Woophy - Forgery

Author	Message
JFM Member	# Posted: 23 May 12 00:45 Reply Hi Woophian friends! Every day, or close to, a new member appears on Woophy displaying apparently attractive pics, often concerning places with a traveling interest Spending a short time to analyze then to check this kind of pics demonstrates quickly this "new member" is in fact, either a person spamming, according to the commercial sense of this word, or forgering, namely presenting pics picked from various websites as from his own. How to detect spam or forged pics? - often intense and not adequate use of Photoshop effects - poor sharpness of the pics, since they have translated thru multiple systems - often sized under what Woophy allows: why a pic sized in 640X480, sometimes less, when Woophy accepts 1024X768, and more? - and finally, dowload the file, load into TinEye www.tineye.com and watch the results You will be amazed many times! BTW: TinEye offers a plug-in for Firefox, but IMHO, it sucks and provides false negative results All the best JF from France
NGC300 Member	# Posted: 23 May 12 06:54 Reply Thank you for the refresher. I also use TinEye when in doubt.
Jan Hemels Moderator	# Posted: 23 May 12 11:39 Reply You should also report such abuse to the management of Woophy so that they can take action
Abílio Silveira Member	# Posted: 23 May 12 14:38 Reply This question was already raised in Woophy: See this FORUM But it is a good idea to remember it anyway.
Dieuwertje Member	# Posted: 23 May 12 17:14 Reply If I find SPAM or think it's SPAM I always report it to the Woophy management.!!!!
JFM Member	# Posted: 23 May 12 19:32 Reply You should also report such abuse to the management of Woophy so that they can take action Hi Jan, Sure I did, and I'm sure the Woophy team has then taken the most appropriate decision. My posts was not to criticize them, but to give a technical opinion about a situation which often is... mmmmh..; teasing ! All the best JF
JFM Member	# Posted: 23 May 12 19:34 Reply This question was already raised in Woophy: See this FORUM But it is a good idea to remember it anyway. Thanks Abilio, Obviously this topic escaped my attention. I'm not a great user of the fora All the best JF
JFM Member	# Posted: 23 May 12 19:38 Reply If I find SPAM or think it's SPAM I always report it to the Woophy management.!!!! Hi Dieuwertje, I'm sure you did it. As explained above, my post was purely technical. I was surprised, e.g., to see the poor performance of the TinEye plugin in Firefox. See you soon on Woophy Best regards JF