Spammer on the loose!
By Toni
@toniganzon (72285)
Philippines
May 11, 2022 2:56am CST
Just opened mylot and it seems like it's being attacked by a spammer. All I can see is these users post. Different users which talk about almost the same thing. I know they will be deleted anyway but it's just annoying to scroll down to find legit discussions from legit users.
I wonder what these users will gain from doing that. So I'm leaving mylot for now and come back when it's clean.
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8 responses
@sabtraversa (12937)
• Italy
11 May 22
Why do I always miss the interesting stuff? 
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@sabtraversa (12937)
• Italy
12 May 22
@moffittjc Who sleeps doesn't catch fish, as we say in Italy. 
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 May 22
@sabtraversa Or as we say, the early bird gets the worm. Same concept. But I’d rather sleep and not get the worm or the fish! Haha
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
13 May 22
there were 190 and it was all over the recent discussion.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
13 May 22
@toniganzon This is what I noticed as soon as I checked the most recent discussions. I immediately informed Admin.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
13 May 22
@LadyDuck reporting each and every single one of them would be too much of a work for me. And I know Alice was still sleeping during that time anyway. And well, as soon as Alice woke up, it was dealt with immediately. I know without reporting they will easily be noticed. That's why I left coz until Alice wakes up, the spammer/spammers were free to post.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 May 22
Thankfully I never see stuff like this on myLot. I guess I'm like Sabrina, I always miss the interesting stuff! haha
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
13 May 22
It came on when you were all sleeping.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
16 May 22
@moffittjc Yep he said he dealt it himself as soon as he woke up. And he's usually awake at 3am his time.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 May 22
@toniganzon I saw that Admin corrected the issue as soon as they came into the "office" that morning. Glad they were on top of things.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
11 May 22
@toniganzon
I am sorry to see you go but understand why.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
13 May 22
I usually browse the recent discussion tab and it was all I could see.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
13 May 22
@toniganzon
I get it and hope you will check in every so often.
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@LindaOHio (156159)
• United States
11 May 22
I don't see any spammers because I use the "Follows"/"Discussions" tab which takes me to the Discussions from those that I follow.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
13 May 22
I do that but when I've been over all the people I follow, I always go to the most recent one. That way I won't miss out on anything interesting here in mylot. Most of the people I follow are not from this country and they sleep during the time that im awake.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
13 May 22
@LindaOHio I only follow a couple of people. And I can only count in my fingers how many are active here. And I only respond to discussions that I can actually comprehend and relate to.
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@LindaOHio (156159)
• United States
13 May 22
@toniganzon I see. I have a lot of people from the US in addition to Germany, Africa, Switzerland, Scotland, Belgium...all over the place!
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
13 May 22
Yep Alice did it as soon as Alice woke up. But not during the time that I was awake.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
16 May 22
I think those spammers have already been deleted.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
17 May 22
They were deleted as soon as the admin woke up. Same day.
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@Chellezhere (5363)
• United States
11 May 22
I do the same as Linda and go to Follows, then Their Discussions, especially when something isn't right under Most Recent Discussions or Discussions w/No Response.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
13 May 22
The first thing I do is to go to the people I follow tab. And when I'm done with it I go to the most recent discussion so I won't miss out on interesting discussions. I don't follow a lot of people and most of them are from the other side of the globe. And normally, they're sleeping when I'm awake.
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