Comments on: Hey, Moderator! Ban Me!

By: martymankins

martymankins — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:05:09 +0000

Excellent post. And as a fellow IT/ Network Admin, the ignorance of dealing with this is uncalled for. There are ways around this other than just blanket banning Yahoo email addresses. Staying one step ahead of the spammers is the key, not pinning the spam on one domain of email accounts.
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By: Nicole Zoltack

Nicole Zoltack — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:32:28 +0000

Well said, Lex. It’s awful enough for the author to have their email account hacked to begin with but to be banned for something that they had no control over is inexcusable. Especially because this past week it’s happened to so many authors. Ignorant is right.

By: Faith Bicknell-Brown

Faith Bicknell-Brown — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:54:42 +0000

I had to remove one from my newsletter yesterday. What ticked me off about it is that my newsletter is set to membership pending approval. This chick signed up, said she was interested in my work, then began spamming my newsletter. Yup, I really want to buy some Viagra and meet Asian girls, for God’s sake.
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By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:28:04 +0000

Oh, what a good point!
Groups who do NOT ban blatant, illegal promos, but DO ban accidental spammnig.

Well said, Lex!

They invite, with open arms, the intentional abusers, but ditch the innocent.

Good blog.
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By: Lisa Alexander-Griffin

Lisa Alexander-Griffin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:50:59 +0000

Loved the post Lex. Straight up and to the point. Group owners need to realize these people are victims and if they could prevent the spamming they would have. Instead the owners should focus on stopping the people who spam deliberately, saturating the groups with endless excerpts…Grrr!!!

By: Tess MacKall

Tess MacKall — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:43:12 +0000

Well said. I think sometimes the human equation is left out and stupidity just plain takes over. These group owners who ban people just because of a spamming mistake aren’t worth knowing. And these are the same group owners who allow promo by authors who are breaking the rules. Their cronies, apparently.
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By: Karenna Colcroft

Karenna Colcroft — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:39:27 +0000

Some groups claim to have zero-tolerance policies concerning spam, so they’ll delete anyone who spams, regardless of whether the email was spoofed or not.

Unfortunately, some of those “zero-tolerance” loops do tend to tolerate robo-posts from authors who promoblast their books until some loops look like nonstop advertisements. Guess their definition of “spam” doesn’t include “rude, inconsiderate authors who think they’re entitled to smack the entire universe in the face by disobeying rules to sell their books.”

Zero tolerance policies don’t work anyway. When it’s documented that spoofing is making the rounds of Yahoo email addies, group mods/owners should take that into account when deciding whether to ban someone. It isn’t as though we’re sitting here saying, “Hey, spoofers, come steal my email so you can spam everyone.”
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