05-05-2012, 02:33 AM | #1 |
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Spam as MobileRead private message
I just got a private message which was spam - it consisted only of a link to a website selling kitchens.
How can I report this to a moderator? Edit: I've just noticed that badutali has had the gall to post in this forum, so I expect the moderator will find it anyway. Last edited by AlexBell; 05-05-2012 at 02:38 AM. |
05-05-2012, 03:27 AM | #2 |
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Use the "report private message" facility - the "!" button above the message.
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05-05-2012, 03:54 AM | #3 |
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The UK Sony "forum" has a spamstupid attack every now and then, just idiots posting gobbldeygook, that's all, but I'm not aware of any PMs being hacked - that's mildly/very anoyingly bothersome.
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05-05-2012, 04:08 AM | #4 |
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There's no "hacking" going on - just spammers using the PM facility. It happens from tim to time; we ban the idiots. Nothing to get wound up about.
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05-05-2012, 04:23 AM | #5 |
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MR is actually blissfully free from spammers, bots and others of that ilk. Kudos to the moderators for that.
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05-05-2012, 06:00 AM | #6 |
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MR takes them down as soon as they are reported. And sometimes faster than that.
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05-05-2012, 06:58 AM | #7 |
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Aproximately 8,000 spamming accounts have been banned in Mobileread's history so far.
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05-05-2012, 07:41 AM | #8 |
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Over how many years?
And as I already sted; Kudos to moderators for those efforts. The likelihood that I will not be forcefed spam here is one of the joys of visiting. |
05-05-2012, 07:49 AM | #9 |
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Spam messages via PMs here don't bother me. When I see the notification of a new PM, I immediately know it's spam, because no one else ever PMs me.
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05-05-2012, 09:45 AM | #10 |
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05-05-2012, 09:50 AM | #11 |
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05-05-2012, 12:13 PM | #12 |
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So between two and three a day.
I'd say that is a pretty good track record. |
05-05-2012, 12:39 PM | #13 |
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Spam should be kept in cans, except when force-fed with...spam, spam, spam and spam.... to the spameree
[Apol's to Mr. Python.] [And that's nothing to do with DRM....] |
05-05-2012, 04:16 PM | #14 |
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MobileRead's moderators have been excellent in taking care of spammers when reported.
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05-05-2012, 04:20 PM | #15 |
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