Is there a "serial commenter" on the loose?

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   Bob Bambergposted 9 years ago

   Is there a "serial commenter" on the loose?
   
   I've just had 8 or 9 irrelevant comments on 8 or 9 of my hubs.  In each case, the commenter used a different single one syllable name.   Some of the comments amounted to jibberish,  other seemed like they were misdirected legitimate comments on other hubs, and one was relevant to the hub to which it was posted, so I replied to that comment.  Has anyone else had this experience?

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   Debby Bruckposted 9 years ago

   Simply do not post the spam comments. They will get the idea they are not welcome.

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      Bob Bambergposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Hi, Debby, I clicked the "Deny" tab and it produces an option to "delete forever" so I opted for that.  Thanks for responding.

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      Debby Bruckposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      YUP! That's what I do when it happens to me.

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   tlcsposted 9 years ago

   Sorry Bob Bamberg, haven't had any. I think you can reject them if there of no relevance to you hub

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      Bob Bambergposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for responding, tics.  Be happy that you haven't had any.  They can be an annoyance to deal with just because they interrupt your day and break your focus.

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   SheilaMilneposted 9 years ago

   Yes, it has happened to me but it was a couple of weeks ago.  Apparently they should be marked as spam but not deleted.  That gives HubPages the opportunity to look at them and possibly block an IP address.

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      Bob Bambergposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Sheila.  If any more come in, I'll do that.  I saw the spam tab but didn't realize that HP officials would take note.

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   travelezeposted 9 years ago

   Hi Bob
   
   Yep i had the same ''person'' spam commenting on all my travel related hubs, so your not alone, But Thank God Hub pages lets you manually review the spam before approval or denial

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      Bob Bambergposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the input, traveleze.  It's comforting to know that I haven't been singled out.

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      travelezeposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Bob
      Think of it as complement you obviously have great hubs on which the spammers want to steal link juice from

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   brianlokkerposted 9 years ago

   I had the same problem a week or so ago. I thought the first one was legitimate (although a bit "off") so I approved it, but then when others started appearing I went back and deleted it along with the others.

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      Bob Bambergposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Brian, isn't it amazing...of all the exciting things one can do/discover on the net, some people use it for silly cybervandalism.  They must be verrrry lonely people.  Thanks for the response.

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   SANJAY LAKHANPALposted 9 years ago

   Yes I too had some meaningless comments which I deleted immediately.

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      Bob Bambergposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      I just got another one, Sanjay, and hit the spam tab.  That will notify HP so that the spammer can be blocked.  I'll do that with any others I get, and I expect I'll get many more now.

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   peachpurpleposted 9 years ago

   yes, i had encountered several nonsense comments, very long ones but not connected to my hub, I think these hubbers are from bubblews

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      Bob Bambergposted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Hi peachpurple, yeah, BW was loaded with them but it was a simple matter of clicking on the "Report" tab and the BW gods would take care of it.  I haven't been on there in months.  Thanks for stopping by.

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