sorry guys but i had to report the spammer...

@yanjiaren (9031)
March 9, 2007 2:29pm CST
I'm sorry to grass on a fellow Mylotter but i think it is totally unfair on the rest of us that are working our. sses off that the spammers can come and write stupid comments on our discussions and worst still i cought the guy spamming with the same answer on my friend's post..just now!!! So I reported it..Wae this fair?I hate to do these things but this was biting the biscuit. What would you doif you cought someone spamming our boards?
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74 responses
@aidonia (4209)
• Greece
9 Mar 07
You did the best.I did it before and I'll do it again if I find anyone spamming.Just yesterday I report a person, he post an answer to a discussion and after one day start exactly same topic asking same question that he answer before one day.Don't feel bad,mylot didn't need members like this.
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@Giggles88 (542)
• United States
9 Mar 07
Yes it's fair. They don't deserve the credit. I think it should be considered cheating. I think I might have reported the same guy just a little bit ago. He left the same comment on two of my discussions then I saw it on someone else's. "I don't know.....Please don't mind" What kind of response is that. I don't care if he was trying to make money or if he was trying to make as many replies as he could it's not fair to us who work hard for all of that. You did the right thing.
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@yanjiaren (9031)
9 Mar 07
that's the ond lol!
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• United States
9 Mar 07
lol he'll probably be gone by tomorrow.
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@5000ml (1923)
• Belgium
9 Mar 07
I noticed the same guy on a different discussion, I'm glad to see that other people reported him.
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9 Mar 07
Good for you, I hate spamming anywhere, not just here. We work very hard and put in the time and effort to write intelligent and interesting responses and discussions, it's not fair that someone can just spam like that.
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• Grand Junction, Colorado
9 Mar 07
I hope that it's the same one that I have reported this morning. This person has been in 4 discussions that I have been in this morning and has left in all 4 the same response and in 3 of those 4 he/she has done it twice. I'm glad I wasn't the only one. :) It irks me also.
@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I would have done the same thing!! It isn't fair that we are really working hard at discussions and others just jump in with randon things! Don't feel bad at all!!
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• Singapore
9 Mar 07
Oh course you have to report spammers! I report them too. Why, someone defaced one of my threads earlier and I was asking people to help report him. His post was deleted in the end.. though 1 out of 2 was missed. :P Do I happen to be that "lucky" friend of yours?
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@yanjiaren (9031)
9 Mar 07
hehehe definately..!!!
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• Singapore
9 Mar 07
Geez, I'm in luck! :P
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
9 Mar 07
i think i know who you are talking about. i just forgot his username. but i have encountered him just minutes ago posting the same response to so many discussions. i was surprised that whenever i post my response, i only get right next to his senseless repeated response! at first, i spared his nonesense response. did not even rate it since i thought he might just be a newbie. but later on, i got annoyed already. his response is all over the new discussions! gosh! upon getting annoyed, i rated him with a negative. and still, he keeps on doing it! and yep yanjiaren, you just did the right thing. spamming is so unreasonable. too many lazy people around ruinning mylot. i hope he gets a warning from the moderators soon.
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@yanjiaren (9031)
9 Mar 07
he needs it..
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@timou87 (1638)
• Singapore
10 Mar 07
why are you apologising, rather id appluad you, a community that is free and open like mylot needs to have people like you who are proactive and willing to take action against anti social and disruptive peopl like spammers.
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@ESKARENA1 (18261)
9 Mar 07
I think you did exactly the right thing, you should always report this kind of activity, i certainly do blessed be good luck and keep on posting
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@yanjiaren (9031)
9 Mar 07
yeah he responded to one of my discussions..i thought it was just one of those funny one liners..soi go and rate him plus anyway..but when i saw it again on my friend's post i thought noway..he is getting done in now..i believe in justice not crap..sorry..
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• United States
9 Mar 07
Apparently the inability to cut and paste really keeps the professional spammers in check here. Self policing by the communtiy at large is nice too. Which is why i like it here.
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@Evacuee (1147)
9 Mar 07
I'm with you my friend and I don't like the idea of having spammers on here. But I suppose its just the way of things. If somethings going well theres always someone to upset the applecart.
9 Mar 07
I reported someone today. They said 'em i dont know......please dont mind... ' in response to one of my questions. i saw someone mention that someone was doing that to all the discussions earlier so I thought I would report them as its unfair if they get money for such rubbish.
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@yanjiaren (9031)
9 Mar 07
we got the same guy by the b..........s lol
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9 Mar 07
If it's the "I don't know...Please don't mind" spammer then good for you! I reported them earlier today but they're still at it. I hope they get dealt with soon. It's so obnoxious.
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@yanjiaren (9031)
9 Mar 07
that's the one!lol
@littlemoo (317)
• Australia
9 Mar 07
I've reported spammers as well. I found one member who had posted exactly the same response, word for word, multiple times. Each time, it was an entirely inappropriate response to the question at hand. Clearly, they were just posting the same response without actually reading what the question was. I think it's entirely fair to report spam! I've noticed that there are so many new discussions each and every single day, it would be impossible for the powers that be to read every discussion and assess the validity of the responses. You just can't do that with thousands of discussions! You'd do your head in trying! I guess that's also part of why we have the rating system. But reporting spam is a very important part of this board, and entirely appropriate! Good on you for reporting them!
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@yanjiaren (9031)
9 Mar 07
thanks guys
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@CatNPK (461)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I also agree to what everyone has been saying. I have only been mylotting for a couple days and reported a couple people already who posted completely nonsensical answers to discussions. Bad grammar or an offensive tone is not always the reason to ban someone, we have our right to speech. But really - this site is not about making money, unless you want to spend all day typing in which case you might as well write for more profitable online ventures. We are here - I hope - to have a great online discussion forum that as a little bonus earns us a $10 check once every few months. There is no point saying something if you have nothing to say.
@greengal (4286)
• United States
9 Mar 07
Nothing to sorry about yanji, it is absolutely the right thing to do. They should know better than to spam! Rules are meant to be followed and if someone breaks them, they need to be reported. Good job!
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• United States
9 Mar 07
I'm glad you got the spammer. Why give a cheater money when we are working very hard to earn money on here? I have to say thank you.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I don't blame you. We have to keep this forum running properly and keep Mylot going and satisfied with our input here. We cannot take the chance of losing earnings by people spamming our discussions. Mylot notices all of these things and it does affect our earnings and our ratings here. I'm glad to see that people are stepping upo to make sure Mylot is pleased and to hopefully get rid of spammers. I like it here and I like the discussions. I delete alot of nonsense discussions daily. I don't even reply to it because Mylto will eventually delete it anyway. Good luck in helping us try to keep the forum clean and existing for a very long time.
• United States
10 Mar 07
You are taking things WAY too seriously. If what the person did was out of some kind of malicious intent then sure, report them. But if the comment was in anyway related to the question in the topic than what's the problem.
@yanjiaren (9031)
10 Mar 07
i always rate every one plus..even one liners..but when a geeza is going round the forum writing i don't know to every one here..what is that?
@jean_rose (415)
• Philippines
10 Mar 07
Good for you to do that. I guess it was that good for nothing bum who also posted senseless things on my discussions...saying I don't know, don't mind.
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@yanjiaren (9031)
10 Mar 07
that's the geeza!1
• China
10 Mar 07
Hi? how are you .i am a fresh man .my English very poor.
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@yanjiaren (9031)
10 Mar 07
wo hen hao..lolwo de zhongwen bu hao..woshi xilaren lol