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They’re at it again - spam messages

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nanna8 Mon 13-May-24 00:37:59

Ridiculous people, they need to get a life.

BlueBelle Mon 13-May-24 04:41:19

It’s probably not real people Nana8 sending these more likely bots

Curtaintwitcher Mon 13-May-24 06:44:09

What exactly is the purpose of it?

Smileless2012 Mon 13-May-24 12:27:11

GNHQ must be getting on top of it because I haven't seen any today.

Grandmabatty Mon 13-May-24 12:29:00

Smileless they were choking the site at half five this morning and we're cleared by the back of seven

Calendargirl Mon 13-May-24 13:13:58

I reported 9 before 6.30 this morning!

Hellogirl1 Mon 13-May-24 18:04:17

They`ve started on AIBU

SueDonim Mon 13-May-24 18:09:01

Oh for goodness sake! It’s gone from two to seven spam threads in just a few minutes!

I don’t understand how they’ve able to access GN but is there nothing more HQ can do to prevent it?

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 13-May-24 18:10:13

Just when I thought GN had got on top of it - obviously not.

Callistemon21 Mon 13-May-24 18:15:32

Loads of them again.
🤬

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 13-May-24 18:18:53

Why can’t GN be more proactive? These spam posts are instantly recognisable

Elegran Mon 13-May-24 18:21:42

They have done something, though I don't know what. The spam was arriving at intervals of about one minute, but there have been none for nearly 10 minutes.

LizzieDrip Tue 14-May-24 08:52:35

They’re at it again this morning 🤬

LizzieDrip Tue 14-May-24 08:52:58

Bump

aggie Tue 14-May-24 08:54:00

I’m reporting them , but not posting on the threads

NotSpaghetti Tue 14-May-24 08:55:14

Please say "reported" than we know we don't have to aggie

aggie Tue 14-May-24 08:57:03

But that puts them up the page , I don’t think too many reports matter , I’ve not been told to stop

aggie Tue 14-May-24 08:58:36

Anyway I think that the moderators are doing what they can , they are working against a mindless machine

Grandmadinosaur Tue 14-May-24 08:59:32

I reported one but wasn’t sure whether to put reported in the comments. As you say though NS I wasn't to know if had already been done.

Farmor15 Tue 14-May-24 09:01:32

One thing GN could do is limit the length of post title. All these spam ones have very long titles!

maddyone Tue 14-May-24 09:10:47

I’m puzzled by this. I’ve n seen anything like this before in any other site. Why are they doing it?

NotSpaghetti Tue 14-May-24 09:11:06

I have reported them to Wix.

Wyllow3 Tue 14-May-24 09:14:26

Just report: if we put report it just bumps it up.

NotSpaghetti Tue 14-May-24 09:14:33

Aggie, once you see it has 2 posts you can hide it and go by.
If we all reported and didn't say something each post could be reported by dozens of us.
If there is only one reported comment they will soon drop down.

nanna8 Tue 14-May-24 09:16:17

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