I just wanted to bring attention to what some inconsiderate/unprofessional Apsense members have been doing.. Commenting on other members' posts, articles, etc with obvious and unrelated promotions of themselves, their products, their business opportunities, etc. This is what's called "Comment SPAM". In Apsense's "Terms of Use" Policy, spamming in any form is strictly prohibited. If you have not read this policy, I provided an excerpt below:Spam Policy
Spamming and abuse will no longer be tolerated. Yes there are consequences to spamming and abusing the site. For those who may think that you can get away with it, this shows that you will not. The best thing is not to spam or abuse the site. When you do so you risk being terminated. For those members who are actively reporting spam and abuse, we are listening and we are taking your reports seriously. Your efforts are having a positive effect. Fighting spam on any site takes the combined efforts of its members and the admins. APSense is committed to providing its members with a site that is truly dedicated to business networking and not spam abuse.
APSense Spam Monitor
Starting today all spam reports are now being automatically processed. Every member will now have a Spam Score. Everyone started the day with a spam score of 0. Members exceeding the maximum spam score will find their accounts automatically limited to a read only status. This means that member will only be able to read content. That member will not be allowed to post or add comments for 4 days for a first offense. For members who exceed the score a second time the account will be suspended for 8 days. Suspensions will be tracked and habitual offenders will be identified and permanently limited to read only.We all want to get as much exposure for our opportunities as possible, comment spam is the wrong way to go about it. Not only is it disrespectful to other members, but it also drags down the overall quality of Apsense.
If you've been of victim of these spammers, I encourage you to contact admin or you can click "report" in the spammer's comment box.
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To our success!
Arthur
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Comments (5)
QueenHajar Akanqi
11
Entrepreneurship
You are most welcome Arthur A., enjoy your day networking! :)
Arthur A.
16
Professional Arthur
Thank you very much for your comment QueenHajar! Hope you have a fantastic day.
QueenHajar Akanqi
11
Entrepreneurship
Hi, Arthur A, thanks for bringing that to APSense attention. And way to deal with it...Delet
Have a good evening networking! :)
Arthur A.
16
Professional Arthur
Yes, you are completely right about that.. In that case, I suppose some of the responsibility rests on us to manually report spammish comments.
ENE Agree2Eco
16
Entrepreneurial Charity Entities
Seems reasonable and good Arthur. But the system may not be able to get it right as the spam website links posted can be left unnoticed if it is separated by space ex. http : // www . apsense. com / article /
So you will need another alternative here and that is to report it as spam.