Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Red ✘ and Green ✔

simon - I've removed on the styling ability due to security holes a while ago - I'll try to get to it before the end of the weekend! Sorry

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / No table tags?

accident - I'll fix that tonight - it should work now

font tags do not work (and probably shouldn't?)

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / longevity of points (spammers vs. awesome people)

Photodeus, very interesting. Anyone use stackoverflow? Has it worked out for them? (they just launched so they probably don't have issues yet)

Aquilax, I'm awaiting your i485 form, until then you are banished from the site ;p

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Persistant metadata from old version

znerp is right - you can go http://userscripts.org/scripts/edit/27299 and edit the descriptions on the page. I'm working on a redo of several pages to make it easier to find stuff like that.

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / ekbworldwide is (still) a User

I keep a cached value of comments/posts/scripts by a user and ekbworldwide had incorrect values (as znerp said).

This might have been due to some accidental deletion when I was de-spamming (followed by a restore but it didn't update the counts).

I'm running through all users updating their counts (give it about 40 minutes).

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / longevity of points (spammers vs. awesome people)

Does anyone know of any good references for working point systems. Right now users who have been here for 2 years or make scripts with tons of users get the same voting rights as a spammer who just signed up.

I've read that news.ycombinator.com doesn't give voting rights to members until they earn enough points. And new members are voted down if they don't conform with the norms of the site. (so if there is voting on scripts you could imagine someone posting a scrap all script would get voted down :) )

I think also adding transparency to voting will make it easier to spot the spammers.

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / getting Unlisted scripts Listed

Curtis, I apologize. It is relisted

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / I missing the monkey icon

For yourself or for everyone?

If it is just that you want a monkey head, the monkey is here: http://userscripts.org/images/gravatar_default.png and you can change your image at http://gravatar.com

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Delete oc61m user account

Oops (regarding the size of comments)! I use a weird tiling window manager and had thought I had used a fixed width (not elastic width) grid on the site.

I need to redesign the CSS!

Mindeye, I completely understand your frustration and think you put it in a very reasonable way. I wasn't mad or upset when I read them.

I have been VERY hesitant to police scripts because: 1) if I am choosing what is present on the site then I can be held liable. 2) it might not be clear who created the script originally.

That is why I want to put in place a system where the community can talk about a script and say "this is wrong" and vote/rate it out of existence (or at least hidden from everyone).

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Delete oc61m user account

Mindeye, the previous reports weren't deleted because it isn't automated. I look at feedback, spam, bugs, and feeds every day.

I wish I could devote all my time to this site, but I have a full time startup that eats LOTS of my time. Now that the comment voting system has been released, it should help with keep spammers at bay... (of course they will attack back and then it will have to become more sophisticated) Now we can think of a way to try to fix scripts by having the community decide.

One thing that probably needs to happen is users have to earn the right for their votes to count (so spammers don't create TONS of accounts just to vote).

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Delete oc61m user account

Thanks - I deleted oc61m about the same time you asked :) Comment spam is cut and dry.

Script copies are harder to deal with since I'm really not in a position to police it. I want to add a system so that you (the members) can make decision on individual scripts - instead of me acting a dictator.

I spent a few hours today dealing with CSS and other small fixes (banning all mailinator email addresses, ...). Now I'm moving to the harder stuff (thinking about how to fix the problem you bring up).

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / getting Unlisted scripts Listed

relisted - sorry for the delay

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / CSS Suggestions

added this with some slight tweaks.

Thanks!

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / SUPER LONG <pre> CODE SOLUTION

I implemented what you recommended (almost). I added a class to comments (comment-body), then I set the max-width to 400px.

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Bug: Negative topic count for The Banana Bar

fixed

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Spam and malware

I'm doing recaptcha on signup, perhaps doing captcha during posting for the first few posts?

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Spam and malware

Unfortunately "topics per day" will probably result in people spamming other topics.

I'm thinking limit new users to 5 posts the first day, 10 the second, 15 the third, ...

Topic: Script development / will the spam be deleted?

There has been a massive onslaught of spam, I deleted over 500 topics yesterday, and I just deleted another 200. I will keep deleting during the day until I have time to increase the protection tonight.

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Can't save updated script "Versions is invalid" error

So, the bug is I wasn't give you enough warning if you are missing a // ==/UserScript==

Greasemonkey does the following:

1) Find // ==UserScript==

2) parse every line below until it hits // ==/UserScript==

This means if your script doesn't have a proper ending metadata tag, GM will parse every line in the script and so lines that have comments like // @name foo will be considered part of the metadata.

I am too tired tonight to re-write the parser, and I'm not sure what the correct behavior should be. (at least the author should be warned). Perhaps I should do the exact same as GM does and parse every line after I find the initial ==UserScript== although I would rather enforce good habits.

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / More script metadata exposed

lucideer,

I check for both spellings now (licence if license isn't entered)

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / More script metadata exposed

Mindeye,

Do you means I should add the a updated time/internal version number to http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/26181.met...

something like @uso.version (time stamp)

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Order scripts per fans

Unfortunately this number is calculated each time, I've got to rewrite that code to support caching of the count.

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Can't save updated script "Versions is invalid" error

odd, I'm investigating. sorry about that

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Versions & Diffs for a userscript

znerp, qp,

ya, I'm trying to keep things at uservoice. I need to shutdown the devjavu since the service didn't have adequate spam protection :(

Topic: Userscripts.org discussion / Versions & Diffs for a userscript

@QP,

It is definitely a goal to add those features. I'm releasing as I go instead of building lots of features and release all at once - so the existing version system is only phase 1.