[IMA-GregT]

Hi @AaronAF , it’s like whack-a-mole. Some spam gets through. The vast majoroity of it doesn’t. So then I have to find the discussion or reply and set it to spam and suspend the account.

Please ignore these when you see them. I am watching for them all the time. And apologies that they get through.

[Dr. Rafael F. Cruz MD]

TOO MANY SOLICITATION OFFERS ARE BEING SUBMITTED THROUGH THIS PLATFORM which will eventually causes people to drop out of this platform. I have received as many as 2 per day. Please address this issue. Dr. Rafael F. Cruz MD

[aaronaf]

That Ukrainian spam was the first spam I had noticed. GregT is doing a fine job at catching 99.99% of them!

[IMA-GregT]

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[IMA-GregT]

Hi @Dr. Rafael F. Cruz MD , the issue is someone will sign up under a spurious name, and they immediately have the ability to post a new discussion, so they do. Our spam checker will check the post according to it’s algorithms and bump it into spam accordingly. I have to look in the spam folder multiple times a day to make sure that legitamit posts haven’t landed up in there, and they often do.raf

So if someone signs up and posts something that maybe has a link that looks legit, it may get through. The issue then is that everyone gets the notification that there’s a new post. You can turn off the notifications on your profile, but then you won’t get notification of posts you may be interested in.

And then numerous times/day I check for spam that has gotten through, and I’ll mark it as spam and suspend the user.

So, we can only apologize for those that do slip through. It’s cat and mouse and whackamole. Please know though we’re doing everything we can to minimise these. Some though do slip through.

And also please know, they don’t have your name at all. It’s just the notfication system doing it’s work. Apologies again.

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[Dr. Rafael F. Cruz MD]

Thanks for your good work and explanation. I have seen more get through with solicitations for vitamins, creams, protein drinks, pharmacies. etc. Would you like to be notified? What is the best way?

[IMA-HelenT]

Yes please let us know, that would be helpful. If you can send us a message or forward the emails … thank you

[IMA-GregT]

Thanks Dr. Cruz. I’ve changed the name of this discussion so it can become a Spam Reporting Hub. Any spam reported here, (if I’ve missed it) will be set to spam and the spurious user suspended accordingly.

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[IMA-GregT]

Hi all – A bunch from shind12 slipped through today. All set to spam and user (who registered yesterday) is suspended.

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[IMA-GregT]

Just fyi – Set to spam today! And new users suspended.

 

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[IMA-GregT]

Set to Spam today and user suspended

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[IMA-GregT]

Just fyi: Set to spam and user suspended
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[IMA-GregT]

Set to spam and user suspended.

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And this one too, user is not the same as picture, different name to picture in video linked. Happy to unspam if genuine. Please get in touch and explain.

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[IMA-GregT]

Set to Span today –

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[IMA-GregT]

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[IMA-GregT]

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[IMA-GregT]

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[aaronaf]

Would it help if every IMA user would click on the three-dot line to “report reply” when they suspect spam?

[IMA-GregT]

@AaronAF Apologies, I did answer this, but maybe didn’t save.

Would you like me to set up a new discussion, becasue maybe you get pinged on each one of these. I think it may fill up my inbox if everyone pings me about spam. But happy to field them, if that’s the preference.

[IMA-GregT]

Spammed and suspended today

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[IMA-GregT]

Today’s set to Spam and suspended user

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