Dealing with Spammers on Mylot
By Anushree
@anushreem (333)
Mumbai, India
October 20, 2015 11:22pm CST
Today I would like to discuss an issue I am facing from the time I have joined Mylot and I am sure a lot of you must have faced the same.
I bring up discussions on Mylot focusing on my daily activities, interests and answers to questions I want. However there are few people who instead of answering on the discussion go off track and ask about our personal details either through a comment or through direct messages.
Such a thing is very disappointing as by doing so they are hampering the main objective of mylot which is healthy knowledge sharing medium.
Would like to know your suggestions on the same as to how to handle them.
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8 responses
@anushreem (333)
• Mumbai, India
21 Oct 15
Yes this seems to be the only option left
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@DnkHrth (268)
• Sri Lanka
21 Oct 15
@anushreem And you can report them too. It will force their accounts to be deleted but no mercy upon spammers. I just don't like them or what they do.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
21 Oct 15
OH I had this happen to me and it totally made me angry. I politely told them it wasn't their business and then they kept it up and I refused to answer again. After the 3rd time I deleted my response to their post and moved on. I think it is none of their business to ask so many personal questions and expect an answer from us. I like to keep my life private and especially if someone is asking me how much money I make or implying I make a lot of money to do my job.
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@anushreem (333)
• Mumbai, India
21 Oct 15
Exactly my point! I don't understand why some people deviate from the topic and try to peep into personal stuff
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
21 Oct 15
@anushreem Personally it gets on my nerves.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
21 Oct 15
There could be some users who do not post to the point responses to your discussions and instead write something unconnected or may even ask for your personal details, which is not fair on their part.
You have an option to 'report' about such mylotters by pressing 'report' button. And you always have the option to 'block' those particular users. If you block any user, they won't be able to see your activities.
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@utkarshan28 (133)
• India
21 Oct 15
Yeah, this is the fact there are some peoples do that.
I just do not to respond to them.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 15
So this has been going on since you first started here? It needs to be reported. @GoAskAlice is very quick to answer and get things done. Sad that it has to come to this but unless Alex knows nothing can be done.
@Venu55 (53)
• Dehra Dun, India
3 Nov 15
Just ignore those freeky spammers, a simple advice anushreem ?
