Anyone else got a troll on the loose?

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   CyclingFitnessposted 12 years ago

   Does anyone else have a problem with a troll/ comment spammer on their hubs? Any suggestions for getting rid?

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      IzzyMposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Just in the last few minutes several of my hubs have been 'attacked' by spammers. Looks like someone is using software.

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      lisabeamanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Me too - I just changed my global settings to only allow signed in users to comment. Do you think that will help? I was going to disable comments completely on the one that had 45 spam comments, but it wouldn't let me do that on just one hub.

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         gabgirl12posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         How do you do that? I didn't know you could change the settings..

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            lisabeamanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Hi Gabgirl - sorry I didn't see this sooner. You can find the global settings by going to your statistics page. On the left side is a dark grey box with different options. Choose "comments" and it will take you to a page where you can change the settings.
            
            btw - since I did that, I haven't had any more problems with spammers. It either worked... or it coincided with Hubpages taking action. Either way - I'm happy!

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               gabgirl12posted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

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      miss_jkimposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, it started last night and is continuing today. I've been deleting them as soon as I notice them, but it is very annoying.

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   TheMagicianposted 12 years ago

   Same here. I wish it was possible to block specific IP addresses from commenting.

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   I just got 2 new ones myself. The HP filter auto-killed them both; bless its fuzzy little heart.

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   relacheposted 12 years ago

   If you flag the comments as spam, and a lot of Hubs report the same person, it won't take long for the auto-filter to learn this person and comments will be auto-flagged as spam.

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   SmartAndFunposted 12 years ago

   I have seen several threads today about spam comments. Evidently spam is all over HP today.

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   relacheposted 12 years ago

   That's how you know someone with software is attacking the site.

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   Nell Roseposted 12 years ago

   Yep me too.

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   Au faitposted 12 years ago

   Yes, about 2 hours ago.

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   CyclingFitnessposted 12 years ago

   it's bizarre. such a shame if it's a software thats targetted us we are likely to not be getting ad impressions!
   
   I've had one hub with 25 spam comments overnight- yet on 2 views!

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    2uesdayposted 12 years ago

    I too have a mass of spam in my spam comments spot today. Jimmy Choo seems to be very fond of my writing. I have just deleted them all.

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    mr williamsposted 12 years ago

    Yes I have the same problem. Comments from people with weird names making statements irrelevant to the subject matter of the hub.

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    Patty Inglish, MSposted 12 years ago

    We have 6 threads on this problem now. Original one is at:
    
    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/98876

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    Dame Scribeposted 12 years ago

    HP usually gets spammers coming along prior to the weekend there were weekends where we had to spend time flagging the forums for spam. It's not bad now but I've found moderating my comments, I don't get them as much.

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