Help! Inappropriate Friend Requests Pics

DiscusTank5 · February 6, 2021 11:55PM

I just declined a friend request from a woman showing her entire nude backside. It isn't the first inappropriate "friend" request I've received in the last 3 months, either. I thought MFP was family friendly, so how are these pics sneaking in? Please do something.

goal06082021 · February 6, 2021 11:57PM

I got one of those yesterday from a woman with her entire chest all the way out, visible nipples. I declined and blocked the account, figured it was probably a Russian spam bot or something. If I'm wrong and you aren't a Russian spambot, random MFP-er, your breasts are great and all but this really isn't the place for them.

edit to add: I just checked the terms of use and you do need to be an adult (18+) to have an account. So no, actually, this place is not "family friendly," but it's still not the place for people to be having all their business out.

SunnyBunBun79 · February 7, 2021 1:06AM

I think we may have gotten the same request ! There are a few of those fake profiles roaming around... just block!

jennacole12 · February 7, 2021 1:51AM

Yes!!! I’ve gotten like 10 in the past few days and they always 2 friends.... something weird is happening cause I’ve never seen this

Diatonic12 · February 7, 2021 2:01AM

That shizz is making the rounds. Just catch a moderator and they'll help you. Don't fall for anything that makes you feel uncomfortable. Trust your first instincts.

L1zardQueen · February 7, 2021 2:08AM

I got one too. I alerted Alex.

DiscusTank5 · February 7, 2021 6:51PM

Thanks everyone. It seems weird that during my first two years here, I never got requests like that and then suddenly, it keeps happening. Yeah, probably spambots.

DiscusTank5 · February 7, 2021 6:52PM

And okay, it doesn't have to be family friendly, but isn't MFP supposed to be workplace friendly?

L1zardQueen · February 7, 2021 6:54PM

Great point!

L1zardQueen · February 7, 2021 9:09PM

@Alex

Alex · February 7, 2021 9:22PM

L1zardQueen wrote: »

@Alex

Thank you for tagging me in and to everyone who has gotten one of these inappropriate friend requests recently I am really sorry. Everything about these friend requests violates our guidelines and we are working to shut down these spammy, and in many cases, pornographic, friend requests.

You can send me a private message or contact us via our help section to report the usernames of any accounts contacting you that you feel is inappropriate, doesn't have their clothes on, etc...

https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us

LisaGetsMoving · February 7, 2021 10:16PM

I got one too, about a week or two after I joined. It was weird so I unfriended immediately.

lisamestiza2021 · February 8, 2021 12:13AM

nearly everyone on my list was complaining of such requests in the past few days !

Theo166 · February 8, 2021 10:22PM

I've gotten several as well.
For the life of me, I can't imagine what their scam angle could be. How would they monetize MFP friends?

clh72569 · February 8, 2021 10:24PM

I got one from a Male showing a full on crotch shot with bikini.

dbanks80 · February 8, 2021 10:31PM

Need to bump this for future reference. I've gotten a few lately and it is very offensive

cwolfman13 · February 8, 2021 10:35PM

ahimes39 wrote: »

I just declined a friend request from a woman showing her entire nude backside. It isn't the first inappropriate "friend" request I've received in the last 3 months, either. I thought MFP was family friendly, so how are these pics sneaking in? Please do something.

Just block them. Those would be deleted in the forums, but MFP moderators aren't monitoring your private inbox.

Safari_Gal_ · February 9, 2021 12:07AM

I have been getting a ton of these all of a sudden in the last few weeks!! I just keep deleting them.. but they have been multiplying fast.

AnnPT77 · February 9, 2021 1:27AM

Don't just unfriend or block these people, folks: Report the profile via the help function! Don't let them hang around offending or victimizing other people, poisoning the community with inappropriate pics, and whatever other nefarious stuff may be coming later.

Report! Report!

Theo166 wrote: »

I've gotten several as well.
For the life of me, I can't imagine what their scam angle could be. How would they monetize MFP friends?

Some of them have Cyrillic-alphabet URLs on their profile pages that lead to skeezy "dating" or porn sites.

Notreadytoquit · February 9, 2021 1:34PM

Use DuckDuckGo to verify European/ Asian personas. Google comes up blank. Suspect every new FR. ADMINISTRATION: We have a problem. See my pornographic collection of friend requests. Please add a report button to FR page.

dbanks80 · February 9, 2021 2:59PM

Alex wrote: »

L1zardQueen wrote: »

@Alex

Thank you for tagging me in and to everyone who has gotten one of these inappropriate friend requests recently I am really sorry. Everything about these friend requests violates our guidelines and we are working to shut down these spammy, and in many cases, pornographic, friend requests.

You can send me a private message or contact us via our help section to report the usernames of any accounts contacting you that you feel is inappropriate, doesn't have their clothes on, etc...

https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us

Here is a inappropriate request from this user

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