Interview with a Former DP member (hacked)

Posted on October 29th, 2008 in Banned, DigitaPointing, Interviews by admin

Hello,

Here is an interview with one of the former DP member whos account got hacked long time back (about a year ago).

1- What was your username DP ?

ANS : Actually it’s realsandossu, because my old one, sandossu, has been hacked. I tried to recover it but Shawn did nothing but tell me to wait.

2- Are you not able to access DP ? If so , why ?

ANS: Nowadays I rarely visit the forum, but I tried right now because you remembered me about it and no, I’m not able to access it. It simply doesn’t load.

3 – Now you are not able to login right ? What you think about it ? Do you think that your account got hacked ?

ANS: Yes, my account got hacked, the moderators figured it out and banned it. Unfortunately the hacker changed my password and email so I wasn’t able to do anything to recover it. I contacted the super moderators, they talked to Shawn, but he said I should wait…and after I waited more than a year, here I am, still banned.

4- So, while the account was with you it was in good condition right ? And after it got hacked – it got banned right ?

ANS: Yes, it was one of the most active accounts and it had like 200 iTrade points.
5- 200 Itraders – so you are really missing it. You should recover it anyway – what you say about it ?

ANS: I don’t think there’s any chance to recover it and DP is not my interest anymore, because it’s full of scammers and spammers now. It’s not like the old good times.

6- Do you suspect anyone ? Do you remember any instances like which could have compromised your account ?
ANS : Because the internet is my only source of income, I take good care with usernames and passwords, so that I don’t use the same password on every website and I don’t have keyloggers installed. Also I use some keywords nobody can guess. So I am pretty sure the hacker used a VB exploit.
7 – Oh, its really sad that your account got hacked – that also a good one – you were indeed a reputed member (since you were having 200 itraders) – Well, lets hope that your account will soon get recovered – Do you want to express anything to the moderators or other fellow members of DP who may be seeing this post ?
ANS : I would be glad to get my account back, even if I will not be as active as I used to be. Moderators should clean the forum, because it’s full of junk, spammers and scammers.

8- Do you have any blogs ? I mean any personal blogs or so ?

ANS : Yes, http://sandossu.com

….. So that was the interview, friends what you think about it, please comment on it if you really think that this DP member needs to get his account back.

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Is DP boring?

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 in Banned, Interviews, Stupid Posts by admin

Quoted from nookie

“Why is the homepage for digitalpoint:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/”

Certain people really have such sense of humor but I guess he was referring to the plain design ” Its so dull and life less, it looks like it was created in the 90’s and there isn’t even a link on there to the popular forums  ”

True among all the popular forums DP is probably the most dull,boring, I wanna sleep theme but truth said that probably makes it a bit special. Sites like DP and Sitepoint has a plain template but you can’t say that its a bad thing. Its because DP is probably the easiest forum for you t browse. What do you think?

Added news: here is what l3fty thinks is a scam contest on DP. Here> Read what DP users say Here. Also LPmaster08 hates DP. More details Here.

Thats all for today.I need to get some sleep!!

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uttoransen

Posted on October 7th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
Uttoransen

How long have you been a member?
1 year and 3 months!

How did you find out about DP?
I was searching something, and I reached DP, I kept browsing dp got addicted to it.

What section do you post in most?
Directories, am a directory owner! So that’s my favorite category.

Who’s the most irritating member?

Can’t say, I have not found too many irritating members around, if I get one I will ask you to add it here.

Who’s your DP crush?
Ahem.. well…… a very tough question. I had one, some time back, may be a year back. We used to chat on pms, but it’s some really long time she has not replied. Also there was another, but I think it’s better not to name her. Though she is still on my IM!

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
Threads about complains, those threads where I feel the complain is foolish, like losing some $$$ to a newbie, then starting a thread to tell the world that you have been fooled and scammed by a new member!

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Nothing, look at other such forums, and then ask yourself! DP already has everything that needs to make a great forum, so I don’t think anything should be changed.

How many infractions do you currently have?
One! I bumped my thread, it was not my sales thread though, so no bad intentions.

Do you earn money from DP?
Yes! I make some money, not much, but enough to pay my bills.

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
I have a social networking website: http://friendscyberclub.com/ I also have a directory on it.

Popularity: 13% [?]

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tradeya

Posted on October 5th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
Tradeya

How long have you been a member?
Umm, since March 07 so you do the math.

How did you find out about DP?
Search Engine i think.

What section do you post in most?
General, searchengine, marketing, SEO

Who’s the most irritating member?
Those who scammed me.

Who’s your DP crush?
Buffalo I like her style.

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
Those spammed offer/thread that make BST section pages go down so fast..

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Nothing’s it’s already good. umm maybe get rid of those scammers and spammers

How many infractions do you currently have?
3 so far for my stupid mistakes (all expired)

Do you earn money from DP?
Yes and trying to earn more

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
Yes, http://www.tradedee.com

Popularity: 13% [?]

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Redders

Posted on September 30th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?

Redders, though i do refer to myself as Redman.

How long have you been a member?

Since January 2007, but i made my first post in September 2007.

How did you find out about DP?

Through another website, TFL.

What section do you post in most?

Close call between Contests, Services and Graphics and Multimedia.

Who’s the most irritating member?

No-one springs to mind….apart from the countless number of people on 0 posts who request something from me through PM. They are ignored of course.

Who’s your DP crush?

Apart from Jerlene.net? erm…garye, nice guy to work with

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?

People whinging about receiving infractions and all the digg threads. Also contests that simple link to another site and say “the contest is there”….d’uh.

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?

Colours of the forum skin! or a brand spanking one. Other than that, nothing.

How many infractions do you currently have?

0, i believe.

Do you earn money from DP?

Yes!, well i have since my first post made around £245, which i think amounts to around $500?

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.

I do not, hoping to get a site up soon, when i can get around to coding it!

Popularity: 13% [?]

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nico_swd

Posted on September 30th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
nico_swd

How long have you been a member?
11 Months

How did you find out about DP?
Probably Google.

What section do you post in most?
PHP

Who’s the most irritating member?
forumrating… worst…. threads… EVER.

Who’s your DP crush?
Ummm… Katy? lol… don’t have one really.

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
Anything by forumrating. (UGH)

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Make me mod in the programming section.

How many infractions do you currently have?
1 for “Inappropriate language”.

Do you earn money from DP?
Only from the ads really.

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
http://www.randomsig.net/

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The Emirates Gallastico

Posted on September 29th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
The Emirates Gallastico

How long have you been a member?
About two weeks. Lurked for a month before that

How did you find out about DP?
Off another webmaster forum

What section do you post in most?
BTS, Adsense

Who’s the most irritating member?
All the newbies asking for review copies when they have only three posts…

Who’s your DP crush?
No idea about the various members, anyone that gives me free stuff is always good

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
People asking for help and typn lk dis

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Can give more iTraders a day

How many infractions do you currently have?
0

Do you earn money from DP?
Yeah, kind of

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
Website : http://soccerspecs.net/www.arseview.com , two sites about my favourite sport (one about my favourite team )

Popularity: 2% [?]

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BlaZeR

Posted on September 29th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
BlaZeR

How long have you been a member?
For a while, I lurk :-)

How did you find out about DP?
My friend referred me

What section do you post in most?
Adsense, General marketing and Blogging

Who’s the most irritating member?
I would say myself. Honestly guys.

Who’s your DP crush?
I have a little thing for 8everything, she makes sexy templates. :|

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
Stupid posters posting stupid crap.

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Shows who gave you rep

How many infractions do you currently have?
1

Do you earn money from DP?
CHhhyeah

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
Website : http://www.travischan.com quite new, money making journal to keep myself motivated

Popularity: 2% [?]

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m8x

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
m8x

How long have you been a member?
Not even a month.

How did you find out about DP?
A friend on msn.

What section do you post in most?
Buy, Sell n Trade

Who’s the most irritating member?
No one

Who’s your DP crush?
No one

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
Websites for viagra, etc…

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
The infractions that are giving out *hopes not to get one*

How many infractions do you currently have?
3

Do you earn money from DP?
Around $100/weekly or so. I got a job, so this is just money for the side. It all depends.

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
www.hugeimg.com

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BigRooster317

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
BigRooster317

How long have you been a member?
Since May 7th 2007

How did you find out about DP?
Using Google to find info about marketing a dating site.

What section do you post in most?
freebies, I guess

Who’s the most irritating member?
everyone’s all good with me

Who’s your DP crush?
ShoeMoney’s Bank Account (j/k)

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
None of them annoy me but SOOO many amuse me. Like when two people with poor english start arguing.

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
I would like to be able to change my email…long story…

How many infractions do you currently have?
I have no idea

Do you earn money from DP?
nope

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it
http://www.placetoscore.com

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gult

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
gult

How long have you been a member?
4 months

How did you find out about DP?
Google

What section do you post in most?
Spy. I like to be the first one to respond to interesting threads

Who’s the most irritating member?
No one ?

Who’s your DP crush?
No one

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
Make $40000 a day. Get this e-book just for $7 !!

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Nothing.

How many infractions do you currently have?
4! got 3 of them for not reading rules when am a peon

Do you earn money from DP?
Ob..

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bacanze

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
Bacanze

How long have you been a member?
1 year, 3 months

How did you find out about DP?
From Google

What section do you post in most?
Used to be SEO & BTS, but I usually just chill in General Chat

Who’s the most irritating member?
w3bmaster, but he’s currently banned so

Who’s your DP crush?
Too difficult to choose just one

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
Probably ‘Fastest way to make $100 perday’ or something

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Erm, little fun contests, organised by mods or Shawn.

How many infractions do you currently have?
0

Do you earn money from DP?
When I want to, yes.

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
Their secret

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KiHack

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
KiHack

How long have you been a member?
Approximately 20 days

How did you find out about DP?
Googled marketplace forum

What section do you post in most?
Buy/Sell and Trade

Who’s the most irritating member?
petyard

Who’s your DP crush?
No comments (yeah right)

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
Infraction Complaints

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Its perfect

How many infractions do you currently have?
2

Do you earn money from DP?
Yes, about $100/week

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
Nope, not at the moment, atleast

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prilep

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
Prilep

How long have you been a member?
Since Sep 17th 2006

How did you find out about DP?
Google Search

What section do you post in most?
Directories

Who’s the most irritating member?
I love everyone

Who’s your DP crush?
umm 8everything (myra)

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
How can i make 100 dollars a day?

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Nothing. I like it how it is.

How many infractions do you currently have?
2 but both expired

Do you earn money from DP?
YES!

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
Yes i do have a website its http://www.gossipcrew.com it’s not online yet but will be soon.

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sizzler_chetan

Posted on September 28th, 2007 in Interviews by admin

What is your DP username?
sizzler_chetan

How long have you been a member?
16 Months, since May 2006

How did you find out about DP?
My brother amitpatel_3001 who already was a member here

What section do you post in most?
Buy/Sell/Trade
Directories
GC
Link Development

Who’s the most irritating member?
Many, but not mentioning.. They irritate just because of bad trade!

Who’s your DP crush?
You??? Actually no one!

What’s the most annoying type of threads(infraction complaints, etc.)?
“Here is a great chance to get a free PR8 backlink for a month, but you have to pay me $150 for the idea”
And many others of these kinds!

What’s one thing you’d like changed about DP?
Shawn have to be more attentive here and if he can’t then at least the system of Moderators should be a bit more larger!

How many infractions do you currently have?
2 which are going to expire in a week.

Do you earn money from DP?
Yep, Sig links and buy/sell section!

Do you have a website? If so, feel free to provide a link to it.
Have big networks! But my personal – http://www.drchetan.com

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