status-resolved Members spamming...

[MacRcn]

I've been reading this site for quite some time- and I've seen great content and a community of people trying to help each other.

But recently I've had some issues. Being a new member I only get a few posts/ conversations a day. And lately I've been bombarded by things I'd only call spam.

I posted a message looking for a fishing domain. One user responded with "crime USA.com". I said- that's not fishing related and assumed he made a mistake. He then messaged that it's a good magazine domain and also suggested more totally unrelated domains. This person is a business member, but I see this as absolute spam.
Today I had the same issue with a different user. Just randomly sending a list of unrelated names.

 

[deez007]

bwhaahha CrimeUSA.com & Fishing .. Hmm maybe he/she thought you meant Phishing

 

[enlytend]

Report them. It's against forum rules to DM unsolicited offers, and it's spam per marketplace rules to reply with a domain that doesn't meet the requesters criteria.
https://www.namepros.com/threads/rule-reminder-criteria-requirements.857629/

 

[deez007]

Just by the way...

I saw that you have a thread in the WTB section Titled:
WTB Sherpa brandable domain

The body for your thread has only this description:
$1-100.
Only .com
Pm price and domain

Then user, @Mary Muse sends you a PM and you reply on the thread saying:
"Was that a mistake? Not one had the word Sherpa in it..."

If you going to be requesting domains and don't feel the need to take the time to provide adequate details on what sort of domains you are looking for THEN you shouldn't be ranting about the types of PM's you are getting..

Your Title says Sherpa Brandable domains... that basically means any brandable domains related to Sherpa/Sherpa's - http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/sherpa

It does not mean you want a domain with the word Sherpa in it. If thats what you want then include that in the thread description.

You open the door for ambiguity, ambiguity walks through the door....Then you question how/why did ambiguity come inside.

 

[enlytend]

Just to be clear. I post a WTB post here on NP and I'm getting messaged here by NP members with totally unrelated domains. Just whatever names they are dumping

When I advertise specifically for one word dictionary names you wouldn't believe the garbage I get! You have to weed through it for sure.

Yeah...got some spam myself today. I will NEVER buy anything from a clown that spams me.

Report, report, report so forum admins and moderators can deal with it. If people start accumulating warning points, they'll be more careful or eventually their account will be suspended.
Nobody reports them, nothing happens, they keep spamming.
Someone spammed me the other day.. then tried to argue with me - lol .

 

[enlytend]

They got the personalized treatment .

 

[enlytend]

I am not familiar with Xenforo administration, but do Admins and Mods have access to our PMs like on vBulletin forums, or are they off limits like Invision Power Board?

Or viewable if we hit "report" in the PM?

Not sure what Admins can see, I (just a lowly Mod ) don't have access to PM's unless I'm in the conversation.
But, if you hit "report", it copies the message you reported and sends it to the report queue. Whoever reads the reports can see it and act accordingly.

 

[johname]

Maybe they thought it was shepherding and sheep eat leaves and herbs. lol

 

[hawkeye]

At least with email spam it's easy to filter via cpanel, three keywords usually cuts 90% of it out. SEO, India and Design.

So so true. LOL.

 

[deez007]

Ok- I want to make an apology to @Mary Muse
I was unaware of "domainsherpas" which really muddied the waters. I still got a ton of irrelevant names for fishing avd other requests and I
Apologize as it was a last straw moment.

I thought it was clear- but given DS is a household name around here (unbeknownst to me) things are a bit cleaner.

Kudos for stepping up and appologizing to her publically. Everyone fcks up now and then...most people ar too arrogant and ignorant to appologize or admit their mistake. You doing so shows sound character... 10 points and welcome to Namepros

 

[Eric Lyon]

I am not familiar with Xenforo administration, but do Admins and Mods have access to our PMs like on vBulletin forums, or are they off limits like Invision Power Board? Or viewable if we hit "report" in the PM?

Not sure what Admins can see, I (just a lowly Mod ) don't have access to PM's unless I'm in the conversation.
But, if you hit "report", it copies the message you reported and sends it to the report queue. Whoever reads the reports can see it and act accordingly.

To clarify, when you report a Direct Message (DM), we can only see the single message that you reported (It doesn't show the full conversation). That is why when we receive a DM report, we have to request that we are added to the DM by the reporter so that we have the full context of the message that was reported and we can take the appropriate action.

If the DM is locked and prevents the member from adding us to it (DM creators decide if a DM is locked), then we can have our database engineer add us to the DM manually so that we are listed as a participant in the DM and can assist with the report.


Hope that helps,

 

[Mister Funsky]

Report, report, report so forum admins and moderators can deal with it.

Good point...will do.

 

[maksimfa]

I've been reading this site for quite some time- and I've seen great content and a community of people trying to help each other.

But recently I've had some issues. Being a new member I only get a few posts/ conversations a day. And lately I've been bombarded by things I'd only call spam.

I posted a message looking for a fishing domain. One user responded with "crime USA.com". I said- that's not fishing related and assumed he made a mistake. He then messaged that it's a good magazine domain and also suggested more totally unrelated domains. This person is a business member, but I see this as absolute spam.
Today I had the same issue with a different user. Just randomly sending a list of unrelated names.

I can certainly see how that is an issue, but I do not mind getting messages via PMs.

I have recently had the issue of people emailing me offering their domains.... so there are folks who are trolling the forum, looking for folks, looking them up via whois and spamming them. ois vai.

 

[Mister Funsky]

Yeah...got some spam myself today. I will NEVER buy anything from a clown that spams me.

 

[johnn]

crime USA.com

This one is fishing related as a lot of people go fishing without a license so they belong to crime in the USA.

 

[johnn]

I sent you one, did you get it?

 

[deez007]

Report, report, report so forum admins and moderators can deal with it. If people start accumulating warning points, they'll be more careful or eventually their account will be suspended.
Nobody reports them, nothing happens, they keep spamming.
Someone spammed me the other day.. then tried to argue with me - lol .

"Someone spammed me the other day.. then tried to argue with me - lol "

Hope you reported it

 

[deez007]

Maybe they thought it was shepherding and sheep eat leaves and herbs. lol

Bwhahah and maybe they were health concious sheep and only eat Organic leaves and herbs too

 

[iAchilles]

I feel your pain OP. What really bothers me is that it's not just newbies sending unrelated domains, it's established members too and they should know better.

On any wanted thread I've posted maybe 20% of the domains have adhered to the listed requirements. Then when you don't respond many will follow up asking for a response. Not cool.

At least with email spam it's easy to filter via cpanel, three keywords usually cuts 90% of it out. SEO, India and Design. It is what it is.

 

[MacRcn]

Ok- I want to make an apology to @Mary Muse
I was unaware of "domainsherpas" which really muddied the waters. I still got a ton of irrelevant names for fishing avd other requests and I
Apologize as it was a last straw moment.

I thought it was clear- but given DS is a household name around here (unbeknownst to me) things are a bit cleaner.

 

[kingdombunniez]

Actually so far no spam via pm (except for one) :P Neh that was a joke. Actually this forums is one of the most "clean" and professional forums I have been a member off for a very long time. So far its all good~ But I can understand you being annoyed when you get dozens of "unwanted" PM's.

 

[MacRcn]

Kudos for stepping up and appologizing to her publically. Everyone fcks up now and then...most people ar too arrogant and ignorant to appologize or admit their mistake. You doing so shows sound character... 10 points and welcome to Namepros

What you were saying now makes total sense. But if you didn't know what DS you can see the confusion.

 

[Kuffy]

Spam in all its forms is a real nuisance, and it often results in my blocking sites, or even complete TLDs. I had my spamassasin settings at a fairly high level, and I discovered that it was blocking some transfer notification mail. It's easy to get round, but it means you have to spend time building whitelists.

Spamming unrequested names shows a measure of desperation imho. It would lead me to drop the offer price if the name was any good.

 

[MacRcn]

Just to be clear. I post a WTB post here on NP and I'm getting messaged here by NP members with totally unrelated domains. Just whatever names they are dumping

 

[uglydork]

When I advertise specifically for one word dictionary names you wouldn't believe the garbage I get! You have to weed through it for sure.