What&#39;s Going On?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

2 Nov 15

Unfortunately, spam is a perennial problem for all sites like this. There are certain measures to filter and deter some of it but it will never go away entirely. Please just report it and be confident that the post and/or the user posting it will be dealt with very quickly (usually within an hour). If you see a series of posts by the same user, it is usually only necessary to report one of them because Admin will check the profile and deal with it accordingly.

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@marlina (154130)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

Thanks for the good advice here as usual, you know your stuff. I do report them.

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Bluedoll

@Bluedoll (16773)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

Don't worry about it! Flag!

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@marlina (154130)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

@Bluedoll Excellent comment coming from @owlwings as usual!

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rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90721)

• Philippines

2 Nov 15

I reported the 3 posts by that one same person from India .

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@marlina (154130)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

Good for you for reporting them.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (160996)

• United States

2 Nov 15

Unfortunately, they figure even a little exposure here until they are removed is worth their time. I think it would be more worth their time to legitimately participate.

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@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

2 Nov 15

@GardenGerty God forbid that they should ever have to think for themselves, let alone write reasonable English! I suspect that each post may be worth a few cents to them (and not from MyLot, of course), regardless of whether its deleted or not. They just have to know how to sign up and copy and paste a piece of text. In less than 30 minutes, they can probably earn $5 doing this - and they don't even have to know any English.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

2 Nov 15

There are always those who do not want to follow the rule and want to ruin it for everyone else.

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

Maybe they should get a "real job"

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vanny

@vandana7 (100619)

• India

2 Nov 15

Oh I am from India, but I haven't yet tried that kinda posts as yet..

May be I should

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@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

2 Nov 15

You are wicked, @vandana7

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kiran8

@kiran8 (15348)

• Mangalore, India

2 Nov 15

@vandana7 Neither have I ...

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vanny

@vandana7 (100619)

• India

2 Nov 15

@owlwings ..Is that bad?

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Kevin

@kevin1877uk (36988)

•

2 Nov 15

It's sad to see that happen, I hope admin can sort it out.

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@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

2 Nov 15

It's unfortunately inevitable. However many filters and other methods are devised, spammers will never go away. Just report anything you see (especially in responses and comments) and it will be dealt with within, at most, 24 hours and usually much sooner.

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@marlina (154130)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

It is very annoying. The adm is doing a great job.

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Kevin

@kevin1877uk (36988)

•

2 Nov 15

@owlwings True that won't go away, all ways a problem.

Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

2 Nov 15

I think you will have that no matter where you go. We just have to do our part and report this when we see it.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

2 Nov 15

We had the same thing happening on another site I belong to and half the time they write in their native tongue which is not allowed but they are booted out almost immediately after reporting them.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

8 Nov 15

@simone10 Just the other day when I went into the new section someone had written in another language and I reported them. How can you respond to something if you can't understand it.

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Sharon

@simone10 (54187)

• Louisville, Kentucky

8 Nov 15

@Marcyaz So far I haven't run across different languages yet. That is a sure way to get deleted.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

2 Nov 15

This can be difficult to deal with effectively because many just create new accounts and repost the same garbage.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

2 Nov 15

@Marcyaz Their IP address is always a good way to block banned members from rejoining, but seems to be something that most sites are reluctant to do.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

2 Nov 15

@Asylum I would say if that is the way to catch them then do it. I do know a number of sites that have done that in the past and have even banned certain countries.

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

2 Nov 15

Then the admin should be able to catch them by their ISP which will show up if they have the software in place for that.

TheRealDawn

@dawnald (85146)

• Shingle Springs, California

3 Nov 15

That was allowed until the site started paying again. Perhaps these folks didn't get the message. Probably though they are just spammers, a plague that you find on all pay sites.

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vanny

@vandana7 (100619)

• India

3 Nov 15

You have a point there. It was indeed allowed, which was also the reason I steered clear.

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

3 Nov 15

I am very surprised to read that this sort of behaviour was allowed before.

kiran8

@kiran8 (15348)

• Mangalore, India

2 Nov 15

If the members continue to post repeatedly they should be banned ..

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crazzydolphin

@crazzydolphin (3636)

• United States

3 Nov 15

There is always someone on any site that you are on that try and ruin things for the honest ones. I hate that there are always spammers lurking around but I to am happy that he admin is so on top of things and get the gone as fast as they can.

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crazzydolphin

@crazzydolphin (3636)

• United States

3 Nov 15

@marlina The admin here is great about so many things honestly. They get back to you fast and run the site well. I am happy to be a part of MyLot again.

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

3 Nov 15

I am very happy with what the administration of Mylot is doing about it.

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Yalul

@yalul070 (1713)

• Manila, Philippines

9 Nov 15

Oh no! Then let's do our part to report as soon as possible.

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Yalul

@yalul070 (1713)

• Manila, Philippines

10 Nov 15

@marlina they're really a nuisance! i wish they'd just scram.

@marlina (154130)

• Canada

9 Nov 15

I do report everyone that is not doing it right.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51506)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

I haven't ran across anything like that lately, but a while back I did. It does ruin the atmosphere here.

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AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45494)

• United States

2 Nov 15

There will always be people like that - report and move on...

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

2 Nov 15

I've reported a couple of them. If we are all vigilant perhaps we can keep their numbers down.

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@marlina (154130)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

Glad you did.

Hazel Vee

@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

2 Nov 15

Those people from India ( not all though ) sure mess up things for others don't they?

Always smiling

@allknowing (137933)

• India

2 Nov 15

Any idea how many Indians are involved in this? It hurts when Indians are generalised here. I am from India and a very respectable member here.

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Hazel Vee

@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

2 Nov 15

@allknowing oh no, I don't think this post is generalising .. it just happens that some people from India are doing it .. and some from Hong Kong . It's just the fact, some people from the Philippines did mess up things too ( on other site ) for others who are doing the right thing ..

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@marlina (154130)

• Canada

2 Nov 15

@allknowing I don't mean to put all Indians in the same basket. It is only a few that have been doing this sort of thing around here.

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