Getting email questions about articles instead of Leaving Comments

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   Stacie Lposted 5 years ago

   I've been getting more questions about certain articles in my personal email the last few months instead of readers leaving comments.
   I first thought they were legit but now suspect its part of a phishing expedition and  I checked off on my profile to stop getting emails but they are still occuring.
   Has anyone else experienced this?

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      sallybeaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I have had a few but they all seem genuine to me.  Must say I prefer the comments to having to reply to emails.

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      Shesabutterflyposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I was getting a lot of questions and spammy hate mail the past few months as well. I reported a couple as spam and have since disabled author contact as I kept getting e-mails. I have not received any e-mails from readers though since I disabled the option.

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      Glenn Stokposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Stacie, Since you say you are still getting emails from readers, I bet you disabled the wrong thing. Don’t diable the ability to receive emails from HubPages. What you want to do is disable the ability to contact the author (you).
      
      I also agree with Jean (what she said in her comment) that we really don’t need Author Contact anymore since the Q&A allows people to send you questions. In addition, the Q&A is safer because they don’t get your email address when you reply. They get notified from a non-moderated address.

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      This no doubt is the result of the new Q and A feature where you are told a question has been posted, you click on the link, correct the grammar and spelling if necessary and then answer the question.   You do not have to answer every question and you do earn for those you spend time answering.
      
      If any other emails are coming to your personal email, you can block them or go into your settings and shut down the option to receive emails...however, if you do this second one, you won't get emails from HP either.
      
      When the team started the contact the author feature,some people started using it, so that is probably the culprit.  I'm not sure you can block that feature.

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   Cynthia Hooverposted 5 years ago

   I get a lot of emails with questions relating to hubs I have written. They have all been genuine from what I can tell, and even some very kind ones thanking me for the helpful hub. I do wish the readers would comment instead of emailing. Especially when the specific question is directly related to the hub topic.

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      Jean Bakulaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I get personal emails, but am an astrologer and a lot of what the person has to ask me about is personal in nature. I have a different site of my own for them to go to, but some of them come to me from here, not the bulk though. I agree, normally the person should leave a comment, and now we have the Q&A feature. So there really is no reason they have to email you.

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         misterhollywoodposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         I can imagine a lot of people looking for free!

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            Jean Bakulaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            HI misterhollywood,
            
            OMG, everybody wants readings for free! I have explained how complex it is to draw up and interpret a chart so many times, I should really put a disclaimer on the bottom of all the astrology hubs. I only have a few tarot ones, about a specific, hard to find deck.
            
            I've been tough on the Q&A bunch. I asked myself a question and said I could interpret the Sun, Moon and Ascendant (as you know, the Trinity) because I can do that in ten minutes.
            
            The most questions are about Scorpios. I don't know where people are getting the idea they are so evil. I think I shared a few of the oddball questions I got about those difficult Scorps to you. I have a great idea for a hub, will send a copy when I get around to doing it. It's deliciously evil!
            
            Take care.

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   Stacie Lposted 5 years ago

   I have people claiming to be students and teachers wanting to cite some articles and wanting my last name.
   I did this for the first few but now feeling suspicious

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   Marketing Meritposted 5 years ago

   Same thing used to happen with me. Detailed questions asking for help. Initially, I did my best to reply, but I couldn't keep up with the volume of emails. Also, it means that there are less comments.
   I eventually changed my profile so that I couldn't be contacted and it did work for me.

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