Blocking a poster on pm’s

These arnt real people. They are AI Bots.

petra

These arnt real people. They are AI Bots.

Chestersmiles, bot or not, has a GN account from which he is stalking and importuning via PM, targeted GN posters.

Chestersmiles hitting on newly bereaved MOnica was inexcusable.

That's why GN should be terminating the account.

Multiple posters claim to have reported its PM activities.

I’ve had one.
Very polite but no need for a PM.
He/She could have spoken to me on the thread concerned.
The conversation was worded in a way that clearly wanted a reply.
I blocked straight away.

butterandjam

petra

These arnt real people. They are AI Bots.

Chestersmiles, bot or not, has a GN account from which he is stalking and importuning via PM, targeted GN posters.

Chestersmiles hitting on newly bereaved MOnica was inexcusable.

That's why GN should be terminating the account.

Multiple posters claim to have reported its PM activities.

I’ve been a member for 15 years and have seen many BOTS come and go.
HQ maintain that they only ban when a member has broken forum guidelines. So far, it hasn’t.
They did ban me once for calling out a BOT for what it was.
A member reported me for offending a BOT.
This member who reported me is just the sort of person who is vulnerable to scams.

Kandinsky

I’ve had one.
Very polite but no need for a PM.
He/She could have spoken to me on the thread concerned.
The conversation was worded in a way that clearly wanted a reply.
I blocked straight away.

Of course there was a need to contact you by PM.
By PM you would have an exchange of niceties until it got to the stage where it would suggest you exchange email address.
Gotcha!!!!

Well yes, definitely.
That’s why I blocked him.

petra

Kandinsky

I’ve had one.
Very polite but no need for a PM.
He/She could have spoken to me on the thread concerned.
The conversation was worded in a way that clearly wanted a reply.
I blocked straight away.

Of course there was a need to contact you by PM.
By PM you would have an exchange of niceties until it got to the stage where it would suggest you exchange email address.
Gotcha!!!!

Well I was very suspicious and it seems we aren’t a very trusting bunch!
That’s a good thing.

And there was me thinking she had singled me out for my charm andverudition ......

Jennyren why do you refer to this poster as a man it could be man /woman or bot so maybe ‘it’ is better 🤣

Or ‘them’ 😁
Anyway, I had one this morning and just clicked on the block poster icon.

PamelaJ1

Mine is a very friendly message from someone in San Francisco.

Mine too.

I have had two, one this morning. Just deleted them. Noticed if was from San Francisco, my first thought was, it was a Silicone Valley bot as its the home of AI etc or a bored teenager in a bedroom.

I had an unexpected pm a couple of weeks ago, from America. I ignored it. Havnt heard anything since.

Crikey, we have all been busy blocking and reporting..poor ChesterBot...NOT !!!

Also got one from San Francisco. When it asked me where i was from, i blocked it

BlueBelle

Jennyren why do you refer to this poster as a man it could be man /woman or bot so maybe ‘it’ is better 🤣

😂

I was hedging my bets and being polite, he could be a multi-millionaire who thinks I'm in need of some cash.

It's a Bot.

Chestersmiles was definitely a man to me.
He said he lost his wife to Covid.

Thank you!

Thank you.

Good to be reminded.

Chester is a man and I am offended he didn't single me out. He wanted to discuss my cat Tara who died three years ago so he must have been lurking since them. Very strange. I thought he was lonely but was glad San Franscisco is a long way away.

The last was how i travelled since I had to stop driving 18 months ago. Goodbye Chester/.

Thanks for that, admin. I am not sure what these lurkers get out of it really. Maybe they would be better off on an over 50 s dating app ? 🙂