Please flag the spam !
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Four full pages of disgusting posts of hiring sex workers. No way I’m opening each of those posts to flag them. It’s like they’re trying to take down the forums permanently, the disgusting mother *kitten* 🤮Jackie9003 wrote: »https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/viditop327
currently flooding with spam, I'm trying to get them all
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Once reported, mods work as fast as they can to delete them.
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Thanks y'all! The spammers that were flagged should all be gone now.5
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Once reported, mods work as fast as they can to delete them.
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The problem was out of the galaxy horrific and extremely unprofessional. Moderators have to sleep, too, therefore those hooker ads stayed up for at least five hours. It’s pretty shameful these are the tools moderators and Staff are given to work with, but I guess forums like this are a relic anyway. Maybe that’s why they won’t invest some time in a more appropriate solution.
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I'm a volunteer spam zapper and I managed to get them all as soon as I noticed, there were 4 or 5 profiles and well over 200 posts and it took me nearly 2 hours.
This is the first time in a long time the forum had been hit so aggressively but luckily I'm in the UK so spotted them early and staff have now banned the profiles.
I did notice that some of the posts had been read numerous times but not reported, there used to be a trigger that if a post received a number of reports it would be automatically zapped but if people don't report them they're not going to disappear.4 -
@jackie2003 That trigger still works.
I figure there are thousands of people who read the forums and not many of them know the small details like that "5 and you're gone" thingy.
Heck, not many people know about this thread, either.
It doesn't happen very often. Thanks for trying to keep up, you're a better (wo)man than I. I would have just logged out!1 -
Jackie9003 wrote: »I'm a volunteer spam zapper and I managed to get them all as soon as I noticed, there were 4 or 5 profiles and well over 200 posts and it took me nearly 2 hours.
This is the first time in a long time the forum had been hit so aggressively but luckily I'm in the UK so spotted them early and staff have now banned the profiles.
I did notice that some of the posts had been read numerous times but not reported, there used to be a trigger that if a post received a number of reports it would be automatically zapped but if people don't report them they're not going to disappear.
I didn’t realize they had a volunteer zapper role. Used to be you had to be a full moderator to be able to zap spam, which of course requires much more time commitment.
As you said there were pages and pages of this disgusting stuff and I wouldn’t expect people to click into each post so they each get five spam flags and automatically zapped. With that level of volume, not to mention morally questionable content, we should understand that members who know how the spam trigger works wouldn’t spam flag each of them one by one. That’s not a solution to rely on at all, in my opinion.
Two hours from a volunteer?! Wow, thank you for your time and effort, but seriously, MFP?!! 😳
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Jackie9003 wrote: »https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/viditop327
currently flooding with spam, I'm trying to get them all
It's not a bad idea to flag any spam zappers or moderators when it gets that extreme. If you're lucky some of them are online and can help. It's the luck of the draw sometimes.3 -
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/Linda_simona - currently flooding the boards with special keto diet stuff0
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https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/discussions/McDiana96 - Posting multiple ads to help people with their credit.2
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https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/akuzmina1
Brand new account posting on multiple threads asking for people to answer questionnaires, do blood analysis, etc.0 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/akuzmina1
Brand new account posting on multiple threads asking for people to answer questionnaires, do blood analysis, etc.
I can't do anything with the profile, I will leave that for staff or moderators, but I've been able to remove the posts.1 -
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newbie account posting about credit repair:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/Cheryl_M670 -
User spamming in several threads:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/1010739006/milenaweissberg4001 -
Can a mod please remove ThicTS they're posting explicit pics, I've removed them as spam but the profile pic is not good.
I can't post a link from my phone.
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Jackie9003 wrote: »Can a mod please remove ThicTS they're posting explicit pics, I've removed them as spam but the profile pic is not good.
I can't post a link from my phone.
I think @sugaraddict4321 got this. Thanks for the flag @Jackie90032 -
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I'm not sure what this guy is up to...but all 47 of his posts say the same thing, and it's about private messages....
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/1010812148/stephentownsend24332 -
cmriverside wrote: »I'm not sure what this guy is up to...but all 47 of his posts say the same thing, and it's about private messages....
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/1010812148/stephentownsend2433
...and he has a new profile...same M.O.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/1010849641/stephentownsend10 -
Thanks, I am zapping, but will need a moderator to ban the user2
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:flowerforyou: LOL, he's persistent, I'll give him that.0
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Yeap certainly persistent! I will be heading to bed shortly (way passed my bedtime), hopefully not long before those on the other side of the world log in.2
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I don't know what's up with this person either, but the last 20 or so posts are all the same and ask for personal contact for a (seemingly) professional consultation :Hello. I am a certified nutritionist, long time myfitnesspal user. if you need guidance and assistance in your journey reach out and we can discuss more. Kind regards, Oana
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/1005814791/comanoanacodruta37140 -
cmriverside wrote: »I don't know what's up with this person either, but the last 20 or so posts are all the same and ask for personal contact for a (seemingly) professional consultation :Hello. I am a certified nutritionist, long time myfitnesspal user. if you need guidance and assistance in your journey reach out and we can discuss more. Kind regards, Oana
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/1005814791/comanoanacodruta3714
There were 10 or more so I just reported it.0 -
Gone for now, until they strike again.1
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tiptoethruthetulips wrote: »Gone for now, until they strike again.
LOLOLOLOL, I would just leave stephen and his latest reincarnation to the moderators at this point. If they can't IP-block him, well, then we just have to live with him:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/comments/1010853130/stephentownsend41000 -
I am not usually awake at the time he is striking but you could try @Jackie9003, @AnnPT77, @35dollars next time he hits.0
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