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 Submitted by ericjs on September 28, 2009 - 8:18am Spam commentsHi, How are we supposed to handle spam comments that might appear on our blog? Obviously we can just delete them, but if someone has created an account for the purpose of spamming, I assume someone should be notified. There is the "mark as offensive" link, which kind of sounds like it was intended for a different concern, but maybe it can serve this purpose too. Does anybody know? Eric
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Mark as offensive
Mark as offensive is the correct one. Spam, harsh words etc.
Does this possibly contrived "comment" fit the bill?
I found this sole example of (seemingly) dubious origins at the bottom of the following thread, which was mostly a very solid discussion:
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/13416/right-flour-baguettes-all-purpose-flour-or-bread-flour
Isn't it odd that the "member" who posted this timely question had been registered for less than an hour before posting it? How fortunate. Reminds me of those salesmen in the 19th century who planted curious "customers" in the crowds that would gather as they hawked Grandma's Guaranteed Elixir.
Well . . . this is the age of the internet. That couldn't happen these days.
huh?
seems like a perfectly relevant comment to me given the forum topic... not sure what your problem is?
ben
The issue is that this is a
The issue is that this looks like a sales pitch for a specific brand of flour posted by a brand new member masquerading as a comment from a trusted community member. I'd distinguish those from full-blown off topic spam, which unquestionably should be deleted.
If the blogger doesn't like those kinds of comments on their posts, by all means, delete them. I'm not likely to close someone's account for doing that though unless they post the same sales pitch on a gazillion different threads.
"If the blogger doesn't like
"If the blogger doesn't like those kinds of comments on their posts, by all means, delete them."
Could you explain how to do that? Am I overlooking a tab or menu somewhere?
TIA :-)
-dw
I don't know if anyone's thinking of me
but i had nothing to do with posting that question. Maddie405, who'd gotten some 00 from me enthused about it in the Forums (again, with no prompting on my part). As far as I can tell, the whole Caputo issue may have begun with my website, but I had nothing to do with anything that could be construed as shilling.
Stan Ginsberg
www.nybakers.com
Flag them and/or delete
Flag them and/or delete them. I check the spam queue 3 or 4 times a day and close spammer accounts and delete their messages.