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Re: [PrimeDice] (Staff Only) Earn Bitcoins Simply By Posting
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on 12/01/2015, 05:01:38 UTC
Quote from: BadBear on January 12, 2015, 04:56:26 AM
Quote from: Bizmark13 on January 12, 2015, 04:44:10 AM
Quote from: ACMP on January 12, 2015, 04:29:57 AM
Quote from: Stunna on December 22, 2014, 09:05:48 AM
Was going to release today but realized a way people could exploit the automated payout system through deleting posts & reposting. It's a quick fix we'll have sorted ASAP.

i wonder what Stunna's ASAP means.. xD

As doggieTattoo already mentioned, it should be fairly simple to patch this "exploit" by simply counting the posts at the end of the sig period. Deleted posts don't add to the post count, so they wouldn't be counted. It wouldn't have to be manual either. Something like this could easily be done via a script. Heck, I could probably write it myself in a single day.

Actually it is possible (though not common) for deleted posts to add to post counts, a bug I found a while back. Recalculating forum stats will fix it, that's not done regularly though, just whenever I think about it.

Oops. Didn't realize that was the case. So I guess this exploit will be more difficult to patch than I first thought. Poor Stunna. Sad

EDIT: Then again, with a budget of 50 BTC per month, I guess Stunna could easily hire someone to double check the post counts if it's not possible for it to be fully automated.