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1editfish
Mar 16, 2011, 6:55am Top

I came across this member who leaves spammy comments on other member's profiles. I have flagged him/her as a spammer, but don't know what else to do to with it.

Do we need a way to flag comment spam?

2alaudacorax
Mar 16, 2011, 7:41am Top

Might be worth mentioning him/her/they in the 'spam reporting thread'.

3lilithcat
Mar 16, 2011, 8:37am Top

He appears to have been dealt with.

4jbd1
Mar 16, 2011, 8:40am Top

I've been going through the "members flagged as spam" thing when I start my day, so I probably just zapped 'im. I check in on that page on average twice a day and clear it out, so for commercial spammers, just flag their profiles and I'll get them :-)

5editfish
Mar 16, 2011, 12:49pm Top

awesome, thank you. Is it ok to leave a comment linking them to the spam post/comment like I did with that individual?

6jbd1
Mar 16, 2011, 12:50pm Top

Sure, definitely helps in cases where it's not immediately obvious from the profile itself!

7theapparatus
Mar 30, 2011, 6:41pm Top

It's annoying when they're smart enough to turn the comment field off.....

8jbd1
Mar 30, 2011, 6:43pm Top

Yes. It is :-)

9lilithcat
Mar 30, 2011, 6:57pm Top

> 7

I think there should be a rule that if you turn off comments, you lose the ability to comment on other folks' profiles.

10theapparatus
Mar 30, 2011, 8:09pm Top

*shrug* While I can understand what you;re saying, the same thing happens in the blog and forum communities. Support tickets too. You have no idea how many I receive with no method of returning a message to them. Then they get pissed publicly when they don't hear back from you....

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