Colour Patch Sweater

[emsr2d2]

The poster probably thought it was since the person went to the trouble of registering a whole new account to post...

Unfortunately, some people create an account and then just post random single-word messages on random posts, just to up their post count. Many of them are spammers who are trying to reach the ten post point so they can post links.

 

[alexpen]

...post random single-word messages on random posts, just to up their post count.

No, the user does not - I checked.

 

[emsr2d2]

With all due respect, alexpen, you don't know what that user might or might not be doing. A new user's posts initially go into moderation so they're not visible to the public. The one I deleted was, I believe, accidentally taken out of moderation and became public. For all you know, that user might have been posting every five minutes since that one, and we might have been deleting them straight out of moderation.

Please allow the moderators to continue with our work and let's keep this thread on topic.

 

[probus]

Something that you are blissfully unaware of, alexpen, is that spam software is constantly creating large numbers of fake accounts. These computer bots then make posts in various forums so that they will eventually be able to post spam. These bots are in addition to the human spammers that emsr2d2 referred to.

Part of our job as moderators is to frustrate the efforts of would-be spammers, both human and artificial. Since as you say, you checked, perhaps you have detection methods you could share with us?

 

[Skrej]

No, military camo, perhaps, is just inspired by similar things: abstraction, nature, irregular patterns...
But if the sweater were made in military colours, it would fit the description of camo pattern sweater, yes.

'Camo' has become a term for any pattern based on the original military patterns (of which there are actually many), regardless of color. Obviously no military is going to use any of the various purple or pink patterns you might see on a Google search for 'camo'.

The artist Andy Worhol may have started the trend with his "Camouflage" series in the mid-80's.

As for the original sweater, I agree it does look like some sort of stylized urban camo pattern. If you really object to something like 'blue-brown camo', then perhaps just 'mottled', which is the adjective you can use to describe various camouflage patterns in general regardless of color.

 

[Tdol]

No, the user does not - I checked.

The post consisted of the word Hi. How did that add to the thread? I will undelete it if you think that it helps. It also claims to have come from Russia, while the IP comes from Bangladesh and is blacklisted on two spam sites, including StopForumSpam. How did you check it out exactly?