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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.

Calendargirl Tue 14-May-24 09:45:51

We keep having this discussion, should we say reported or not?

YES!

Does it matter if it makes the spam go to the top? No it doesn’t. At least we know it has been reported by someone, otherwise we all assume another poster has gone to the trouble of doing it and I won’t have to. Yippee!

Far more use than posting ‘bump’.

Parsley3 Tue 14-May-24 09:26:24

Thank you, Kelly. They are gone now.

KellyGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 14-May-24 09:21:56

Thanks, all - we're on the case! So sorry for all the disruption.

Wheniwasyourage Tue 14-May-24 09:17:25

What not shat blush!

Wheniwasyourage Tue 14-May-24 09:16:49

That makes sense NotSpaghetti and is shat I do too.

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

Bump

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.

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

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

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

I have reported them to Wix.

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?

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!

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.

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

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

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 08:54:00

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

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

Bump

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

They’re at it again this morning 🤬

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.

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

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

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

Loads of them again.
🤬

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

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

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?

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

They`ve started on AIBU

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

I reported 9 before 6.30 this morning!