Spam flooding my comment boxes!

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   Sarahredheadposted 12 years ago

   Help! If I could just figure out how to stop it: I have suddenly started gettiong multiple spams in the comment section of several hubs. I keep deleting them, but they're multiplying like rabbits. Do I need to report the senders?

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      Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Everyone is getting them, there are several forum threads about it. Do you moderate your comments? All of the spam I have gotten in the past two days has been caught by the spam filters and not posted.

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         Sinea Piesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Mine did not go public but it is so annoying to have to deal with them.

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      SirDentposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      No need to report them.  Just delete them when they arrive.  You can do that by checking your spam comments.  Each comment when I checked on mine has a different IP.

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         Sinea Piesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         These spammers need something better to do. Too much time on their hands.

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            Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            It doesn't take them any time, it's all automated.

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      Matthew Meyerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Sorry for any frustration and thanks for all the info.
      
      This is a known issue.
      Please see: http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/98876

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   Sinea Piesposted 12 years ago

   Me too. How do we get them to stop?

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      Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That is up to Hubpages to figure out how to stop them.

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   Patty Inglish, MSposted 12 years ago

   The original thread : http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/98876

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   Sarahredheadposted 12 years ago

   Thanks guys. I had 12 more this morning - and I simply deleted them. I do moderate my comments...I was mostly concerned with the fact that this started on one hub, then two, and now three. Try as they might, I can push the delete button all day if need be!

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   Danette Wattposted 12 years ago

   The first time I saw an email notice that I'd gotten comments on a few of my hubs that aren't doing that well, I thought, "Yay!"
   
   Now I wish they'd leave them the heck alone. Just spam. Yes, I can push the delete button all day but it's annoying, discouraging to think my hubs are only getting spam and it's a hassle.
   
   I do have to approve all comments before they're seen by others but again, for the reasons above.....can't HP do something to help us out?

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   RNMSNposted 12 years ago

   I haqve been getting a lot lately as well and they are nonsensical...I delte them forever  but they keep coming...can we do anything other than delete forever?
   is it something I havent done ...like a filter that needs to be on my hubs? I dont know...just wondering

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