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Yet more abuse going on.
by Bj aka Bill Brown Hosting and Backup Service provider
There are certain people, that should know better, setting a very bad example to other members.
They are using the status message to advertise, the most blatant abuse is putting urls in the status message. Other forms of advertising, such as soliciting to visit the offenders profile, soliciting their products, etc are also being used.
Status is to be used to tell others how you are, how you feel, and so on. I refer everyone to The Wikipedia definition of Status Message.
The trolls are getting the uper hand to a point that APSense is sailing very close to the wind. I do not want to see four years of work thrown down the drain. SO are you a troll or are you a serious member. One way to distinguish is to look at your Status message.
About Bj aka Bill Brown 
Hosting and Backup Service provider
2,546 connections, 55 recommendations, 7,157 honor points.Joined APSense since, May 18th, 2007, From Leicester, United Kingdom.
Created on Jul 16th 2011 10:31. Viewed 424 times.
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Bj aka Bill Brown
Hosting and Backup Service providerThank you Cheryl that was something I should have included will pin your comment so it is a continuation of the post. Jul 16th 2011 10:45 |
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Michael H.
 Affiliate MarketerI totally agree with you bjantiques. The status message should never be used for advertising purposes. Jul 16th 2011 11:21 |
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Brenda W.
Life LearnerThank you for setting the record straight on what the "status message" should be used for. I will do my best NOT to become an offender. Everyone needs to see this message.Thanks for your post. Jul 16th 2011 12:10 |
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Patrick Isherwood
 RetiredStrangely enough I was thinking of doing what I should not do today, now I will certainly not do it. Jul 16th 2011 12:14 |
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Paula van Dun
 TE Owner & Social Media EnthusiastYup. Apsense is turning in a Walhalla for spam and scam. It is a shame since APSense was going in the rifght direction before the upgrade. It also worries me that no more is done about the scam. Sure the tos said it is not allowed. But we all know that not everyone reads tos and even id they do, many people do not investigate anything. They join everything that promises big bucks. Jul 16th 2011 15:26 |
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Keith Sass
 Internet MarketerLet us keep this excellent site up and running.Please do not abuse this opportunity for Great exposure! Jul 16th 2011 15:47 |
Not just the staus messages but the comments have been getting spammed with urls too. I was royally pissed off the other day when someone posted a comment on my news event that was a referral url to a program that I consider nothing more than a scam and I had no way of removing it. Yes it is quickly becoming a spammers paradise around here. I guess that's why members who have been here for years adding content and helping to build this site are leaving and looking for other places to go that focus on having quality members rather than a quantity of spammers. That's a true shame but you cannot blame them.
Jul 16th 2011 10:39