Unwanted advertising/Spam or Fake member profiles

Hi everyone,

Just a note to let you know that I'm going through the member list and removing any blatantly fake/spam profiles and those that are clearly only advertising non-food or blogging related sites.

I do hope that everyone can appreciate that, whilst I want the community to be as open as possible, I'm keen to keep the site a nice place for bloggers and friends of the bloggers to interact and keep us as free from spam as I can. It can sometimes be a difficult judgement to make so in the unfortunate event that someone is mistaken as a spammer please do contact me: julia@ukfba.co.uk

If you do notice any such material being posted do feel free to drop me a line and I'll do my best to keep on top of it.

Best,
Julia x

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Permalink Reply by Matt Hall on November 29, 2009 at 12:00pm: Hey Julia - I think this is a good idea. The UKFBA has for me become a nice place to interact with fellow food bloggers so it'd be a shame if we were invaded by non foodies or people just wanting to blatantly advertise!

Keep up the good work.

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Permalink Reply by Sabrina Ghayour on November 29, 2009 at 12:14pm: Hi Julia,

I actually noticed quite a few yesterday... But one called "LiuHui" selling fake Tiffanys jewellry and other rubbish from China... And there was another one selling Bath towels! I did think it was a bit random to be fair!
I think you may have your work cut out for you!

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Permalink Reply by Not Delia on November 29, 2009 at 2:11pm: Hi Julia

Good luck with it. It's always difficult to keep a forum spam free, but it has to be done to keep the place usable for members who really do want to join in, contribute, and make friends.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Levitt on November 29, 2009 at 5:16pm: Hi Julia,

It can be a difficult job stopping those spammers but there are a few things you can do, there is a free service called Askimet which is very very good at recognising fake posts/people.

Also you could put a link to 'report' posts that are spam, this way we can help you find the offenders.

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Permalink Reply by Farmersgirl on November 29, 2009 at 9:17pm: Thanks Julia, much appreciated.; ▶ Reply to This

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