admin will be very busy deleting accounts

you can change your account settings to "Only those I follow can message me." if your account setting is "Anyone can message me, except for those I've blocked" then any new member that signs up can immediately spam you.

@hereandthere Is it better though to have them message me then report them?

@myklj999 You can't report them just for following you though, can you? Only if they ask to be followed. Have I got that right?

it happens now and then. hope everything's well with you, inspite of.

@hereandthere Oh I reviewed my responded posts and when I remembered where that post is the post seems to be deleted already as I have not seen that post anymore. Maybe someone had reported it already and it got deleted or the owner itself deleted it already.

@hereandthere I will when I see one. So far I have only seen one and it is already gone.

admin actually needs our help in flagging them. here is what he says in another discussion: "The 'Report' button is essential to the life of myLot. There are very many things which I cannot possibly see and it is the duty of every myLotter to help me to find and deal with anything which you think is a violation of the Guidelines or the Terms of Use. It's important to understand that the person whose post it is you are reporting doesn't know that it is reported (unless you tell them) and that I cannot see who has reported something, so it is completely anonymous. Very occasionally, we have had instances where someone has used the 'Report' button vindictively and, in those cases - which are usually very obvious to me, I can find out who is responsible and, you can be certain that I will deal with them, because we do not want vindictiveness or personal bigotry here!. I treat everything reported on its merits (or otherwise) and, if it doesn't seem to violate the Guidelines in my opinion, then I won't delete it and nobody will be the loser. If anyone is concerned about something which they think should not be here, report it and send me a PM with more details about your concerns and I will try to answer them." source:

they think this is facebook, instagram, twitter, etc

they're all gone - for now!

it started happening last night and went on until this afternoon. but admin is here now and has swept them all.

@hereandthere oh, it is a good thing the admin is always active

@hereandthere that's good to protect the site, our only happiness.

be glad you missed it! the upside of it is others became aware that it's a big no-no and when it happened again more people were jumping in to tell them off.

@hereandthere Wow! I missed the telling off party !

@hereandthere Those are the users who are in here for the quick money scheme and thought they might get that from Mylot. These are the same users I report on WA as well, usually from India.

@toniganzon mylot might have similarities to fb, twitter, instagram, etc, but mylot is more than that and the concept was born way before social media was invented

there are several who went through one discussion and copy-pasted that "follow me/follow you" comment on each and every one of the responses. sheesh! you can tell they're not really paying attention and treat all sites the same.

it happens now and then but admin deals with it as soon as they're alerted to it

nobody wants spams and trolls, but admin needs our help in flagging them.

@hereandthere so far I haven't encountered yet. I'm not so active here .

@nela13 that has happened also

they were all from the same country

@hereandthere maybe it is the same user with multiple accounts.

@hereandthere I will PM admin asap. Thank you for the information!

@hereandthere I did :) thank you again for the info and thanks for the heads up on these fake accounts because I wouldn't have known otherwise

admin has asked us to help flag them so they can be brought to his attention. just like you and me, he can't be here 24/7.

@hereandthere Yes. But I think they did nothing else other than this stupid follow me comments and PM. Maybe they had a misunderstanding that more followers means more earnings here.

@arunima25 they think mylot is the same as fb, twitter, instagram, etc

they're gone for now. but it happens now and then. just flag them if they respond or comment with "follow me and i'll follow you" or forward to admin if they send private messages

@hereandthere thanks, yes will take note of that.

it happens now and then

no, i don't receive spam message through PM here because my settings is set to only those i follow can message me. however, i have seen them going through discussions and copy/pasting "follow me and i'll follow you back" on all the responses and comments. i have flagged all that i saw.