Spam reporting thread #74

PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING SPAM

Distinguish between the following, and flag the highest level of the violation:

-- Type 1: Irredeemable commercial spam: make sure to flag the member's profile, as well as the spammy activity. This type includes things selling strollers, pharmaceuticals, live-streaming sports games, porn, and/or trying to create traffic/links to sites for such things. Sufficient profile flags will automatically result in temporary suspension and deletion of the member's activity, so use your profile-flagging powers wisely and carefully.

-- Type 2: Teachable moments: DO NOT flag the member's profile, but DO flag the violating activity (e.g. self-promotional Talk post, group, or local venue). This type includes promotional activity that violates the Terms of Service (TOS), but where the member is potentially redeemable, e.g. overzealous authors, overzealous publishers, or other members with small TOS violations but who are otherwise using the site legitimately. These cases should be reported to staff (by sending a message or email to staff and/or or posting on this thread), so the member can be taught how to use the site.

Specific procedures:
-- Overzealous authors or publishers (these fall under type 2): do NOT flag the member's profile. Report to staff here or privately. You can also send the member a polite message pointing them to the terms, mentioning the "no promoting" language, and pointing them to the Do's and Don't page for authors: http://www.librarything.com/about_authors.php
-- Suspected sock-puppetry to promote a book, write fake reviews, and/or stack ratings: do not flag the profile, but report to staff here or by message, so staff can investigate. This is a serious violation for which members can be permanently banned.
-- Profile flags for commercial spammers only (type 1): On the member's profile page, click on the "report for spam" link, then follow instructions to flag the member. Again, this is only for commercial spam, not for "overzealous" authors, publishers, or booksellers, which should be reported to staff instead. See Talk post: http://www.librarything.com/topic/85810
-- Spam or promotional posts in a Talk topic (type 1 or 2): flag the post as an abuse of the terms of service.
-- Spam or promotional groups (types 1 and 2): flag new groups using the "flag this group" link.
-- Spam lists: report in this thread, and flag the member if it's commercial spam.
-- Spam works (type 1 spam): flag the work as spam on the work's editions page, and then vote on proposed work spam. Make sure to read the guidelines before proposing or voting, especially for what is not spam. Voting page: http://www.librarything.com/spam_works.php
-- Spam in a review (type 1), or an explicitly promotional review (type 2): flag the review as an abuse of the TOS, using the red flag.
-- Spam or promotion in "published reviews," or other CK fields (type 1 or 2): post here and/or delete.
-- Spam or egregious promotion/advertising in venues or events (type 1 or 2): post here and/or delete. Note that authors are permitted to add events for their books.
-- Spam in book links / quick links: post here and/or edit to remove spam.
-- Spam author names listed on a work: No current procedure. Tim has asked us not to change CK to indicate spammers, and not to combine spam authors together.
-- Not sure if it's spam? Post here, and explain why.

Please note that Tim has asked us not to use either CK or the combining system (whether works or authors) for spam fighting.

For more information see these wiki pages:
Procedures for flagging and reporting spam: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Spam
Spam works, guidelines for flagging and voting: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/HelpThing:Spam_works

(A copy of these guidelines, for pasting in new threads, can be found here or at the top of previous threads.)

https://www.librarything.com/topic/334731
https://www.librarything.com/profile/boyuvftgLee

ETA: gone

https://www.librarything.com/work/20550968/147478724
https://www.librarything.com/profile/thevasavigroup

https://www.librarything.com/work/15988039/reviews/118269732
https://www.librarything.com/profile/venusgroups
(will flag work as spam after the review is gone)

https://www.librarything.com/work/25490693
https://www.librarything.com/profile/massielpenagroup

Author spam (https://www.librarything.com/profile/JeremiahAlstonBooks)

https://www.librarything.com/topic/334781
https://www.librarything.com/topic/334778

https://www.librarything.com/topic/334780
https://www.librarything.com/topic/334779

One more needed on fourth topic. All gone now. Unless I missed some.

>5 MarthaJeanne:

He's also under 13, and therefore not permitted to use LibraryThing.

I thought about that. It's up to staff whether to cancel the membership. Maybe an adult is running the publishing business for him. Nothing actually says that he has control of the profile.

>7 MarthaJeanne:

Nothing actually says that he has control of the profile.

That's true, which is why I haven't flagged the profile, just left a note.

https://www.librarything.com/work/20122947/reviews/145254045
https://www.librarything.com/profile/AviationExpoDubai
(will flag work as spam after the review is gone)

>9 karenb: Do we flag the member?

>11 jasbro: Yes.

>11 jasbro: What >12 MarthaJeanne: said.

https://www.librarything.com/work/23712456/173421735
https://www.librarything.com/work/23712455/173421730
https://www.librarything.com/profile/medicalerrorlaw

https://www.librarything.com/work/24196664/178452095
https://www.librarything.com/profile/naturopathicbeauty

https://www.librarything.com/topic/334819
https://www.librarything.com/profile/avuyfrtwLee

Please flag both.

>15 MarthaJeanne: gone

>17 karenb: Since the reviews and members were flagged to the limit, I added the works.

>18 MarthaJeanne: Thank you!

review: https://www.librarything.com/work/17333657/reviews/127318193
user: https://www.librarything.com/profile/organicaffinity
(we can flag the work as spam after the review is gone)

Active spammer: https://www.librarything.com/profile/Whane1974

https://www.librarything.com/topic/334884#7593314
https://www.librarything.com/topic/328245#7593315
https://www.librarything.com/topic/332570#7593316
https://www.librarything.com/topic/334921#7593317

https://www.librarything.com/topic/318126#7593318
https://www.librarything.com/topic/328085#7593319
https://www.librarything.com/topic/334880#7593320

https://www.librarything.com/topic/334740#7593321
https://www.librarything.com/topic/333613#7593322
https://www.librarything.com/topic/334111#7593323

ETA: gone

https://www.librarything.com/topic/334920 (Join to flag group)

Author spam
Author profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/Emma.a.Wilson (Already left profile message, do not flag.)

https://www.librarything.com/profile/aronefashion
https://www.librarything.com/work/22574958

https://www.librarything.com/profile/fashionartz
https://www.librarything.com/work/18722800

https://www.librarything.com/profile/FashionCity
https://www.librarything.com/work/19120302
https://www.librarything.com/work/19109797

https://www.librarything.com/profile/DesignersRajeev
https://www.librarything.com/work/15465021/reviews/113798164
(we can flag the work after the review is gone)

https://www.librarything.com/profile/gutcderiLee
https://www.librarything.com/topic/334981

Gone.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Parasdham1508

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335176#7601865

Gone.

https://www.librarything.com/work/17920708
https://www.librarything.com/work/17848606

(Works are owned by 0 members, so the relevant user(s) are already gone.)

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335194
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Skissr01

ETA: gone

>30 karenb:

Considering the non-book items that are catalogued, I don't know why a blog post wouldn't be okay.

>31 lilithcat: That's not what I thought I found. Will investigate some more. Thanks.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/glengolfbok
(work already pre-emptively marked as spam, though the review could use flagging)

accounting firm

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335256
https://www.librarything.com/profile/andrews98567

https://www.librarything.com/work/14784907&spam=1 (to flag review)
https://www.librarything.com/profile/farmtongolf

https://www.librarything.com/work/9552949
https://www.librarything.com/profile/heydaytraining

https://www.librarything.com/work/25770784/reviews/193098254
https://www.librarything.com/profile/vmokshatrainings
(will mark work as spam after review is flagged away)

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335267
https://www.librarything.com/topic/335270
https://www.librarything.com/topic/335269

This is the same author as >35 Nicole_VanK:
(https://www.librarything.com/profile/amandawilcherbooks)

Overzealous author though, so don't flag the profile.

>37 Nicole_VanK: Too late. Already flagged to oblivion.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335291

Enthusiastic Author - Do not flag - https://www.librarything.com/profile/Kimberly_Bell (Already left a profile comment)

Author spam:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335296

https://www.librarything.com/profile/JohnAubrey: DO NOT FLAG PROFILE! A message was already left by amanda4242

>40 lilithcat: And a long term message posts to the thread instead of on the profile... Sigh

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335338
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Kimberly_Bell
Author spam

Edit: Already informed not to advertise outside designated areas a few days ago.

New member started two groups which he didn’t even join to discuss his books. Please don’t reply on threads.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335392#n7608363
https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23511/Existentialiist
https://www.librarything.com/topic/335391#n7608362
https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23510/Literary-Fiction

Don’t flag profile:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/MarkMyBuck
I left message for him.

https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23515/Business-Talk

Ah! Profile and topic already gone.

Group, too.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335479#unread

I see this the same as Enthusiastic Author. So DON'T FLAG THE PROFILE
https://www.librarything.com/profile/BrianDewey

>47 gilroy:

Agreed.

>47 gilroy: I don't get this.

ToS: "LibraryThing is not an advertising medium. Egregious commercial solicitation is forbidden."

How is offering a free app to track your reading "egregious commercial solicitation"?

>50 anglemark: It's advertising in the wrong place. If they placed it in Hacking Librarything or one of the software discussion groups, I probably would have left it alone. But they put it in the group to talk specifically about Librarything. So that advertising is egregious solitication to me, but I marked it as a learning experience, not a full on spam.

>51 gilroy: Hm. It's not directed at other programmers but at ordinary readers. And the guy has been an active member for 14 years. And it's not a commercial solicitation. Well, we can agree to disagree.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/dobsonbobcat
https://www.librarything.com/work/25710145/192472224
https://www.librarything.com/work/25710137/192472191
https://www.librarything.com/work/25710133/192472156

https://www.librarything.com/profile/DobsonExca
https://www.librarything.com/work/25706027/192434522
https://www.librarything.com/work/25696200/192355025
https://www.librarything.com/work/25681962/192222090

https://www.librarything.com/profile/dobsonexcavator
https://www.librarything.com/work/25717837/192557010
https://www.librarything.com/work/25717828/192556980
https://www.librarything.com/work/25717820/192556947

https://www.librarything.com/profile/dobsondriveway
https://www.librarything.com/work/25729781/192683777
https://www.librarything.com/work/25729780/192683772
https://www.librarything.com/work/25729777/192683750

OK, there's clearly a pattern. Rather than hunt them all down, maybe I should let staff know about the pattern?

>55 karenb: It might be worth letting staff know, however the ones for dobsonexcavator were all catalogued on 20 Nov 2020, so they aren't recent additions.

Saving the text for your appreciation. ESL can be fun.

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>57 2wonderY: For a moment I thought your account was hacked, LOL. I usually open a dozen unread talk threads in new tabs and then go through them, so I wasn't immediately aware this was the one for spam reporting. So I'm reading about escort housewives and thinking WTF. The bit about bodies as dummies still has me stumped :D

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335557

Author, who was warned once before back in 2016:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/AlexAustin

>59 gilroy:

He probably saw the word "Writers" in the group name and thought (wrongly) that it was okay.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/bogdan21

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335660#n7616507

Gone.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/vendaslawncare
https://www.librarything.com/work/26255881/197841842
https://www.librarything.com/work/26255880/197841837
https://www.librarything.com/work/26255879/197841832

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Ttroplawncareatlanta
https://www.librarything.com/work/25065210/186331830

https://www.librarything.com/profile/magnolialawn2
work marked as spam, but review not yet flagged
https://www.librarything.com/work/17528860/reviews/128714644

https://www.librarything.com/profile/getcash01
https://www.librarything.com/review/110297424 (work already marked as spam)

https://www.librarything.com/profile/graytruckg
https://www.librarything.com/review/100536153 (work already marked as spam)

https://www.librarything.com/profile/parkmytruckusa
https://www.librarything.com/work/27062211/205838123

https://www.librarything.com/review/111794908 (work already marked as spam)
https://www.librarything.com/profile/atharvapethe

Another cluster:

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Surrogate_Mother
https://www.librarything.com/work/20814010/149362277

https://www.librarything.com/profile/what-is-surrogacy
https://www.librarything.com/work/20810241/149333481

https://www.librarything.com/profile/gestationalsurrogate
https://www.librarything.com/work/20818668/149396554 (fortunately there's no link to click in the review)

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Surrogate_Mom
https://www.librarything.com/work/20818779/149397602

https://www.librarything.com/profile/surrogate-mother
https://www.librarything.com/work/20806454/149306430

https://www.librarything.com/profile/greatcommissionwomen
https://www.librarything.com/work/17498729/reviews/128535309

https://www.librarything.com/profile/BraindumpsStore
https://www.librarything.com/work/24014333/176581301

https://www.librarything.com/profile/rossukthaipapers.com
https://www.librarything.com/work/24255728/reviews/179025246 (will mark the work as spam after the review is flagged away)

Posting here, as well.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/emmacornish600

https://www.librarything.com/topic/328193#7623596

--> Screen cap of private messages looking for sex have been deleted, so no one will accidentally on purpose go to the effort of typing in the url.

The user below was sending the same message in a private message to me.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/christopherwesm

>70 pgmcc: You shouldn’t leave that live link in your post. You are accomplishing their work for them.

>71 2wonderY: Yeah, that's why I posted a screen cap and then deleted the messages.

>72 clamairy: I would still edit the picture to not include the full URLs.

>73 MarthaJeanne: Seriously? You think anyone will go to the effort to type that in unwittingly? LOL I was more concerned about avoiding accidental "clickage."

It will be much easier for me to just delete it.

>70 pgmcc: I'm so not clicking through to test it, but please consider editing your post to remove the "https://twitter..." link.

Apologies.

Author spam: https://www.librarything.com/topic/335985

I've left a comment on his profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/jjgonzalez

>81 karenb: You missed the review.

https://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=infosharings

>82 MarthaJeanne: The review only talked about bags. It didn't have links or promote the business of the user, so I thought it didn't qualify as spam. Thanks for the second opinion!

https://www.librarything.com/profile/lacetdemodelle
https://www.librarything.com/work/27127401/206582891
https://www.librarything.com/work/27127405/206583047
https://www.librarything.com/work/27127403/206582985

Did have a link.

Author spam.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336052#n7630287 Almost gone already. Gone.

Do not flag https://www.librarything.com/profile/mercadeslias

I'm not sure why she thought that advertising in Bug Collectors was a good idea.

>86 karenb: That one's gone.

>87 MarthaJeanne: yay.

https://www.librarything.com/work/24574472/181860188
https://www.librarything.com/profile/crackservice

https://www.librarything.com/profile/neggar has posted rude remarks on a couple of threads.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336145#n7635108
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336127#n7635109

And started his own thread claiming to be a single 13 year old male looking for love: https://www.librarything.com/topic/336184#n7635111

And has now deleted his comments.

And has now posted a comment on my wall calling me a liar, as well as the comments below.

And more comments on my photos, using inappropriate and offensive language.

>91 tardis: gone now

>94 karenb: Good riddance! The comments on my profile were creeping me out. I did block him but gone is better!

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336227

Author spam. Do not flag https://www.librarything.com/profile/OscarBronte

Author spam:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335890#7636074

https://www.librarything.com/profile/saltyflamesthebook

https://www.librarything.com/work/27234851/reviews/172644561 (will mark work as spam later)
https://www.librarything.com/profile/life100club

"Offers hilarious packages altogether including flight tickets & hotel booking service"

https://www.librarything.com/profile/alkhaleejtours

This is actually author spam

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336285#n7638113

(https://www.librarything.com/profile/ArinaitweAllan) do not flag.

BTW, His book is not available from ER.

Gone.

>101 Nicole_VanK: All gone.

New member created group to discuss and distribute his book:
https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23550/Call-the-Words-a-Sage-A-Language-of-L...

I left message on his profile page: https://www.librarything.com/profile/bbouton39

https://www.librarything.com/work/25270304/reviews/188001422 (can flag work after review is gone)
https://www.librarything.com/profile/stanleybever

https://www.librarything.com/work/26019898/reviews/195794573 (can flag work after review is gone)
https://www.librarything.com/profile/canadastar

How does one let prospective patents of such a school know that they have such poor morals? Would you want to send your kids to a spammer school?

>106 MarthaJeanne: A question for the ages

https://www.librarything.com/work/27035372/reviews/205535383
https://www.librarything.com/work/26691537/reviews/201916230
https://www.librarything.com/profile/VladNov

Author spam: https://www.librarything.com/topic/137511#7642488

Not including the profile link as the account is set to private and messages can't be left.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336492

Do not flag: https://www.librarything.com/profile/ArwelMarshal (I left a message)

Author spam:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336496

Do not flag profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/Adamtbest Message has been left.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/335692#7659540

One of our group admins removed the post, but because of some glitch when I used the back button to return to the thread the spam link was still visible. Odd. Might be my browser, and not LT.

>113 clamairy: Gone now.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336885
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336884
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336883

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336882

Author

https://www.librarything.com/profile/DeniseKCookBooks

I left a message

Author spam:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336888

More author spam

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336887
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336889

Author
https://www.librarything.com/profile/jameslcaprabooks

>117 yolana: is the same member.

And here:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336886

>118 MarthaJeanne: wow, he’s prolific, I’ll give him that.

One thread still alive
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336888#unread

117-119 all gone.

There are plenty who create more than 4 topics.

And another author

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336893 gone
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336894 gone
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336892 gone
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336891

Author https://www.librarything.com/profile/taramilliganbooks

They are using the same groups, same lack of knowing how to use LT. I'm guessing the same person putting all these authors on.

I can't get edit to work.

>122 MarthaJeanne: all gone now.

https://www.librarything.com/work/27000637/reviews/205169762 (flag the work after the review is gone)
https://www.librarything.com/work/26591789/details/200887465 A new twist: spam info in the Dimensions Summary field
https://www.librarything.com/profile/RicoMcmillian

https://www.librarything.com/work/27342612/reviews/208764873 (flag the review away first, then we can flag away the work)

>127 karenb: And the member

https://www.librarything.com/profile/AndresReed

>128 2wonderY: That one has a bunch of works that are spam; I just haven't gotten through them yet. Or maybe I'll just email staff and let them deal with them all.

More author spam:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/336906
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336905

Message left: https://www.librarything.com/profile/Mohiuddin25

More "click this link" works to flag review and then flag work:
https://www.librarything.com/work/27150816/206841573
https://www.librarything.com/work/27150637/206840594

https://www.librarything.com/profile/BraydonMadden

>131 Taphophile13: Interesting. The German 'reviews' make about as much sense as a lot of English language spam I've seen.

And more:
https://www.librarything.com/work/27345347/208789858
https://www.librarything.com/work/27342433/208763920
https://www.librarything.com/work/27342272/208758069

https://www.librarything.com/profile/DonaldParker

More "click the docoment"
https://www.librarything.com/work/27314143/book/208504356
https://www.librarything.com/work/27314003/book/208503669
https://www.librarything.com/work/27292386/book/208464853
https://www.librarything.com/work/27310676/book/208461275
https://www.librarything.com/work/27138784/book/208425077
https://www.librarything.com/work/27292386/book/208240524
https://www.librarything.com/work/27292386/book/208239844
https://www.librarything.com/work/27169208/book/207922796
https://www.librarything.com/work/27251507/book/207806262
https://www.librarything.com/work/27229605/book/207565401
https://www.librarything.com/work/27169208/book/207001148
https://www.librarything.com/work/27168982/book/206993161
https://www.librarything.com/work/27168971/book/206991611
https://www.librarything.com/work/27168910/book/206989174
https://www.librarything.com/work/27138784/book/206730382
https://www.librarything.com/work/27138382/book/206727424
https://www.librarything.com/work/27138258/book/206726734
https://www.librarything.com/work/27118891/book/206480514

https://www.librarything.com/profile/JaceyZhang

BTW, the fastest way to get these long lists of reviews is from the member's review page.

>136 MarthaJeanne: Yes, much quicker. Still need some flags here:
https://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=JaceyZhang

8 reviews to flag
https://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=GaylePalacios

https://www.librarything.com/profile/GaylePalacios

7 reviews
https://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=BrainBritt
https://www.librarything.com/profile/BrainBritt

https://www.librarything.com/profile/JKoefsky

new "member" accident lawyer wants to be my friend

https://www.librarything.com/topic/327699#7664322
https://www.librarything.com/profile/BUDMALL

pot dispensary

ETA: He's gone.

review: https://www.librarything.com/work/22163883/reviews/159077386
(flag the work after the review is gone)
user: https://www.librarything.com/profile/Bliss-Junkyards

user: https://www.librarything.com/profile/jakeselectrical
works:
https://www.librarything.com/work/25441747/189894016
https://www.librarything.com/work/25213533/189894077
https://www.librarything.com/work/25441757/189894163

user: https://www.librarything.com/profile/starviewelectrics
(Heather already proposed works as spam)

Author spam: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337059

Message has been left on profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/faktorovich

Author spam:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337162
https://www.librarything.com/topic/329834#7668433
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337161
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337163

https://www.librarything.com/profile/JanEPat (gilroy has already left a message)

re >153 lilithcat::

Here she goes again: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337097#7669407

And more: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337203

I swear, I am this close to flagging the profile.

>154 lilithcat: She seems a bit of a slow learner, doesn’t bode well for the quality of the books she’s trying to peddle

>154 lilithcat: Also https://www.librarything.com/topic/337176#7669422

>156 MarthaJeanne:

What's really annoying about that is that she asked how to promote her book after being directed by gilroy to the Hobnob group. I was way less snide in my reminder to her than I wanted to be.

(NOTE: JanEPat's profile says "Keeping Gender Secret", but doesn't indicate preferred pronouns, so I've just defaulted to the feminine.)

The book uses E and mer.

author promoting book
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337216

left message
https://www.librarything.com/profile/mebanepowellbooks

>159 Taphophile13: A few more:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337218
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337215
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337217

Author spam

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337247#n7670534

https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/23576/Christian-Books
Group 'It is the Group of Christian Writers and the Library made by their books. '

Do not flag profile. https://www.librarything.com/profile/Igor-Evgen

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337272 Gone

Not quite author spam, but probably same idea, so I did not flag https://www.librarything.com/profile/travelling.pages

Author spam:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337297

https://www.librarything.com/profile/daldrup (comment left)

https://www.librarything.com/profile/JaydenPoole

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337301#7672350
Group is join to post.

Gone, along with other spam.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/haayuu

Using works and reviews to advertise illegal streaming.

>165 amanda4242: we shut down all the reviews. I switched to A view in their catalog for efficient flagging of the works.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/johnsseptic2
(work already suppressed as spam)

https://www.librarything.com/work/26201293/197390070
https://www.librarything.com/work/26201290/197390067
https://www.librarything.com/work/26201230/197389447
https://www.librarything.com/profile/dexseptictanks

Author spam
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337407#n7676347

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Jayash90058452

I left a note.

>168 2wonderY: Gone already.

https://www.librarything.com/work/27073396/reviews/205970178 (flag the review away first, then the work)
https://www.librarything.com/profile/woofindia

https://www.librarything.com/profile/ElijahHogan

Half a dozen spam works with spam reviews.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/oilver
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337606#n7683761 (gone)

I think we can confirm that this is not a proper member.

>174 bradvaldez6: So nice this spammer also leaves a message on this thread ;-)

Profile still needs flags: https://www.librarything.com/profile/bradvaldez6

ETA: these messages are all flagged away
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337352#7683770
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336409#7683771
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336617#7683772
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337046#7683773
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337608#7683775
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337607#7683776
https://www.librarything.com/topic/335691#7683778
https://www.librarything.com/topic/200208#7683779

>175 FAMeulstee: I've just been through and flagged all the ones that were still displayed. All hidden now.

>176 haydninvienna: But he is still alive.

>176 haydninvienna: Don't forget to flag the profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/bradvaldez6

>177 MarthaJeanne: >178 FAMeulstee: Just done so. I must have assumed (without looking, of course) that enough people would have nuked the profile already.

Until the profile is gone, several of those messages are hidden, but still available, so it would be important to keep flagging the profile.

It seems to have been a drive-by spammer, but very odd that the profile hasn’t disappeared.

Just flagged it myself and still it persists

Must be a process that the admin forgot to kick off somewhere in their code fiddling

Now they're gone at last.

Gone now.

post: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337268#7684600
post: https://www.librarything.com/topic/327946#7684604
profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/kevinhodges5

They don't give up, do they? This is so similar to other recent ones. Really obnoxious when they post in long established topics.

The job must be spamming various websites.

>186 lesmel: a few more posts:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/334067#7684594 (gone)
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336982#7684597 (gone)
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337358#7684599 (gone)
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337073#7684601 (gone)
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337479#7684603 (gone)

Profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/kevinhodges5

Like >174 bradvaldez6: the spammer isn't gone. In spite of so much flagging.

>189 MarthaJeanne: Seems like it takes more flags to get the spammer out.

Didn't used to. Often the spammer was gone before the messages.

This time the messages are all gone.

Maybe this fix broke something? https://www.librarything.com/topic/336356

>192 norabelle414: Sounds reasonable.

This morning’s new spam profiles. Some spam content on photo pages. Not going away as normally.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Saomai_Corp123

https://www.librarything.com/profile/culpercom

https://www.librarything.com/profile/KETUASLOT303

https://www.librarything.com/profile/prismatic_gems

https://www.librarything.com/profile/formithcom
https://www.librarything.com/profile/rajeshdesa

>194 2wonderY:

One of those is gone: https://www.librarything.com/profile/formithcom

As is the one mentioned in >188 FAMeulstee:

Perhaps just taking longer? Or needing more flags than before?

>195 lilithcat: I'm sure that >192 norabelle414: is right on the money.

Typically, just one flag and a refresh deletes those accounts. Maybe I’ve been demoted.

>197 2wonderY:

If you have, so have I!

>188 FAMeulstee: That profile is now gone. The message I checked reflects that.

>195 lilithcat: I've whacked them too. Let's see if it helps.

>200 rodneyvc: Sadly they are still there :-(

Found an other one, profile: https://www.librarything.com/profile/xpressautoparts2
The thread he/she started is gone.

>201 FAMeulstee: yes - they seem to be lingering way longer than before.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/akashkumargoel5
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337488#7685877

Tried to use the innocent "So how do I advertise my book" schtick -- already warned once.

Someone so stupid as to try again in the same topic is not teachable.

Message is now hidden.

>203 gilroy: https://www.librarything.com/topic/4393#7685878 Another one by the same member

>205 SandraArdnas: Should his book also be marked as spam?

>206 FAMeulstee: No, it's a real book

>205 SandraArdnas: That’s a stupidly random placement.

>201 FAMeulstee: And a day later they're still there.
Along with the addition of:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/lendingcapital
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Brindhamarketing
https://www.librarything.com/profile/letsaskme
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Jun88
https://www.librarything.com/profile/smlsolutionsuk
https://www.librarything.com/profile/ccresorts

Author spam:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/akashkumargoel5
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337677

>212 haydninvienna: They've been warned multiple times. Flag the profile.

>213 gilroy: Done. Topic as well. Topic now hidden.

More profiles not going away:

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Misahara
https://www.librarything.com/profile/sleevesnmore
https://www.librarything.com/profile/soicaukubet
https://www.librarything.com/profile/formyrscom
https://www.librarything.com/profile/counterfeit123
https://www.librarything.com/profile/mednowlabs

That’s today’s crop. Previous days are still up.

I have posted in Bug Collectors about spam profiles not disappearing: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337680

>216 lilithcat: Hmm.....why can't I see that topic in Talk or the Bug Collectors group? The link works fine and I starred the topic but I don't see it anywhere

I figured it out! It was in the "Spam?" section (probably for having so many links) but I've rescued it now

>213 gilroy: Now gone.

kristilabrie has requested that examples of non-disappearing spam profiles be posted in the Bug Collectors thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337680

https://www.librarything.com/profile/resorthoiandor
https://www.librarything.com/profile/DNBFASHION

Oddly, this profile has been suspende, but persist, with its spam content on the profile picture page:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Myblueshadow

>221 2wonderY: I don't see a way to flag the profile picture. Maybe report it in the thread mentioned in >219 lilithcat: ?

https://www.librarything.com/profile/trevorrampling7

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337694#7687677

Also previous message.

Another ad for earning money, presumably by spamming.

>224 MarthaJeanne: and a few more:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337639#7687670
https://www.librarything.com/topic/328478#7687671
https://www.librarything.com/topic/328091#7687675
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336982#7687676
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337382#7687678
https://www.librarything.com/topic/335884#7687679
https://www.librarything.com/topic/336391#7687680

>222 FAMeulstee:

You cannot flag a profile picture, for obvious reasons.

>224 MarthaJeanne: Always nice when they just drop into the spam thread for insta-identification...

https://www.librarything.com/profile/enorecfdLee

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337761#n7688714

Really about time that URL in the subject line gets automatically deleted.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/adiblogger
https://www.librarything.com/profile/irotioncom
https://www.librarything.com/profile/SamMendoza

https://www.librarything.com/profile/phuocabig

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Shirtsuccess

Spam content on picture page sometimes

Author spam: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337778

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Miller_library (message left)

Author spam https://www.librarything.com/topic/337778 gone

(https://www.librarything.com/profile/Miller_library)

You beat me to it.

Also https://www.librarything.com/topic/337290 gone

Author spam:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337797

Message left:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/mvidal

review: https://www.librarything.com/work/25094731/reviews/186609905 (we can flag the work later)
user: https://www.librarything.com/profile/powerlegal

>234 karenb: review gone, work flagged

work: https://www.librarything.com/work/27470562/209962617
https://www.librarything.com/profile/greentechindustry

https://www.librarything.com/profile/jenkscom
https://www.librarything.com/profile/dumptrucksforhhire
https://www.librarything.com/profile/johnroberto
https://www.librarything.com/profile/IvyWerner
https://www.librarything.com/profile/TomHanson

Yesterday’s batch is still untouched.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337880
https://www.librarything.com/profile/MGWallace (Enthusiastic author, already noted, do not flag)

https://www.librarything.com/topic/337898#n7693208 gone
https://www.librarything.com/profile/arhvftedLee

Another keto with a URL in the subject line. In fact the word keto by itself is a good indication that a message is spam.

"That is just a fortune cookie factory reject."

>244 2wonderY: The top three seem to be the same spammer.

Probably. Where is Faktorovich when we need her?

fake euros for sale
https://www.librarything.com/topic/337934
https://www.librarything.com/profile/643ernest

and a minute later they're gone!

Profile flagging seems to be repaired. I will further test it in the morning, when they usually appear in a cluster.

Happy to report that flagging profiles does indeed suspend them again.

Time for a new thread.

>246 anglemark: Since all 4 accounts have been blocked by LibraryThing, figuring out if they are a single spammer is a job for a hacker and not for a computational-linguist.