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Good question.
Yeah, that'll work . . .
. . .just don't make them answer in the form of a question.
Yep, that's about it.
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OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
71Tele
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Date: May 28, 2013 01:21
NY Times has a story today about Ticketmaster's fight to stop ticket re-sellers from using bots to buy up massive amounts of tickets.
[www.nytimes.com]
[www.nytimes.com]
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
gotdablouse
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Date: May 28, 2013 01:31
Very interesting, but...
Why don't they just kick them off and ban IPs if they come back?
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A screen on Mr. Carnahan’s desk in Los Angeles shows Ticketmaster’s incoming traffic, with a rainbow of colors at the bottom and splotches of red on top representing suspicious activity. On a recent Thursday afternoon, the screen showed that the red visitors were making 600 times more ticket requests than those the system identified as being most likely human.
Bots are not kicked off the system, but rather “speedbumped” — slowed down, sent to the end of the line or given some other means of interference, to allow a regular customer through.
Why don't they just kick them off and ban IPs if they come back?
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
71Tele
()
Date: May 28, 2013 02:11
Quote
gotdablouse
Very interesting, but...Quote
A screen on Mr. Carnahan’s desk in Los Angeles shows Ticketmaster’s incoming traffic, with a rainbow of colors at the bottom and splotches of red on top representing suspicious activity. On a recent Thursday afternoon, the screen showed that the red visitors were making 600 times more ticket requests than those the system identified as being most likely human.
Bots are not kicked off the system, but rather “speedbumped” — slowed down, sent to the end of the line or given some other means of interference, to allow a regular customer through.
Why don't they just kick them off and ban IPs if they come back?
Good question.
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
mighty stork
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Date: May 28, 2013 02:41
Automation has destroyed our way of life. First they take our jobs and now they get our tickets. Open the pod door Hal......
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
Title5Take1
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Date: May 28, 2013 03:01
I'm probably not the only one who's thought that prime tickets could end up in the hands of diehard fans if, to get them, customers had to answer Stones trivia only diehard fans would know.
"Two front row tickets if you can answer:
1) "What Chuck Berry song influenced SATISFACTION?
2) "What songs on TATTOO YOU have Mick Taylor on guitar? What song features Wayne Perkins?
3) "What Stones song title has an ungrammatical comma?
"You answered all three correctly, here are your front row tickets and an access pass to the Stones' backstage masseuse. Congratulations."
Maybe this has already been tried for some band somewhere.
"Two front row tickets if you can answer:
1) "What Chuck Berry song influenced SATISFACTION?
2) "What songs on TATTOO YOU have Mick Taylor on guitar? What song features Wayne Perkins?
3) "What Stones song title has an ungrammatical comma?
"You answered all three correctly, here are your front row tickets and an access pass to the Stones' backstage masseuse. Congratulations."
Maybe this has already been tried for some band somewhere.
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
camper88
()
Date: May 28, 2013 05:24
Quote
Title5Take1
I'm probably not the only one who's thought that prime tickets could end up in the hands of diehard fans if, to get them, customers had to answer Stones trivia only diehard fans would know.
"Two front row tickets if you can answer:
1) "What Chuck Berry song influenced SATISFACTION?
2) "What songs on TATTOO YOU have Mick Taylor on guitar? What song features Wayne Perkins?
3) "What Stones song title has an ungrammatical comma?
"You answered all three correctly, here are your front row tickets and an access pass to the Stones' backstage masseuse. Congratulations."
Maybe this has already been tried for some band somewhere.
Yeah, that'll work . . .
. . .just don't make them answer in the form of a question.
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
drbryant
()
Date: May 28, 2013 07:05
The Stones have figured out a way to beat the scalpers - overprice everything!
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
paulywaul
()
Date: May 28, 2013 07:10
Quote
drbryant
The Stones have figured out a way to beat the scalpers - overprice everything!
Yep, that's about it.
[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
dcba
()
Date: May 28, 2013 10:43
BIG crooks (TM) trying to fight small crooks (guys with bots)... HA HA!
Re: OT: Good article about how bots buy up tickets
Posted by:
Silver Dagger
()
Date: May 28, 2013 10:45
Quote
mighty stork
Automation has destroyed our way of life. First they take our jobs and now they get our tickets. Open the pod door Hal......
Man, next I bet they'll try and steal our women too!
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