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Spam and Abuse Watch

This board allows members to report the accounts of spammers and others who abuse the forums in order to give other members the chance to vote to close the offending account.

 
GeneralSpam wannabe article - gone Pin
Wendelius16-Aug-18 18:13
mentorWendelius16-Aug-18 18:13 
GeneralOne to watch? Pin
CHill6016-Aug-18 13:42
mveCHill6016-Aug-18 13:42 
GeneralRe: One to watch? Pin
User 1106097916-Aug-18 14:06
User 1106097916-Aug-18 14:06 
GeneralRe: One to watch? Pin
Sander Rossel16-Aug-18 22:01
professionalSander Rossel16-Aug-18 22:01 
GeneralRe: One to watch? Pin
CHill6017-Aug-18 0:03
mveCHill6017-Aug-18 0:03 
GeneralRe: One to watch? Pin
Sander Rossel17-Aug-18 5:03
professionalSander Rossel17-Aug-18 5:03 
GeneralRe: One to watch? Pin
User 1106097917-Aug-18 11:31
User 1106097917-Aug-18 11:31 
GeneralRe: One to watch? Pin
CHill6017-Aug-18 0:00
mveCHill6017-Aug-18 0:00 
In this case the member's only interaction with the site has been to post messages about this particular tool. They have only ever posted 3 messages, one of which has already been deleted so may have been construed as spam (I don't know, never saw it).

That behaviour sort of implies that the only reason this particular member joined is to promote the tool or website and that is not what this community is about.

The same applies to the members that have spam links in their signatures ... especially if they are hidden, obscured or shortened ... if they only post largely meaningless messages in order to leave their signature then they are highly likely to be promoting whatever it is at the end of the link and trying to hide the fact that they are doing it.

Some posts are obvious contrived attempts to drive links to a site or product, this one wasn't so obvious which is why I suggested it as "One to watch?"

Sander (and probably others) however is an active member of the site, in fact an award-winning author of articles here as well as his books. It could be deemed "against the rules" to be "advertising" his book in his signature but that is not the sole purpose of his interaction with this community. In fact he will have had to have had considerable interaction in order to post a link to his homepage on his profile.

There was a discussion some time ago about what was appropriate in signatures but I can't find it now - you might have more luck than me or someone else may post a link

If this doesn't, and the links in the sticky comment at the top of the forum don't, help clarify things for you then perhaps it's worth asking Sean or Chris for clarification. Definitely don't take my word for it! Laugh | :laugh:
GeneralRe: One to watch? Pin
User 1106097917-Aug-18 11:42
User 1106097917-Aug-18 11:42 
GeneralRe: One to watch? Pin
Nelek17-Aug-18 12:47
protectorNelek17-Aug-18 12:47 
GeneralSpam would be article ("Radon Inspection", Radon Abatement) - Gone Pin
OriginalGriff16-Aug-18 7:30
mveOriginalGriff16-Aug-18 7:30 
GeneralSpam & Spammer in moderation - Gone Pin
RedDk16-Aug-18 7:22
RedDk16-Aug-18 7:22 
GeneralKodi spammer in moderation (Member 13951432) Pin
Pete O'Hanlon16-Aug-18 3:18
mvePete O'Hanlon16-Aug-18 3:18 
GeneralGone Pin
dan!sh 16-Aug-18 20:44
professional dan!sh 16-Aug-18 20:44 
GeneralAbuse - Member 13951393 - Gone Pin
CHill6016-Aug-18 3:12
mveCHill6016-Aug-18 3:12 
General(Ex)terminated - Member 13951393 Pin
Peter_in_278016-Aug-18 4:56
professionalPeter_in_278016-Aug-18 4:56 
GeneralSpammer from moderation - Andrew K Hinkle - gone Pin
Thanks787216-Aug-18 3:08
professionalThanks787216-Aug-18 3:08 
GeneralRe: Spammer from moderation - Andrew K Hinkle - gone Pin
CHill6016-Aug-18 3:57
mveCHill6016-Aug-18 3:57 
GeneralSpammer (Robin Shanab) - Reposted - And now approved - gone Pin
Richard Deeming16-Aug-18 2:42
mveRichard Deeming16-Aug-18 2:42 
Generalgone Pin
Nelek17-Aug-18 12:49
protectorNelek17-Aug-18 12:49 
GeneralPlagiarised would be article reposted ("WebAssembly-Solving-System-of-linear-equations", IbrahimAhmedKhalil ) - gone Pin
OriginalGriff16-Aug-18 2:22
mveOriginalGriff16-Aug-18 2:22 
GeneralSpam would be article (Best SEO company) - gone Pin
Richard MacCutchan16-Aug-18 1:34
mveRichard MacCutchan16-Aug-18 1:34 
GeneralSpammer from moderation queue (Member 13951107) - gone Pin
OriginalGriff15-Aug-18 23:35
mveOriginalGriff15-Aug-18 23:35 
GeneralSpammer from moderation queue (jonrink) - gone Pin
OriginalGriff15-Aug-18 22:23
mveOriginalGriff15-Aug-18 22:23 
GeneralSpammer from moderation (Member 13948864) - gone Pin
Richard MacCutchan15-Aug-18 21:50
mveRichard MacCutchan15-Aug-18 21:50 

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