Spam?
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Permalink Reply by Melanie K on -
I was wondering the same thing- I received the same message from all the groups I have joined- something about health insurance, all from the same member you linked above.
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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on -
Like Melanie K said, they spammed just about every group I'm a member of here at the chiainlink. I think I got the same spam message about 12 times from various groups.
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Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on -
I would say so. I got like 10 emails. Will eradicate :))
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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on
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It is too bad that Ning software can't sense that someone (someTHING) is posting the identical message in multiple places -a clear indication of spamming by any definition.
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Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on
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totally. Or at least if I could get an alert when a user joins multiple groups in a short amount of time. In most situations it's legit, but we can then check out the profile.
Suggesting that right now....
James BlackHeron said:It is too bad that Ning software can't sense that someone (someTHING) is posting the identical message in multiple places -a clear indication of spamming by any definition.
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Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on
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hey all, this shouldn't happen anymore. I was able to change a setting so only the group creator can send a message to a group. I didn't realize Ning had that feature. They've actually been adding useful features for awhile. On the to-do list!
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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on -
Thank you!
Julie Hochstadter said:hey all, this shouldn't happen anymore. I was able to change a setting so only the group creator can send a message to a group. I didn't realize Ning had that feature. They've actually been adding useful features for awhile. On the to-do list!
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Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on
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I'm in the process of editing each group. We have a lot, but I'm through about half. Sucks that this happened, we've been semi spam free for the most part for the last 4 years.
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Permalink Reply by Serge Lubomudrov on -
Thanks, Julie :)
Julie Hochstadter said:I'm in the process of editing each group. We have a lot, but I'm through about half. Sucks that this happened, we've been semi spam free for the most part for the last 4 years.
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Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on
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I'm trying not to be upset about it, but it is embarrassing....
Serge Lubomudrov said:Thanks, Julie :)
Julie Hochstadter said:I'm in the process of editing each group. We have a lot, but I'm through about half. Sucks that this happened, we've been semi spam free for the most part for the last 4 years.
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Permalink Reply by Serge Lubomudrov on
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Why you should be upset about this? May be angry . . .
"Pat Wentworth is no longer a member of the chainlink."
Just curious: did the person really think it will not be noticed? Or the off chance that someone will click on the link in its spam made it worth the effort?
Anyway, the thing you're doing now, Julie, is very important, because the next bastard might be more clever and disguise its malicious intent so it will not be spotted so easily.
Julie Hochstadter said:I'm trying not to be upset about it, but it is embarrassing....
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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on
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Group members can still post messages to their group's "main board" though -right? And start new threads in the group? I'd hate to see groups locked down so that they become nothing less than notification lists for the group administrator.
Still, if someone is "following" the main board of the grous they are in someone could still "spam" that -or spam every thread on the first 2 or 3 pages of the forum so everyone "following" those threads gets spammed too.
Sigh...
Spammers gonna spam I guess. Thank you Julie for painstakingly putting a fix on this type of spam at least. What a PITA for you on a Monday morning, especially since it is the first Monday of B2WW.
Julie Hochstadter said:hey all, this shouldn't happen anymore. I was able to change a setting so only the group creator can send a message to a group. I didn't realize Ning had that feature. They've actually been adding useful features for awhile. On the to-do list!
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