[Dxspider-support] Selfspotter (SPAM) (CHAT)

[Eric Carling]

There is data and then there is quality of data. A responsible sysop is one
who provides a useful service for his users. That precludes getting the
results of, for a real case example, sh/dx/20 that shows M3... spotting
himself 8 times on 18130 calling CQ to the exclusion of useful data that has
been lost in the proliferation of junk. Without some kind of self regulation
and a modicum of policing, the dx spot databases which are already abused by
non-callsign infiltration, will lose their value still further and will need
more intensive interrogation to extract the valuable information as
considered by the majority.

 

Although client software can obviate some of these problems by providing the
necessary filtering, nevertheless it should be incumbent on sysops to
advocate and implement this kind of filtering at source. Without responsible
action, including education, inevitably what is now a mild nuisance will
become a significant bug-bear into the future.

 

-------Original Message-------

 

From: The DXSpider Support list

Date: 10/05/2004 08:26:43

To: The DXSpider Support list

Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Selfspotter (SPAM) (CHAT)

 

Whats the problem with people self spotting? Should we really be concerned

at this? After all its data.

 

People are now starting to act like policemen and if you dont allow self

spotting on your cluster then they will just use another cluster that does.

 

The amount of spots being generated by self spotting must be minimal

compared to the amount of spots being generated during one of the major

contests.

 

I think that people are looking at morals rather than anything else. If I am

on 10m and I am not sure if the band is open or not then I would certainly

look at putting out a spot about myself as a lot of people dont bother

looling around on 10m.

 

I would certianly not be interested in this sort of clamp down on users

because someone thinks its not right to do rather than it creating some sort

of technical/software problem, which it is not.

 

regards John

 

 

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