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Sorry for the late reply. Not really top-secret. More just trying to stay one step ahead of spammers. It's a constant battle going on in the background of VideoSift - and yeah, sometimes there is some collateral damage of innocent bystanders. We log IPs of previous spammers and automatically deactivate new accounts on the same IP. We also have a few "behavioural" trip-wires that can cause an automatic banning. We don't publicise these bannings as we don't want to give succour to the enemy.

So there are known bannings, there are unknown bannings and there are uh... banning bannings and then um ... forget it, Rumsfeld is a tool.

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>> ^xxovercastxx:

http://videosift.com/member/OMNIPLEX
I didn't know this user at all. I just saw the banned symbol next to his/her name in a "Who voted for this video" section. Whenever I see a new banned user I usually go look at their profile to see what caused it. I guess I'm a Videosift rubbernecker.
In this case I see nothing. He/She's got 2 comments, no videos, no profile comments... obviously no down vote spree. What happened? And is there any way there could be a feed of bans/hobblings? (Do we even still have hobbling?) It might be good for checks and balances.


Top Secret, then? ;

I'm pretty sure cats do this for leashes (mine did to as a child) for much the same reason as http://videosift.com/video/How-to-deactivate-a-cat . Natural instinct from kittenhood, when mama picks them up by the neck, they go limp. The leash is probably close enough. Never really occurred to me till now.

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>> ^spaceman:

Looks like they are wearing chain mail.


Well if you're going to fuck with sharks its probably the wisest choice you make that day.

>> ^blankfist:

Haha! Way to go staidest idiot!


Seriously? No one? Seriously? I thought that was pretty clever.

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Thats when my gills come in handy. =)
>> ^Payback:

>> ^ant:
Ah. I am surprised adult cats still have this.

Actually, ever been in a strong wind, or had compressed air blasted at your face? If you have a hard time breathing properly, that's due to the same reflex in babies that causes them to expell from their lungs when their faces hit air for the first time.

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>> ^Payback:

>> ^ant:
Ah. I am surprised adult cats still have this.

Actually, ever been in a strong wind, or had compressed air blasted at your face? If you have a hard time breathing properly, that's due to the same reflex in babies that causes them to expell from their lungs when their faces hit air for the first time.


Ew. Yes, I can't breathe in winds.

>> ^residue:

quick update: this does not work on women


http://videosift.com/video/Star-Trek-German-commercial-Spok-massages-a-woman disagrees.

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>> ^ant:

Ah. I am surprised adult cats still have this.


Actually, ever been in a strong wind, or had compressed air blasted at your face? If you have a hard time breathing properly, that's due to the same reflex in babies that causes them to expell from their lungs when their faces hit air for the first time.

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