I have been spamming hubs that are solely created to promote other websites (such as watching sports events online for free); what happens when I do this. Is there somebody looking into it and do such hubs get removed? I am only trying to protect hubpages and stop people misusing it.
Wouldn't it be better just to rate them down and/or to report them to the HP staff? With the hundreds of thousands of Hubs out there, how will staff know how to locate the ones you have spammed? Your spamming could probably get you in trouble, rather than the other person, I would think. But I've only been here about the same amount of time as you, premierkj, so I'm sort of guessing.
isn't spamming reporting it? I'm pretty sure it is in this context anyhow
No, reporting ("flagging") a hub for spam is quite the opposite of "spamming" a hub.
They are spamming, you are reporting.
You'll need to watch your words lest you give yourself an undeserved reputation as a spammer.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Why are you spamming? Is it your ambition to get your own activities moderated and curtailed?
What do you mean by spamming? I went back through the last 13 days of your Hubtivity; counted a total of 17 comments that you had left on other hubs, not a single one of which had been unapproved. I could not see any instances where you had left more than 2 comments on the same hub.
when you mark a hub down, an option comes up with spam on it. if you click on that a bunch of options comes up where you have to indicate why you disapprove. that is where i clicked on inappropriate advertising. probably doesn't come up on my hub activity.
In that case, you have been misunderstood by everyone on this thread. If you were "spamming" someone, which is the phrase you have used, you would be leaving lots of "spammy" comments on the hubs, and most or all of your comments would likely be unapproved.
What you are actually talking about is reporting spam, which is a very different thing. The moderators will decide in each case whether or not the hub contains spam. If it does, the hub will be unpublished by the moderator, and it is then up to the hubber to clean it up before submitting it. If the moderators judge that the hub is within the Terms of Service (TOS), nothing will happen.
Precisely. That was why I reacted and commented as I did.
Good move, WE, in asking about what he meant.
I see, your not spamming hubs you are reporting spam hubs. You might get a little medal on your profile saying you help keep hp clean or something. I always report spam on the forums and noticed something like that on my profile, felt rather proud
I went through hub hopper and reported 3 spam hubs in a row, haven't got my medal yet lol..probably need to report more..those accolades are like being in the scouts lol
by Rajan Singh Jolly 10 years ago
How many hubs should one share at the most for it not to appear as spamming to one's followers?Do you sahare hubs everyday? How many hubs do you share on a daily basis?
by Susan Keeping 13 years ago
I got a nice comment on my Kenneth Branagh hub:"Great information. I'll have to put some of your suggestions into practice." Makes me thing the person didn't even read the hub...marked as spam
by jamiew12310 10 years ago
In one of my hubs, within the first 4 or 5 lines, I have 6 links, all to other hubs by me.1) Will this affect SEO?2) Will people be put off by this many links and not click on any or even just leave the page altogether?There is only 3 or 4 links in the rest of the whole hub.It is this hub:...
by Kryssy Bruckheimer 6 years ago
There seems to be a lot of spamming going on, on here, with fake accounts advertising... Has anyone else noticed? Or maybe the increase is just my imagination?
by Tony Sky 14 years ago
Im sure many questions relating to spammers have been raised before, but i will explain and ask anyway...I have recently had many of my hubs spammed by blatant spammers and i always delete these comments...I then look at the spammers recent activity and find they have been spamming in...
by fresh2def05 11 years ago
Please list the hub you are most proud of? Just one please. No spamming.
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