Spam reporting thread #40

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1henkl
Aug. 6, 2015, 9:03 am

PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING SPAM

Distinguish between the following, and flag the highest level of the violation:

-- Type 1: Irredeemable commercial spam: make sure to flag the member's profile, as well as the spammy activity. This type includes things selling strollers, pharmaceuticals, live-streaming sports games, porn, and/or trying to create traffic/links to sites for such things. Sufficient profile flags will automatically result in temporary suspension and deletion of the member's activity, so use your profile-flagging powers wisely and carefully.

-- Type 2: Teachable moments: DO NOT flag the member's profile, but DO flag the violating activity (e.g. self-promotional Talk post, group, or local venue). This type includes promotional activity that violates the Terms of Service (TOS), but where the member is potentially redeemable, e.g. overzealous authors, overzealous publishers, or other members with small TOS violations but who are otherwise using the site legitimately. These cases should be reported to staff (by sending a message or email to staff and/or or posting on this thread), so the member can be taught how to use the site.

Specific procedures:
-- Overzealous authors or publishers (these fall under type 2): do NOT flag the member's profile. Report to staff here or privately. You can also send the member a polite message pointing them to the terms, mentioning the "no promoting" language, and pointing them to the Do's and Don't page for authors: http://www.librarything.com/about_authors.php
-- Suspected sock-puppetry to promote a book, write fake reviews, and/or stack ratings: do not flag the profile, but report to staff here or by message, so staff can investigate. This is a serious violation for which members can be permanently banned.
-- Profile flags for commercial spammers only (type 1): On the member's profile page, click on the "report for spam" link, then follow instructions to flag the member. Again, this is only for commercial spam, not for "overzealous" authors, publishers, or booksellers, which should be reported to staff instead. See Talk post: http://www.librarything.com/topic/85810
-- Spam or promotional posts in a Talk topic (type 1 or 2): flag the post as an abuse of the terms of service.
-- Spam or promotional groups (types 1 and 2): flag new groups using the "flag this group" link.
-- Spam lists: report in this thread, and flag the member if it's commercial spam.
-- Spam works (type 1 spam): flag the work as spam on the work's editions page, and then vote on proposed work spam. Make sure to read the guidelines before proposing or voting, especially for what is not spam. Voting page: http://www.librarything.com/spam_works.php
-- Spam in a review (type 1), or an explicitly promotional review (type 2): flag the review as an abuse of the TOS, using the red flag.
-- Spam or promotion in "published reviews," or other CK fields (type 1 or 2): post here and/or delete.
-- Spam or egregious promotion/advertising in venues or events (type 1 or 2): post here and/or delete. Note that authors are permitted to add events for their books.
-- Spam in book links / quick links: post here and/or edit to remove spam.
-- Spam author names listed on a work: No current procedure. Tim has asked us not to change CK to indicate spammers, and not to combine spam authors together.
-- Not sure if it's spam? Post here, and explain why.

Please note that Tim has asked us not to use either CK or the combining system (whether works or authors) for spam fighting.

For more information see these wiki pages:
Procedures for flagging and reporting spam: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Spam#Procedures_for_flagging_and_repo....
Spam works, guidelines for flagging and voting: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/HelpThing:Spam_works

(A copy of these guidelines, for pasting in new threads, can be found here or at the top of previous threads.)

2JackieCarroll
Bearbeitet: Aug. 6, 2015, 11:52 am

The thread is gone but the member profile remains:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/noly1993

Edited for wrong link.

3lilithcat
Aug. 6, 2015, 12:41 pm

Coupons! Online movies! Downloads! Your one-stop shop for spam of all kinds!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/194197
https://www.librarything.com/profile/aliyananagel00

4MarthaJeanne
Aug. 6, 2015, 12:44 pm

The coupons are for July, though.

8JackieCarroll
Bearbeitet: Aug. 7, 2015, 3:34 am

Thread is gone buy profile remains
https://www.librarything.com/profile/kristenlarson5

ETA: Gone now.

10CurrerBell
Aug. 7, 2015, 4:15 am

>7 Mr.Durick: Why did you post the azlyrics URL?

11Mr.Durick
Aug. 7, 2015, 5:40 am

It was a mistake. On my Surface hitting Control-C doesn't always effect a copy, and I did not confirm that I had copied the spam URL -- the lyrics link remained on the clipboard.

I'll try to be more watchful.

Robert

13lorax
Aug. 7, 2015, 12:52 pm

Watch this space:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/194232

As of now it's cut-and-paste gibberish, but it's presumably a spam probe that will convert to the payload in a few minutes.

14MarthaJeanne
Bearbeitet: Aug. 7, 2015, 5:12 pm

>13 lorax: converted.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/andeywastavi78

and gone, but profile is still up. Gone, too.

18Lyndatrue
Aug. 7, 2015, 7:46 pm

http://www.librarything.com/topic/194247#
www.librarything.com/profile/kdyufstbjh

(I can't currently see the profile to flag it, but include it here for the sake of completion. Yes, I *am* that compulsive.)

19JackieCarroll
Aug. 7, 2015, 10:11 pm

I wasn't able to pull up any profiles earlier this evening.

20rybie2
Bearbeitet: Aug. 7, 2015, 10:15 pm

>18 Lyndatrue:, >19 JackieCarroll: Success, in that that profile is now available for flagging.

21JackieCarroll
Aug. 7, 2015, 11:23 pm

It's gone.

22Lyndatrue
Aug. 7, 2015, 11:28 pm

Please flag the profiles in >15 Yamanekotei: and >16 Yamanekotei:; the others are gone.

25henkl
Aug. 8, 2015, 2:20 am

>18 Lyndatrue: I did the same in message #17.

30Lyndatrue
Aug. 8, 2015, 9:05 am

38Taphophile13
Aug. 9, 2015, 1:26 pm

new member has been flogging this on several threads

https://www.librarything.com/topic/194315#

49rybie2
Aug. 10, 2015, 12:54 pm

Spam thread is gone, but spammer still needs flagging.
http://www.librarything.com/profile/yashijonse65

58rybie2
Aug. 12, 2015, 12:49 pm

59Lyndatrue
Bearbeitet: Aug. 12, 2015, 12:52 pm

http://www.librarything.com/groups/httpwwwwinstvcompgac

(Group that needs flagging from >58 rybie2:)

ETA: Never mind. Gone now. Mornings are always quickest to handle this...

60lilithcat
Aug. 12, 2015, 12:52 pm

>59 Lyndatrue:
Gone already.

702wonderY
Bearbeitet: Aug. 13, 2015, 12:31 pm

71Taphophile13
Bearbeitet: Aug. 13, 2015, 12:36 pm

>70 2wonderY: You can vote to remove it here:

https://www.librarything.com/pic/4941078

I don't know any other way to remove it. (I think the member bears watching too.)

72Lyndatrue
Bearbeitet: Aug. 13, 2015, 12:43 pm

>70 2wonderY: and >71 Taphophile13: For anyone else looking at that venue, it appears to have been "handled." :-}

ETA: The member has also been taken care of.

74Lyndatrue
Aug. 13, 2015, 12:51 pm

75Taphophile13
Aug. 13, 2015, 12:55 pm

>74 Lyndatrue: Definitely looks spammy.

81abbottthomas
Aug. 14, 2015, 5:15 am

Extraordinary thread! https://www.librarything.com/groups/powerfulrevengedeath

Hope they don't work ;-)

83Lyndatrue
Bearbeitet: Aug. 14, 2015, 7:38 pm

I'm sure the topic's gone, but the profile still needs flagging.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/194526# (already gone)
http://www.librarything.com/profile/nxdfgjd12

892wonderY
Aug. 15, 2015, 12:18 pm

I almost passed this one by

topic title: favorite books of christopher hitchens
http://www.librarything.com/topic/194559
http://www.librarything.com/profile/itheenty1931

90lilithcat
Aug. 15, 2015, 12:38 pm

>89 2wonderY:

I always check topics on Book Talk that include the words "favorite books", particularly when the subject line is all lower-case. It's pretty much a guarantee that the topic is spam.

102MarthaJeanne
Aug. 18, 2015, 5:27 am

http://www.librarything.com/groups/bookstohelpstudentss
? This may just be stupidity and not spam.

1032wonderY
Aug. 18, 2015, 6:34 am

>102 MarthaJeanne: I flagged it as well.

This is a cute title though: Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe

104MarthaJeanne
Aug. 18, 2015, 6:49 am

The links don't work, and there doesn't seem to be any connection between the books. Different authors, different publishers.

108MarthaJeanne
Aug. 18, 2015, 12:34 pm

>107 Lyndatrue: Now really spam if anyone had doubted the intention.

109Lyndatrue
Aug. 18, 2015, 12:43 pm

>108 MarthaJeanne: Any time there is that random wordage, I flag it, and the profile, and get on with my day. It has never, ever failed to turn into something else (of the spam variety). They're getting more clever, is all.

110MarthaJeanne
Bearbeitet: Aug. 18, 2015, 2:28 pm

I had also flagged earlier, but it is nice to have the confirmation.

Gone now, in any case.

123MyriadBooks
Aug. 20, 2015, 3:25 pm

Unsure if qualifies as spam. Maybe just nuisance posting?

http://www.librarything.com/topic/45596
http://www.librarything.com/profile/oceanstewart

124lilithcat
Aug. 20, 2015, 3:31 pm

>123 MyriadBooks:

It's not spam -- yet. But one to keep an eye on.

126abbottthomas
Bearbeitet: Aug. 20, 2015, 5:51 pm

127Taphophile13
Bearbeitet: Aug. 20, 2015, 6:07 pm

>126 abbottthomas:
The topic is gone and I left a note for her. Usually Amysisson does a great job with that so I cribbed from her message.

ETA: The author has also been suspended. I'm not sure she should have been. Aren't overzealous authors a type 2 teachable moment?

128MarthaJeanne
Aug. 20, 2015, 6:17 pm

I see the profile still there.

129Taphophile13
Aug. 20, 2015, 6:32 pm

>128 MarthaJeanne:
It must have been restored. All's good now.

133MarthaJeanne
Bearbeitet: Aug. 21, 2015, 7:37 am

https://www.librarything.com/groups/giveabilitytoyoubrai
https://www.librarything.com/profile/deenadixny

Currently there are also 3 spam topics in Book Talk with 3 flags each.

134Lyndatrue
Aug. 21, 2015, 11:36 am

Enthusiastic author:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/194755#

I'm not putting the profile, since it seems to encourage some to flag it. I left a note (using the one in >127 Taphophile13:).

136henkl
Bearbeitet: Aug. 21, 2015, 1:18 pm

>135 henkl: Message gone; after 1 minute. Profile after 2 minutes.

138abbottthomas
Aug. 21, 2015, 3:02 pm

https://www.librarything.com/topic/194764

I'm not even going to look at the Facebook page!

139MarthaJeanne
Bearbeitet: Aug. 21, 2015, 3:04 pm

I did. It was links to live streaming. No longer here.

141MyriadBooks
Aug. 21, 2015, 5:11 pm

145Helenliz
Aug. 22, 2015, 6:54 am

User seems to have added and reviewed what look like spam links.
http://www.librarything.com/profile/niversa

153Taphophile13
Aug. 22, 2015, 10:49 pm

not sure what this is but I'm getting a "not safe" warning for the website
https://www.librarything.com/profile/swsltd

155Lyndatrue
Aug. 22, 2015, 11:43 pm

>153 Taphophile13: The web site is spammy, kinda, but it's a reputation service (as in, building a reputation so you can get customers kind of thing). The "location" link in that profile seems to be real:

https://www.librarything.com/local/place/102+Headstone+Lane

I have no interest in most of the presentations, but there's one for Piketty that I'd go to (except for the fact that it's in England, and I am not). I'm not flagging it. It's weird, but Reputation Marketing and Management seems harmless, when there's no picture associated, or other problematic links.

160Taphophile13
Aug. 23, 2015, 12:35 pm

consult a psychic - first 3 minutes free

https://www.librarything.com/profile/insightfulpsychics

162lilithcat
Aug. 23, 2015, 12:51 pm

>160 Taphophile13:

I'm surprised she didn't foresee her flagging.

166Taphophile13
Aug. 23, 2015, 1:23 pm

>162 lilithcat:
The psychic who lives near me once went over to the little shopping mall asking if anyone had seen her son. She didn't know where he was.

173Taphophile13
Aug. 23, 2015, 2:34 pm

market research "who delivers 90% accurate neurologist email list for increase ROI" (90%? Well, that's impressive.)

https://www.librarything.com/profile/youngtracey

181PawsforThought
Aug. 24, 2015, 8:01 am

Is anyone else getting friend requests from members who've never posted anything and who have no information on their profiles? It feels very spam-y to me.

183PawsforThought
Aug. 24, 2015, 9:16 am

Thanks.

184Lyndatrue
Aug. 24, 2015, 10:34 am

Sneaky, but still self-promotion by the author:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/194878#

(It's a list of 20 must read women's books, and Surprise! Hers is number three or four.)

Fortunately, she's give her book five stars, so we know it's a must read.

I leave it to someone else to post something polite on her profile.

190Taphophile13
Bearbeitet: Aug. 24, 2015, 7:13 pm

191amysisson
Aug. 25, 2015, 1:11 am

Overzealous author (I'm assuming). I left a message on her profile but post needs one more flag:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/194902

194gilroy
Aug. 25, 2015, 11:09 am

http://www.librarything.com/topic/194901#

Overzealous Author. Profile needs a note, please.

1982wonderY
Bearbeitet: Aug. 26, 2015, 11:56 am

200mysterymax
Aug. 26, 2015, 7:21 pm

Might be an author? It seems like spam to me. Message from Brenner on my message wall.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/mysterymax

216MarthaJeanne
Bearbeitet: Aug. 27, 2015, 3:54 pm

>215 tardis: The topic disappeared very fast. The profile is still there, though. Now also gone.

217tardis
Aug. 27, 2015, 3:58 pm

>216 MarthaJeanne: Gratifying to see them disappear :)

221Lyndatrue
Aug. 28, 2015, 12:42 am

>219 lilithcat: I'm having trouble seeing that as just "enthusiasm" and I'm noting the profile here, in case there's more.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/mcneila

There's still a couple of those that need flagging, too.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/195019
http://www.librarything.com/topic/195020
http://www.librarything.com/topic/195021

232MarthaJeanne
Bearbeitet: Aug. 28, 2015, 5:16 pm

>231 henkl: The fourth graders have grown up. (Favorite books for English majors)

233henkl
Aug. 28, 2015, 5:16 pm

235MsMaryAnn
Bearbeitet: Aug. 29, 2015, 9:12 am

238henkl
Aug. 29, 2015, 2:07 pm

>237 henkl: Message gone. Profile still needs some flagging.

239rybie2
Aug. 29, 2015, 4:13 pm

Message gone, but profile needs more flags.
https://www.librarything.com/profile/jacabbolter

241Lyndatrue
Aug. 29, 2015, 6:52 pm

>239 rybie2: and >240 henkl: Profiles still need more flags.

246lilithcat
Aug. 31, 2015, 9:30 am

Time for a new thread.
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