so many people agree that those stumble exchanges are just total garbage and I am honestly fired up to get this in front of the admins soon.
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Kevin Preston
18 years ago
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It makes the whole community look like a joke. Get rid of the spam loops.
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Dave Rivera
18 years ago
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Finally. The junk getting pushed through those exchanges is getting out of hand. Total waste of bandwidth.
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Brian Ramos
18 years ago
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DigitalPoint is better than this. Stop letting these scammers ruin the section.
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Sarah Edwards
18 years ago
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I stopped using the forums because of all the garbage links. Clean it up guys!!
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Jessica Ramos
18 years ago
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SO sick of clicking on a link thinking its legit and ending up on some shady phishing page. Fix it.
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Mike Banerjee
18 years ago
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Too many bad sites. Someone is gonna get a virus from this stuff and itll be on the mods for letting it happen.
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Stumble exchanges create the illusion of trust for websites that do not merit it, and no one on DigitalPoint does any sort of checking into the legitimacy of the sites being endorsed. I\'ve found sites that promote pharmaceuticals, email/password harvesting proxies, stolen content, cross site scripting exploits, blatant spam and affiliate scams, adware/trojans/viruses and so on. Stumble exchanges are a dishonest and infuriating waste of time, they insult the intelligence of users and create a dangerous hazard for inexperienced web users. The \"freebies\" section of DP has become a breeding ground for unscrupulous behavior and it\'s time to stop. Let your voice be heard. This petition will be sent to the Administrators of DigitalPoint when is has been signed by as many stumblers as possible, let others know about it.
Side note: I will do everything possible to safeguard your privacy, but I do not have any control as to how your email addresses are used in conjunction with this site (ipetitions), and cannot vouch for them personally. Use a temp email address such as guerrillamail or mailinator as a reasonable precaution against spam. But please DO NOT submit more than one petition signature, I want this to be an absolutely honest representation of the frustration SU users have with the current amount of spam (conservatively estimated at 20k+ pages) received solely from the DigitalPoint forums.
I really thought this might just fizzle out but the momentum is actually kind of overwhelming right now. It is wild seeing so many people agree that those stumble exchanges are just total garbage and I am honestly fired up to get this in front of the admins soon.
6 Comments
K
Kevin Preston
18 years ago
Featured
It makes the whole community look like a joke. Get rid of the spam loops.
D
Dave Rivera
18 years ago
Featured
Finally. The junk getting pushed through those exchanges is getting out of hand. Total waste of bandwidth.
B
Brian Ramos
18 years ago
Featured
DigitalPoint is better than this. Stop letting these scammers ruin the section.
S
Sarah Edwards
18 years ago
Featured
I stopped using the forums because of all the garbage links. Clean it up guys!!
J
Jessica Ramos
18 years ago
Featured
SO sick of clicking on a link thinking its legit and ending up on some shady phishing page. Fix it.
M
Mike Banerjee
18 years ago
Featured
Too many bad sites. Someone is gonna get a virus from this stuff and itll be on the mods for letting it happen.
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It makes the whole community look like a joke. Get rid of the spam loops.