Businesses Joining HubPages

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   Kenna McHughposted 4 months ago

   HP is for writers not businesses. In the last 12 hours, three companies have followed me. Where are they getting the idea that they can join HP and promote their business?

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      Miebakagh57posted 4 months agoin reply to this

      Ask Hubpages. And I think this is all due to sparms.

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         Kenna McHughposted 4 months agoin reply to this

         You'd think HP would clarify that it's for writers not companies.

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            Miebakagh57posted 4 months agoin reply to this

            A writer follows a fellow writer or reader. Where does it says otherwise?

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      Kenna McHughposted 4 months agoin reply to this

      There are so many businesses that think this is a social media platform.

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         Miebakagh57posted 4 months agoin reply to this

         They mis-lead themselves.

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            Kenna McHughposted 4 months agoin reply to this

            Possibly, or HP may have promoted the platform incorrectly.

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               Miebakagh57posted 4 months agoin reply to this

               Agreed. But sparming can't be rule out.

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      Brenda Arledgeposted 4 months agoin reply to this

      I've had several businesses leave me fan mail over the years.
      I have never understood how they can be here.

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      Genna Eastposted 4 months agoin reply to this

      I've had five in the past week, Kenna.  I forward the "new follower" email on to HP.  I hope that helps.

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         Kenna McHughposted 4 months agoin reply to this

         Genna, I am curious how these companies find us. If I ran their marketing department, I wouldn't ask them to join HP because it does nothing for them. It's a waste of time.

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            Genna Eastposted 4 months agoin reply to this

            I was going to do a little research into how these commercial entities choose us, but ran out of time. (Is it based on recent search threads or featured publications?)  I would think that HP would know what the common denominator actually is.

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               Kenna McHughposted 4 months agoin reply to this

               Genna, that's a proactive approach, but I can see how running out of time is a factor. It's not our job to figure out HP's messups. Besides, I don't see them listening to us either way.

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      AnupamaRposted 4 months agoin reply to this

      I naively thought they were looking for content writers:-)

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   theraggededgeposted 4 months ago

   Report them via their profile. The more people who report them (and it only takes a few seconds) the better.
   
   I also request that they be removed from my followers.

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      Miebakagh57posted 4 months agoin reply to this

      Yes, reporting them is the right thing. But when  Hubpage's Matt said leave that to him, that he'll deal with sparms, sparmers, and sperming, you expect us writers to go beyond? I'm having a field day.

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         theraggededgeposted 4 months agoin reply to this

         He was referring to the mass spammers infecting the forum.
         
         If you are notified of an individual spam account following you, then report it because he probably wouldn't see it.
         
         Not sure about 'sperming' though

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            Miebakagh57posted 4 months agoin reply to this

            Bev, thanks for drawing my attention to the spelling error. Your input well noted.

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      Kenna McHughposted 4 months agoin reply to this

      Bev, I ignore them and let HP or Matt remove them. It's not our job.

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