Mass following is now a crime?
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Raincoaster: Registering multiple accounts anywhere is a hassle and I personally keep track of followed blogs through my reader alone, as i’m sure many other members do. Those aren’t solutions, they are pain-in-the-backside alternatives.
As much as I don’t plan on following a thousand blogs a day, I don’t honestly see who exactly would be harmed by said action as my name would pop up ONCE to every blogger I follow in the moment I hit the follow button and then never again. Unless I unfollowed and followed them again to get my name seen in their notifications every 30s I really don’t see how that could even be called spamming.
Not to mention the TOS states, as per the email OM received:
You have agreed to our Terms of Service which specifically says your “blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods”.
Unless they contacted every single blogger OM followed on a daily basis and asked them, WP is just assuming these follows to be unwanted or unsolicited electronic communication by their sheer volume. Assumptions should not be grounds for suspension; for a warning at most, but not suspension.
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IMO the energizer bunny ain’t got nothing on Google. How quickly Google indexes threads on this site that drive down other search results can make one’s head twirl.
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About as kind as when you called me a troll no Raincoaster? Suddenly have sensitive feelings? :)
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Are you a troll? I only thought I called you a spammer, but I’m open to the concept you might be a multi-dimensional jerk instead of one-dimensional.
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Do you normally call people trolls for no reason Raincoaster? If not, then you already consider me one so why ask? Seems a bit silly. At this point I consider you and TT spammers on this thread considering you can’t offer me anything other than you already have. So why keep returning to this thread? Wait for WP to close it. :)
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Short memory. Here let me help you.
justjennifer
Member
Dec 31, 2013, 3:50 PMAre you sure we’re looking at the same site (aopinionatedman)? I know that ads change depending on the visitor’s IP, but do the ads you see have the “About these ads” link on them? The ones I’m looking at on that site do.
raincoaster
Member
Dec 31, 2013, 3:56 PMAh, so they do! That’s what they mean by a theme “optimized for Word Ads” eh? I’ll stick with my non-optimized one. It’s cheap looking.
As for the “abuser” it’s just a troll. He’s not going to hurt anyone, he’s just going to try to get a rise out of you. Ignore him.
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Oh, you were being abusive and trolling, I guess, if not memorable. It’s my job to be accurate in the forums.
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Then learn to be more accurate. That “blogger” got offended just by visiting my page, not by anything I said or did. Again, learn to be a real moderator and leave your emotions on the bedside table.
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I’m not a moderator. And I’m not emotional. You’re the one who’s invested.
Long wait, eh?
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I am glad you finally admitted you aren’t a moderator. I was confused when you said “It’s my job to be accurate in the forums.” Being a forum bunny isn’t a job. Go run along now ok?
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Jason and I, actually, have not seen eye to eye on the issue at hand but something occurs to me to ask out of curiosity for the satisfaction of logic: why have the other WPress bloggers who mass follow and have grown their blogs even bigger than Jason not been suspended or their activity limited as he has? I’ve tracked their activity and know exactly what they’re up to. And though I know sentiments or appreciation count for nothing here, which I can’t say I blame anyone for, I have to point out that those bloggers don’t reblog and promote the wee blogs that comprise the majority of WPressers as Jason has.
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why have the other WPress bloggers who mass follow and have grown their blogs even bigger than Jason not been suspended or their activity limited as he has? I’ve tracked their activity and know exactly what they’re up to.
The reporting system is complaint driven. There are millions of us and only 225 Staff most of whom are not working on on Terms of Service violations.
Go to each URL and click the report this content link on your Admin bar. Then click the This content is spam link, and when the form opens type in exactly what you have to say to terms of Service Staff.
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@TT:
“The reporting system is complaint driven.” I see. You know what a dunce I am with technical things. And now I know how to report porn. You and RC have both helped me in the past and I not only don’t forget a kind hand but don’t need drama. Couldn’t help wonder because those aggressive bloggers have been busy doing what they’ve been doing on WP longer than OM.
Signing off,
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Hi everyone!
The follow feature was intended to help you read blogs that you enjoy, not as a means of promotion. Our automated systems may interfere with behavior that looks more like a spam bot than a human.
Regarding removing followers, at this time, it is not possible for an individual user to remove someone from their subscriber list.
As this thread has gotten a bit off topic, we’ll be closing it.
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