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savemoney
savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
edited 17 July 2010 at 10:11AM in Site feedback and Forum Help
I have reported a poster who continues to spam on mse for many months now

Can abuse please look at this poster I enclosed a screenshot where they admit its there web site and has at least 10 posts promoting this on one forum

I wouldnt normally raise this but it seems even though you do right thing to report abuse nothing as yet has been done


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EDIT well it seems there post has now got pulled but many of there spam posts remain

The poster even had cheek claim it isnt spam today before it got pulled I assume by a BG

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Comments

  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    It is not the first time they have had posts pulled (and as far as I can recall, not the second or third either!) - maybe worth reporting to Abuse as well?
    Gone ... or have I?
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Yes I did twice and still they spam they had at least 2 posts removed the last 2 days thats probably because a BG moved them after I highlighted what they did
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Still poster hasnt been banned

    what the heck is wrong with this forum 3 times I emailed they have had spam removed but going back to June posts they have lots of spam
  • Lost2
    Lost2 Posts: 15,648 Forumite
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    it seems some people can get away with spamming
    and nothing is done
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  • BLT_2
    BLT_2 Posts: 1,307 Forumite
    Lost2 wrote: »
    it seems some people can get away with spamming
    and nothing is done

    Perhaps the Admin has shares :-)
  • meher
    meher Posts: 15,910 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    savemoney wrote: »
    Still poster hasnt been banned

    what the heck is wrong with this forum 3 times I emailed
    I suspect it's the weekend and because this doesn't look like a matter of life and death. And 9 posts out of 150 odd posts helping people look for a decent deal from someone who appears to be part of the MSE community should be just banned to put rest to your obsession? I respect that the team finds their members in good faith; probably they are waiting and watching before they warn or ban for all you know. If I frequented other parts of the forum I'd be posting about HoF offers a lot because it's one of the best places for bargains and even the occasional freebies of expensive home items, yet so under-researched and I don't even own HoF although I wish :D I did. My point is that you never know the motive when they are regulars or the forum team strategy for that matter.
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Meher the poster had several posts removed the other day I assume by a board guide, they remain on forums browsing and odd posts but I bet they post there site again when it quietens down

    Its not an obsession I browse that forum a lot looking for deals, its not fair they continue to promote there web site when others who have done some much less get ppr'd
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