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The Spam Folder: March 2023

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Happy March aka the only month that is a verb! SO. Let's March out and catch all the spammers! ^_^

You know the drill—share all the spammy content you find on iFixit in this thread so that @krisrodriguez and I can get rid of them!

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I was waiting for this to go up so I could send these in :)

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4275346/jotg...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4275265/Shil...

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You get the first catch of the month! Grats @guardian10! The first was absolute spam and the second seems upset... However, being mad isn't an excuse for foul language, so I marked him as spam. Hopefully he gets the hint.

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This user https://www.ifixit.com/User/Activity/420... needs to try and sell his codes somewhere else.

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@oldturkey03, you're right about that. All taken care of. Thank you :)

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https://www.ifixit.com/User/4194565/Savv...

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@guardian10, thank you. All done :)

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person has a link to a phone center in their bio, and already had their only post moderated in case anyone was wondering

https://www.ifixit.com/User/1073242/mitc...

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Hi @timtomissus, I've deleted their post and cleared out their account. They haven't been active since 2015 so I'm assuming they've forgotten we exist (hopefully.) Thanks for finding this one!

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Hi @amber

Just wondering why this user's answers/comments (4112253) are being deleted by the iRobot so often?

Only one of their posts (I didn't check every one of them) had a link to a website and even it may be construed as being helpful.

Here's another one 4281130 comments that appear to be OK were deleted

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4219381

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@jayeff, it looks like user 4112253 has been posting spam links in other areas of the site. So, while some of their comments might seem helpful, we suspect that it's an attempt to throw iRobot off the scent of other spam.

I checked the comment from user 4281130 and it looks like those are okay. I'll keep an eye out to see if iRobot continues to mark their contribution as spam.

Thank you for all the effort :)

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https://www.ifixit.com/User/About/417396... - Advertising

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4280883/tana... - inappropriate username

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@guardian10, thank you. I've gone ahead and removed the advertising spam.

I've let the second user stay. The name isn't overly inappropriate and they are genuinely trying to repair their stuff. If at any point they start posting inappropriate content then we can revisit this.

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This user https://pt.ifixit.com/User/Activity/4101... needs to try his failing marketing skills somewhere else

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Consider it done :) Thank you for all your help OT.

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This user needs to sell cracked antivirus software (I'm willing to bet it's malware) elsewhere.

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Are you sure? @guardian10, it's really nice software :) All taken care of. Thank you.

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I think, (s)he should be banned: https://www.ifixit.com/User/Activity/323...

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@vauweh, all taken care of. Thank you for letting us know :)

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https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+unlo...

Apparently ismartquery is is one of the fastest moving websites.

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@sedorr must be true since it is on the internet. That user has been given the opportunity to Spam somewhere else. He is out of here!

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https://www.ifixit.com/User/4219383/Bell... also needs to be banned.

BTW some of the users behind the spam comments in this guide are "banned forever", but the comments stayed up.

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Can you point out which comments you're looking at?

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@amber The comments on https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+unlo... (from what I can see right now, they are all spam, and invlude comments from users 4219381, 4229381 , 4219383 , 4252284 , and 4287461 . Many of these users have been banned forever.

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Hi @amber

4206219 - I've answered two questions out of the three questions posted by the user, with no response at all from them, and as they always link the same website, I'm wondering if they're marketing.

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@jayeff, thanks for spotting this. I think it's sophisticated spam. Some of these spammers are getting more clever. I've gone ahead and taken care of it.

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Hi

I have a bacteria expert here that needs disinfecting

Here’s a link to the spam

What is a Flagella?

Hopefully this helps

Thanks:-)

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Hi @hellomacos,

The post has been deleted.

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Hi @amber

4284625

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@jayeff, all taken care of. Thank you :)

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Hi @krisrodriguez

4254973

Cheers

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All taken care of. Thank you :)

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Good morning , 4242944 and 4265893 are some I found.

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Hi @thequacker, thank you for finding these. All taken care of :)

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Hi @krisrodriguez

4291149

Cheers

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@jayeff, thank you for finding this. I remember seeing a similar name a while ago. All taken care of :)

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last day of march, but found one!

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/5015...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4282186/Sam+...

likes to talk about the wrist bands he makes for hotels... in a question about a ipad smart cover??

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@timtomissus, all done. Thank you for your efforts on this last day of the month :)

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https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/7549...

I don't get good vibes from this one, reads as spam.

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@nick, thank you. I agree.

I actually went through and got rid of some of their other answers that link to the same site. They did have a few answers that seem legit.

They might not be aware of our community guidelines that say they can't link to their own site.

Let's see if they reach out. I'll keep an eye on them.

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this person has a few good answers and questions, but they also link a phone repair center multiple times

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/5908...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/331676/ifixs...

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This is an older account with a lot of content. @krisrodriguez and I will look through their contributions and likely reach out rather than just banning them. It'll take a day or two, but we'll tidy this up. Thanks, @timtomissus!

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ik i was here 20 mins ago but i found another one that i need a second opinion on

context: they were asking for help to fix a door, and then they sent a link for bill templates or something like that, which had nothing to do with the task at hand.

i guess this is confusing me as it was the person who asked the question who answered their own question with the spam

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/7760...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4290943/roma...

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You're welcome here as often as you find spam!

This is a strategy that spammers sometimes use to trick the robots. What they don't count on are humans that care about our forum. (Assuming you're human, @timtomissus ^_^.)

Thank you!

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Hi @krisrodriguez

4181072

Cheers

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Got it, thanks @jayeff!

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