Someone is out to make trouble 15 June 2020 at 4:11PM in Site Feedback 69 replies 2.2K views

duncanthedog

Someone has been going around reporting innocent posts as spam, they are not picking on any single individual but I have had 4 reports against me and I know of at least one other with a couple against them.
If this goes on and they continue to report posts, what will happen?
I don't like to see that I have posts reported against my profile for no reason and would like them investigated and removed please and if possible the guilty party dealt with.

comeandgo

Does it not need 5 different people to report spam before anything is done?

duncanthedog

serial returning AE would have no problem with that rule.

comeandgo

Yes, you are right there.  I had never noticed the spam count on our profiles before, I had a look at some of the posters and some, who never have posted spam still have a few counts against them.   

comeandgo

Yes, you are right there.  I had never noticed the spam count on our profiles before, I had a look at some of the posters and some, who never have posted spam still have a few counts against them.   

DoaM

I wonder if some people are hitting the spam button accidentally when using the mobile view?

I've noticed that 2 of my posts have been marked as spam even though they are anything but:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77253931#Comment_77253931
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77245249#Comment_77245249

adonis

DoaM said:

I wonder if some people are hitting the spam button accidentally when using the mobile view?

I've noticed that 2 of my posts have been marked as spam even though they are anything but:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77253931#Comment_77253931
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77245249#Comment_77245249

I have just clicked on one of the posts you quoted to see if it said who reported it and I seem to have reported you for spam as well ,no idea if I can unreport it.

cymruchris

How do you work out which of your own posts are marked as spam? I appear to have ten. If I click on ‘thanks’ I can see which posts have been thanked - but when I click on my profile ‘spam’ I don’t see anything. I’d be interested to know which of my posts were marked as such. 

thingamaBob

adonis said:

DoaM said:

I wonder if some people are hitting the spam button accidentally when using the mobile view?

I've noticed that 2 of my posts have been marked as spam even though they are anything but:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77253931#Comment_77253931
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77245249#Comment_77245249

I have just clicked on one of the posts you quoted to see if it said who reported it and I seem to have reported you for spam as well ,no idea if I can unreport it.

Click Spam again to remove report.

elsien

My posts which have been reported as spam weren't spam but are ones which a particular poster took exception to. Is there a way to report misuse of the spam button? 

KeithP

elsien said:

Is there a way to report misuse of the spam button? 

Yes of course. Report the post, by hitting the Report button, where you believe that the Spam button has been misused.

Alternatively, send an email to  [email protected] explaining the issue with links to the post that has been marked as spam.