I found a cheater

@Trace86 (5030)
United States
April 12, 2007 2:13pm CST
I found a cheater here on mylot. I reported them using the ! Now what can I do so others will know and report them too? This person has posted the same reply, word for word, to every weight loss discussion I have looked at in the last day and a half. Including mine.
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@Jennifer21 (2476)
• United States
12 Apr 07
Well, at first I thought you were referring to me. I accidentally posted the exact same question twice. My computer is on the fritz. I had to refresh it and I guess that posted it more then once. If you are reporting me, I am very sorry. I do see that it is wrong to double post, or to copy others posts. They should come up with original ideas to post about, not just the same thing over and over, that is what makes mylot interesting.
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@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
13 Apr 07
Not you Jenn. This other person has posted a very long response in numerous discussions about weight loss that is word for word exactly the same. The admin deleted his response from my discussion after I reported, but not the other discussions.
• India
23 Apr 07
Good job friend. Just keep reporting and that is the only way we can save mylot from the abusers.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
13 Apr 07
When we find one we need to report them. The more who do and the more that mylot admins know about the more likely they are to go after them. Until one of us reports them though they might slip in under the radar which in the end hurts us all. There are a lot of posts per day and it would be hard for the admins to catch them all on their own. It is up to us to spot things and report them to the admininstartors. We also have to remember that we can't leave it up to someone else to report it. If we do everyone could think someone else is doing it and then no one would report. We don't want that.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
23 Apr 07
I have never reported a cheater because to be honest I am not aware of having seen one yet?? I often wonder how many cheaters are active on this site that are not caught out as I am sure there are many other like me that use this site blissfully unaware of those around us abusing it so blatantly. All I can suggest other than reporting them using the ! button is to continue doing what you have just done and make others aware of what is going on (without specifically naming the offender but steering us in the right direction) so that we can do the same as you have done and mark the offender with the ! also. Strength in numbers yes?
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
14 Apr 07
I'd say just report them- Mylot should do the rest... I honestly haven't found any yet- Why cheat- why take that time?? Just honestly answer discussions. Mylot cheaters should just be banned from the site-- They are jeopardizing the site. Good job-- I'm going to keep my eyes open. I think if alot of report them- maybe they will be kicked off.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
12 Apr 07
Good for you. I'm glad you found them. It isn't fair to the rest of us who work hard every day to do our best at Mylot. I have never found a cheater yet at Mylot. I have not noticed anyone posting the same discussions or responses since I started here back in January. I'm sure there are quite a few of them doing this. Mylot will eventually catch them if one of us do not so it first. I'm glad you reported them to Mylot. Those are the types of people who will ruin it for the rest of us. that is how our earnings are being deducted from. Mylot deletes those types of posts which makes our earnings go lower. Good job in finding them. I hope alot more people report this stuff. I will report it also if I see something liek this. It isn't fair to the rest of us at all to have to deal with such things.
@Joslyn77 (374)
• United States
15 Apr 07
Trac I've got a question for you. Do you get paid for responding or putting comments under other people's answers when they respond to a discussion you start? What about responding to a comment under someone elses posted responses? Do you get what I am aking you?
@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
13 Jun 07
No, you don't get credit to comment or respond to your own discussion. You will get credit for one comment on someone else's response in somebody else's discussion.
@Joslyn77 (374)
• United States
15 Apr 07
I take it that isn't allowed. I have not even read all the rules for mylot. You can respond to similar discussions,but it has to be different words every time? Didn't know. I guess you do learn something knew everyday.
• United States
22 Apr 07
I am so glad you are up on this . One of my mylot friends had someone copy his discussion almost word for word.I wuold just start a discussion and let people know what ever the cheater is doing. Maybe you could put it in your title