Spam Private Messages

[SadieKate]

I'm okay with him being banned, but I don't understand why abbey.barclay hasn't been banned. I find her spam much more annoying (even if it's just an ignored blank, I can see the messages are there, which isn't really different from not ignoring them since they have no real content).

Have you reported her since you feel this way? I've seen one message that was just plain weird, off topic and sort of an advertisement (salsa's tandem thread) but no links so I just ignored it.

[OakLeaf]

Yep, more than once.

She usually sends out a barrage of messages once a week or so, with enough content that you can tell it's either a live person or a very sophisticated bot, but barely on topic and often reviving old threads. It's really annoying when I click on "New Posts" and there are a dozen threads with replies by abbey.barclay - if one of the threads is one that I'm interested in, there's no way to know whether there have been real replies posted without clicking on the thread.


Edit: apparently she's been banned, now. Thanks, mods.

[withm]

Yep, more than once.

She usually sends out a barrage of messages once a week or so, with enough content that you can tell it's either a live person or a very sophisticated bot, but barely on topic and often reviving old threads. It's really annoying when I click on "New Posts" and there are a dozen threads with replies by abbey.barclay - if one of the threads is one that I'm interested in, there's no way to know whether there have been real replies posted without clicking on the thread.


Edit: apparently she's been banned, now. Thanks, mods.

One of the best features here at TE is the ability to put whole threads, or individuals on "IGNORE." That way if someone who posts stuff you don't like those posts won't show up when you click on "New Posts.> It's my favorite tool... whole threads about tv shows? gone! I love it.

[Miranda]

Yea... the thing I thought was weird about it was the activity on the other forum. I didn't click the link in my PM. I found the forum via google in a seperate window. Here on TE, you need to be registered to do a "search". There you do not. When I "searched" the user name... no posts... other than mention of it in a forum member that had joined by invite etc. Sometimes the peeps on those forums to receive their ad-min / marketing pay is to have "X" # profile of users / volume... to lure advertisers to pay etc. Based upon the potential clientele they will expose. A bit explotive.

[snapdragen]

Wait....admins get paid? Hey Jeff? Susan? Adventure Girl and I have a question.....