This hubber posts spam.

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   Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years ago

   This hubber,
   
   http://hubpages.com/profile/sudhakia
   
   keeps posting his website at the bottom of everybody's hubs. I've asked him not to but he keeps coming back to just post his website under my comment. I've checked his hubtivity and he is doing it for everybody.
   
   I've emailed him twice to ask him not to do that but he is still doing it.
   
   What do I do?

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      Aficionadaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Have you flagged the profile?
      
      Sudhakia was on a spamming spree in the forums a little earlier today and got caught.  I imagine it won't be long before the account is banned, but it wouldn't hurt to flag the profile, just to add one more way for it to be noticed.

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         Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I did flag the profile but I suppose it is too soon to remove him. I also asked him why he was doing it and he answered with please to instruct him how to spam. I just don't get it.

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            wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            You are mistaken - s/he's already banned from HP.  Quick work on the part of the staff.
            
            Your flag could well have been instrumental in the banning - if so, good work!

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               Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Great !  I went back and checked and it was gone!

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            Aficionadaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I understand what you mean!  There are some people I will probably never understand, and spammers fall in that category. But then, I don't know what I might feel willing to do, if my life circumstances were truly desperate.  To some people, spamming may seem like a quick and easy way to make a living.

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               Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               I got the impression he really thought it was a legit form of marketing. Probably, if he doesn't think too much about what he is taught, it's understandable. I've looked at some marketing courses and they actually suggest using HP as a way of introducing one's products and of giving one's website details in the comments. I suppose some wouldn't question this and they would think it's legit.

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                  Aficionadaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  
                  That's rather sobering, isn't it?
                  
                  But I also have to say that when I first started here, I knew so little about online publishing and about marketing in general, I didn't know the difference between black hat, gray hat, and white hat - even just the meanings of the terms; and I didn't understand for a while the implications of paying for backlinking and similar methods.  Those are not things I ever did or would now ever do, but there was a time when I might have considered doing some of them, just because I didn't know enough.
                  
                  So, I'm not completely surprised that someone somewhere on earth, who just wants to do a relatively simple job they are being paid for, might just try to do the best job they can do in order to get paid - without initially thinking through the significance of it.

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                     Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     I think that's exactly right.

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                     Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     Exactly right.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Sophie, two things to note.
      
      1.  Never, ever email a spammer.  If he's a spammer, there's a good chance you'll just be inviting oceans of spam to your email inbox.
      
      2.  Never, ever post a link to a spammer's profile or Hubs on the forums. That's just free publicity and a valuable backlink - why do him the favour?
      
      As others have said, the thing is to report him to team @ HubPages.  They may not react immediately, but they will react.

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   Cagsilposted 12 years ago

   Why bother asking them to stop? Just report them and move on. So much easier.

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      Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Okay, Cagsil. Thank you.

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      relacheposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      This.

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   Richieb799posted 12 years ago

   Forum spamming is pointless in my view since most forum has moderators lol

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   At the risk of giving this guy publicity.
   
   Check out this crap
   http://hubpages.com/profile/grandeurinfotech
   
   I'd hate to know what kind of SEO training they offer...

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      Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      There are two more (rosemarypaul and debbyray) who are either one and the same or working in tandem who post the same answer, same sob story and same contact information for a lending company. They have posted spam under at least 40 questions.
      I have flagged one profile and am going back to get the other one now.

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      Greg Sageposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, but the hubs themselves make for fascinating reading.

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         Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Which hubs are those?

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   Rochelle Frankposted 12 years ago

   If you want to look at answers 1-38 you will see a trend:
   http://hubpages.com/profile/rosemarypaul

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      lyndreposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      He/she even has an accolade for answering 10 questions.

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         Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         All with the same words, too. How hard can that be? It will be 100 in no time, unless...

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         Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, I'm sure he is also following an infinite number of people just to get the opportunity of drawing attention to his hubs... um marketing efforts.

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      Lisa HWposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Does a person have to have a sad story to get their millions from that outfit that person is pushing - or will any pea-brain do?    (Oh - and as for the thing about that person coming from Atlanta...   I somehow doubt that as "a single parents" she does. 
      
      Instead of booting these people, HP ought to have a button people who run into them could push and add the comment on those profiles:  "Save It, Dummy."

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   FloraBreenRobisonposted 12 years ago

   I cannot remember the name of the hubber-brand new yesterday-but he?/she? was posting hellfire and brimstone type comments everywhere.  I flagged the profile when I read it on one of Chuck's hubs on improving your hubbing .  If it had been just on hubs about politics, religion, etc. he had commented on I wouldn't have considered it spam.

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      Sophia Angeliqueposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Spam comes in all shapes and sizes. Some of it is so subtle that one has too examine it very carefully to realize it is.

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         Multimanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         If I start talking about how could spam tastes when fried with eggs, would I be spamming, or just in error as to where the cooking forum is?  :-)

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