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#1  Edited By zegolf

So, in an attempt to connect with a few more people (and get a few more quest points) I started to follow some of the newer accounts.  Upon further review, I notice that a majority of the accounts that I ended up following, based mainly on date, ended up being Cialis-toting spammers!
 
Is there anything in place to catch these types of folks?  I know you can report an account for spamming, just wasn't sure if there was maintenance done on the user database or anything like that!
 
By the way, Giant Bomb Community = crack.

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#2  Edited By zegolf

Actually, I guess you CAN'T report user accounts directly on their profile page.
 
So is there a way to do this?  I get enough reminders of my "inadequacy" in my email on a daily basis.  Don't need it in my Giant Bombs.

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#4  Edited By JJWeatherman
@Red12b said:
" @zegolf:  
Usually they get targeted by the forum mods when they spam the boards, But I guess sending a pm with links of all the acc's you find to Dave (the snide) Snider wouldn't go amiss.  "
Sending links to the mods would probably be better. Dave's too busy doing Dave things... like ordering pizzas, and camping.
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#5  Edited By manhattan_project
@JJWeatherman said:
" @Red12b said:
" @zegolf:  
Usually they get targeted by the forum mods when they spam the boards, But I guess sending a pm with links of all the acc's you find to Dave (the snide) Snider wouldn't go amiss.  "
Sending links to the mods would probably be better. Dave's too busy doing Dave things... like ordering pizzas, and camping. "
Don't forget being awesome.
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#6  Edited By JJWeatherman
@Manhattan_Project said:
" @JJWeatherman said:
" @Red12b said:
" @zegolf:  
Usually they get targeted by the forum mods when they spam the boards, But I guess sending a pm with links of all the acc's you find to Dave (the snide) Snider wouldn't go amiss.  "
Sending links to the mods would probably be better. Dave's too busy doing Dave things... like ordering pizzas, and camping. "
Don't forget being awesome. "
Of course. That's implied.
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#7  Edited By zegolf

I went down the "PM all of the Mods" path.  Figured you all were right, and I should leave Dave alone.
 
Thanks for the tips.  Just don't enjoy seeing Cialis ads in my blog stream.

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#8  Edited By Red12b

Well my thoughts were go past the middle man because the engineers have to delete the accounts anyway, but I may be wrong about that. 
 
 
in which case, yeah pm all mods... 
 
doo dee doo wah wah.