Comments on: Critical for Ning site administrators to address spam http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/09/24/critical-for-ning-site-administrators-to-address-spam/ Weblog of Wesley Fryer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mathew http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/09/24/critical-for-ning-site-administrators-to-address-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-98674 Mathew Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:05:42 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3793#comment-98674 The only way to avoid it is to manually approve members (that's what I have done on several nings and we've been spam free) BUT that's enough work that it probably discourages a lot of people from starting their own Ning networks. Yes, they need to address this. It's not so much real people but automated bots that are the worst offenders. The only way to avoid it is to manually approve members (that’s what I have done on several nings and we’ve been spam free) BUT that’s enough work that it probably discourages a lot of people from starting their own Ning networks. Yes, they need to address this. It’s not so much real people but automated bots that are the worst offenders.

]]> By: Jonathan Wylie http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/09/24/critical-for-ning-site-administrators-to-address-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-98599 Jonathan Wylie Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:39:08 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3793#comment-98599 You are right. I have reported a few people over at Classroom 2.0 because some people only join in order to advertise their website/company/software etc. The admin have been good at responding, but it would be great if there was a better way to filter it out. You are right. I have reported a few people over at Classroom 2.0 because some people only join in order to advertise their website/company/software etc. The admin have been good at responding, but it would be great if there was a better way to filter it out.

]]> By: nlowell http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2009/09/24/critical-for-ning-site-administrators-to-address-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-98570 nlowell Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:25:04 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=3793#comment-98570 I was hit by the same spammer you were on that other 2.0 ning. I haven't looked to see if there's been a banning yet. I'm also an admin at another Ning site with a few hundred members. Because we're an eclectic mix, often we choose to wait for people to actually make a move before we ban them. Once something triggers the process -- and usually it's the wholesale comment thing -- but then we act promptly to clean up the mess. We do this by having more than one admin who can boot and ban so that somebody is not too far away and action can usually be taken in a matter of minutes. I was hit by the same spammer you were on that other 2.0 ning. I haven’t looked to see if there’s been a banning yet.

I’m also an admin at another Ning site with a few hundred members. Because we’re an eclectic mix, often we choose to wait for people to actually make a move before we ban them. Once something triggers the process — and usually it’s the wholesale comment thing — but then we act promptly to clean up the mess. We do this by having more than one admin who can boot and ban so that somebody is not too far away and action can usually be taken in a matter of minutes.

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