PaulStoffregen
Well-known member
Please keep an eye out for spam bots posting nonsense replies.
At first glance, these messages look like an overconfident non-English speaking novice trying to be helpful. The bots compose replies from fragments of messages from other threads. You can tell it's a bot by clicking the link to their user profile. Bots will have a "home page" link to a site selling pills, porn or other junk.
If you see any of these, please click the "Report Post" (small black triangle below the message) and in the report, please mention this is a bot with a spam link on their profile page. Robin does review every spam report, but when the original message looks like it might be legitimate without the surrounding thread's context, she often takes a conservative approach to avoid banning a real person. Please mention the account's profile has a spammy home page link so she'll be sure to ban the account.
At first glance, these messages look like an overconfident non-English speaking novice trying to be helpful. The bots compose replies from fragments of messages from other threads. You can tell it's a bot by clicking the link to their user profile. Bots will have a "home page" link to a site selling pills, porn or other junk.
If you see any of these, please click the "Report Post" (small black triangle below the message) and in the report, please mention this is a bot with a spam link on their profile page. Robin does review every spam report, but when the original message looks like it might be legitimate without the surrounding thread's context, she often takes a conservative approach to avoid banning a real person. Please mention the account's profile has a spammy home page link so she'll be sure to ban the account.