I received a PM from someone and underneath their name is said 'Banned'. What is that about?
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I received a PM from someone and underneath their name is said 'Banned'. What is that about?
That means they violated the terms of service of our site and were banned from using the site as a result.
PM Spam is not tolerated just as spam on the real boards. The person we banned today was sending PM's to people unsolicited and had never posted on the boards.
Thank you!
I thought it was weird.
I got one of those PM's. I just deleted it, but I'm glad to see that they were banned. Thanks to the management!!:mickey:
I got one from "Steph2" about Buddhism......is this the same one everyone else got?
That's what I got too from Steph2.
Got the same message, just deleted it.
I agree with SgtTigger! Thank goodness for John and the rest of the staff! You guys do a great job!
I also received a PM from Steph2. I replied simply because I don't ever get PM'ed and thought I'd be nice to someone new. Now that i know that she was SPAMing everyone else, I wish I hadn't taken the time to do so.
A couple other boards I know for sure got hit but with a similiar name in the last two weeks. This person is making the rounds. Glad we catch these people. Its a pain for all. Just make sure you don't respond to them, they are trying to disrupt the pm service.
Thanks John!
Guess I don't qualify for Buddhism recruitment, because I didn't get a spam PM.
What a bummer, dude! :number1:
Kudos to John et al for catching and managing this sort of thing so efficiently. :thumbsup:
I did reply to be nice not that I said much. What could possibly happen to the pm system and how is it disrupted?
i feel like flyingdutchman...i replied without thinking as i never get messaged so i thought it was odd but harmless.
great job in helping to keep the spam out though :thumbsup: