Profile flagging?

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  1. David 470 profile image81
    David 470posted 13 years ago

    Is profile flagging new? I am assuming there was an update during my absence. This sounds like a good feature considering some of the plagiarizers and spammers that sign-up to hubpages.

    1. profile image0
      BenjaminBposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Been here ever since I started. Save a ton of time flagging individual Hubs by just flagging repeat offenders all in one shot. A few times I have seen many titles pop up in new Hubs list that looked like apparent spun article repeats I just went straight to Hubber and flagged whole thing.

  2. Cagsil profile image70
    Cagsilposted 13 years ago

    Hey David, flagging a profile isn't recently new. It's been available for a while now. I'm not sure if it was there when I started, but I think it was.

    Hopefully, someone more experienced than me could better answer your question. wink

    1. Maddie Ruud profile image73
      Maddie Ruudposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yup, it's been around for a while now.  Glad one more person is using it, though!

      1. David 470 profile image81
        David 470posted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Really? I don't ever remembering seeing the button at the top of profiles.  Wow, how could I of missed that after months of being here lol.

      2. Cagsil profile image70
        Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Hey Maddie, when I find SPAM on the forums, I flag the profile at the same time as I report the post made. wink

  3. wilderness profile image94
    wildernessposted 13 years ago

    I used it today.  Some hubber with 7 hubs, all copied verbatim from their commercial blog selling something and all with multiple links to the blog.

  4. Lisa HW profile image61
    Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

    I use it.  Usually, if you see one spun Hub (or one otherwise atrocious one) you'll find one of two things at the profile:

    1.  All the person's Hubs are horrible (spam, badly spun, etc.) - in which case, may as well flag the profile.

    2.  The person's Hubs are such a mix of "obviously badly spun", "obviously not-close-to-good-English", and some Hubs that aren't bad.  To me, this is a big tip-off that the decent-looking Hubs may be stolen.

    Oh - some things beyond those two possibilities:  You'll usually see too many links or other signs of spam.  (Basically, one really horrible (super-spammy, super-bad) Hub usually leads straight to a profile full of junk.)

    1. wilderness profile image94
      wildernessposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yep - that's exactly what I find.  One copied or really spammy hub usually indicates more.  Unless the author only has one hub...

 
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