Getting strange 'Messages' in myLot
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
United States
October 26, 2015 6:38am CST
Yesterday I received a message asking me to read and comment on his/her discussions. I didn't pay attention to the name, which I wouldn't repeat here anyway, so I am not sure it it was a him or a her.
Anyway, I responded that I didn't think asking people to do that was acceptable here. The person came back and apologized.
I just received another similar request. I am starting to see a pattern so instead of responding I will just delete the message.
Is anyone else seeing this?
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
26 Oct 15
Yes, I have had one (with a pink avatar). I haven't replied to it yet and was considering reporting it, though I shall probably just do what you did - reprimand the sender and delete it ... this time.
FYI - to report a message, you need to copy the body of the message and paste it into one to GoAskAlice, with a short explanation. He will take care of it.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
26 Oct 15
@purplealabaster
Really not your pink avatar maybe somebody hijacked it. 
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@purplealabaster (22094)
• United States
26 Oct 15
Just to be clear, it was not MY pink avatar to which you are referring.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
OK, thanks, so far no new messages...maybe they read this!
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@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
26 Oct 15
I have also had a couple of those messages - I think it is people trying to find their way around the inability to suggest their own posts. I see it as begging letters.
I replied to the messages with the following..
Please refrain from sending me personal messages begging me to comment on your posts. I am perfectly capable of finding interesting posts by myself. If I do not find a post interesting, I will not comment on it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
That sounds good...there will be some who pay attention and others who will keep trying.
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@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
26 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill One of the people did reply with an apology so some will listen! Hopefully they will remove me from their mailing shenanigans!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
@destry We need a 'do not beg' list!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
LOL, you have a very good sense of humor!
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
27 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill you could call it deadly humour
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@GoAskAlice (5807)
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26 Oct 15
Messaging is the preferred means to do this, or using the "mention" feature for relevant comments. If you don't wish to recieve these sort of private messages, just ask the person nicely to not do so. If you have done this and it continues to happen, then message me and I will put a stop to it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
I think they are doing it since the suggest button was 'killed'....just another way to beg for people to participate.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
I guess a lot of people will be getting them.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
One I got was quite long, about three sentences!
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
26 Oct 15
At the beginning of August i was receiving many who wanted to be my friend or if i liked them..heck i don't even know who they are..hahah what silly questions to ask
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
26 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill I know what you mean..hahaah
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
Sometimes I don't even like the people I know well! Ha ha...and I don't mean on here...
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Oct 15
Taken care of several times over.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 Oct 15
I have had one today, I just ignored it but if this kind of thing continues it will be a bad sign, it means we are accumulating hangers on for the money and not the content.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
It will also become a large pain and distracting!
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@TexanTornado (5573)
• United States
26 Oct 15
I have had it happen to me twice now, but it was 2 different people. I simply just deleted the messages and went about my business.
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@sofssu (23662)
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26 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill thatr creativity could be used to write posts and comment on other peoples posts lol.. I guess people like short cuts.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
Yes, they are coming up with creative ways to make us crazy!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
I read the and decide if I want to 'tell them what for' or just del.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
Everyone is saying maybe just del the first time, or sent them a message back, then report them the next time.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
27 Oct 15
I have not received any such message so far after suggest option was disabled. However, I receive notifications from dear friends who draw my attention towards a particular discussion and I appreciate their efforts and I immediately check the post suggested by them.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Oct 15
@ramapo17 I agree with you and I have already gotten into a few heated debates here! Some people scare me....
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
21 Oct 18
@AbbyGreenhill I know what you mean. Every so often I also get into some debates that are not so nice, I just ignore them if they try and reach me.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 15
I am sorry you are having this happen. The lack of the suggestion box may be affecting them. They may not know how to navigate very well around the site.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill ....You never know. Hopefully there won't be anymore about it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Oct 15
@celticeagle At least now we are all prepared and have ideas what to do..
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Oct 15
I have not received another one since then, maybe they read this! LOL
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
26 Oct 15
I have had one writer from here using the messaging option as a way round the changes in suggestions against recommending your own posts - anyone persisting in that is going to get reported to admin.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
26 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill it needs to be challenged right away to stop it becoming an epidemic
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
Absolutely, as I think this is gong to continue and more will be doing the same.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
@arthurchappell At least we don't have to get shots to stop that kind of epidemic!
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
26 Oct 15
I haven't got that kind of message but it sounds like begging which I'm pretty sure is not acceptable. They must be new and can't figure out how to get people to read their stories. If they just responded to others I think they would know the answer.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
One wasn't the best in English i'll say that.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
I don't like to come across as nasty - not right away anyway...next time I will.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
26 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill I can see this. I know some of my followers really like a few things because of their responses on my discussion. But I will never send them a PM to go to a new discussion. I leave it up to them to find it if they are interested. See I found yours because it interested me. Might of taken a bit to find it but I did find it.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Oct 15
@poehere LOL, all good things take time to find. If I read something that I thought was very good/interesting and wanted to share it I would do so. But it wouldn't be mine.
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