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Help Us Keep Our Community Spam-Free

Sharon Mod

Hi everyone

We're looking into why there's been a surge in spam posts recently and will update you when we have answers. In the meantime, we need your help. If you come across a post that looks like spam or violates our guidelines, please report it.

  1. Click ‘More’ under the post.
  2. Select ‘Flag to Moderator’.

Just 2 user reports will automatically remove the post from the forum. Your quick action helps keep spammers out.

Thanks for being an essential part of the Online Community.

Sharon Mod

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  • in reply to Aspeth

    ""Rule 11: No spam. Under our rules, spam includes: advertisements, repetitive posts, links to harmful sites that may contain malware, scams or messages generated by software rather than a human user."

    Usually the account is brand new and this is the only post - which breaks Rule 11 because it is an advert out of context of a thread discussion

    Bad signs are posts quoting quoting international telephone numbers / WhatsApp contacts.

    The topics msy be about things nobody on our community respecting the rules would talk about - like legal advice or medical advice.

    The rapidity of multiple posts faster than mist people could type / copy and paste may be another clue.

    Often there may strange additional characters in the text.

    Links with no explanation about whst they sre for.

    Links whose names don't look as though they were likely to match what was bring described in the text.

    Anything urgently encouraging something to be done by a deadline / quickly.

    Multiple new profiles all posting the same or very similar content.

    ...the post has been there a while and everyone else has decided not to reply.

    If if doubt: do not press random links.

    If you think a post or reply breaks the rules: press "more" then "flag to moderator".

    If you are worried by a post / reply:: you can email the Community Manager via CommunityManager@nas.org.uk

    Hope that helps.

  • in reply to DormouseAtRest_25

    Ahh, I see... So how do you tell the difference between someone spamming in that way or just genuinely wanting to express how that company/app/site/etc. helped them?

    I'm not defending anyone, I'm genuinely curious because I know I have done this 2 or 3 times with pure intentions of explaining how I have been helped...