In Reply to: Another idea... posted by EJ on February 7, 2003 at 9:52 AM:
I haven't had time to read this entire thread, but let me defend myself, as some people misunderstand how and why I delete hits.
First, it's clear in 90% of the time, that someone entered 50 or more bills, handed/sent/spent/traded them with a friend, and re-entered them. These are the hits I delete. It's people who are not completive, but rather think they can "beat the system" by doing that. These people are easy to detect and see if their hits are fake and then deleted.
Second, in the remaining 10% of the time, I look at all the hits between two people - I look at MANY FACTORS (most of which I will not discuss) - before I delete hits. Half the time, I'll send a note asking what is going on if it looks suspicious. Most of those are people who didn't understand the rules and now do. The other half of the time it's easy to see that even if Georger A had 100 hits from Georger B, that they are natural circulation and are NOT DELETED. I may ask them to change their behavior so that they don't exchange many more bills, but generally, bills that fall under "natural circulation" are not deleted.
If you all could see what I see, you would understand the difference. I spend alot of time deleting truly fake hits - you're just going to have to trust me that I've been doing this for longer than any of you, and I can tell when someone is attempting to cheat the system and when it's natural and when it's just a misunderstanding of the rules.
-Hank