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I’m sure this has already been noticed, but we seem to have attracted an advertising bot. There are four new threads that look pretty out-of-place: one for custom-printed bags, one for diaper bags, one for jeans, and one for sneakers. They’re in the Windstone Store Discussion section; if they were in the Flea Market I wouldn’t have said anything, but they’re clearly in an odd place and that makes me think they were put there by a bot. I opened the one for printed bags and it sure looks like an ad to me, but I haven’t opened the other three. The poster for all four is beatsdresales.
If I am in error and this is just a case of someone accidentally posting the wrong topics in the wrong forum, then I apologize profoundly. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. But if we’ve got a bot then I also don’t want the Forum to get spammed with a bunch of automated adverts either. :~
I’m sure this has already been noticed, but we seem to have attracted an advertising bot. There are four new threads that look pretty out-of-place: one for custom-printed bags, one for diaper bags, one for jeans, and one for sneakers. They’re in the Windstone Store Discussion section; if they were in the Flea Market I wouldn’t have said anything, but they’re clearly in an odd place and that makes me think they were put there by a bot. I opened the one for printed bags and it sure looks like an ad to me, but I haven’t opened the other three. The poster for all four is beatsdresales.
If I am in error and this is just a case of someone accidentally posting the wrong topics in the wrong forum, then I apologize profoundly. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. But if we’ve got a bot then I also don’t want the Forum to get spammed with a bunch of automated adverts either. :~
yup
That spam should be all gone now! Thanks for letting us know. If you see one – its a good idea to pm or email me or John or Pam… There’s supposed to be a report button but someone said it was missing. Not sure about that problem! Thanks! Spam averted.
When you advertise a product or service, you attempt to persuade an audience to take action. Marketing, on the other hand, is a strategy that organizes sales techniques and business communications in an effort to build a relationship with customers and create value, according the American Marketing Association. Proper marketing is identifying and satisfying the wants and needs of customers while making a profit at the same time. Thanks.
Regards,
Law CreativeThose are a different poster, who actually has been a member for several weeks (which doesn’t mean it isn’t a bot).
There are a bunch of ads for medicine and pills now… creepy. I think someone might (?) want to remove those. (They aren’t in flea market section, or else I would not have asked.)
My apologies if someone had posted them on purpose, but I don’t think they belong here.
[i]Keeping an eye out for fantasy gryphons and test paint dragons.[/i]
I tried removing them, but I get a weird error when I try to follow the links – which might mean someone else is trying to remove them too. I’ll poke someone tomorrow if they’re still there.
That’s weird. I just checked now and see them all listed as new forum topics but when I clicked on them it said not found which is probably good if someone already removed them. I would probably remove whoever posted them so they don’t appear everyday. I have a facebook group where we get people requesting to join all the time that turn out to be fake profiles posting advertisements so I have to check carefully to see who people are before adding them and if they post anything, delete it and ban them.
Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!
How obnoxious! I’m glad they’ve been removed.
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https://www.redbubble.com/people/prezaurian?ref=artist_title_nameNow I think that last spam has been completely removed!
Yea Ms Susie!
Saving us from those Nasty Bots! 😀They’re not going to take over OUR Windstone World! 😉
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Thank you!
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