My first run in with spam!
Yep, two months in and still enjoying every minute of being here at WA.
Yesterday, I had my very first run in with spamming, lol! WHAT A MESS!
If you ever have someone message you or email you saying you are spamming them, you're not, but something within your site might be!!! Who would have known?!?
If this happens to you, let the person know you are contacting support here at WA, comfort their emotional needs with apologies, and if they request you to remove them from your subscribe list... do it, because support will ask you to as well.
Last and maybe the most important advice... Choose plug ins with caution! Even though it shows a 5 star, and 20k installs... doesn't mean its solid. It may have 20k installs, but maybe 19,999 are uninstalled too! :o)
Get my point?
For everyone here at WA, we are a close, friendly community and we are here to help one another. So, if another member comes at you; accusing you and being rather mean... let it roll. They may be new, unfamiliar with site building, among other reasons. They truly may not understand that it's NOT actually your fault and that you are doing everything you can to resolve the issue that even you didn't understand. They may even begin to display some negative behaviors through the community.
Hopefully, everyone here realizes, or learns to realize, that when we choose to go beyond and add features to our sites, things like this might happen.
It happened to me! Even though no one else in my subscribe list was spammed, one person apparently was, and it deeply upset me. So, even though you might have a large list of subscribers, you will need to delete whatevers necessary in order to fix the prevent the problem from happening again.
Now I know, so I'm sharing this experience to help prevent this happening to you. :o)
Goodluck and much success to your online business!
- Paula
PS: Shame on you (you know who you are) for displaying such awful behavior as a WA member. I am truly disappointed.
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Hi, Paula!
Thanks for the warning.
I've been away for most of the month and just now checking in.
Hope it wasn't too bad :)
Take care,
Meherbani
You're welcome! More hurtful and disappointing than anything. Today it's in the past and I'm super happy to be leaving it there, where it rightfully belongs!! However, I will not forget. Lol
Spamming, or at least charges of it, is something that happens from time to time; It is never a nice feeling and you dread it, but it does happen.....
I'm sorry to hear you got wrongfully accused of spamming, especially this early in your WA life. It does not give you a good feeling. I've been with WA for 10 months and *knock on wood* I haven't had any issues with other members.
Thanks for the info pauline - valuable adbice as we start our new sites!!
kind regards
ian
Thanks for sharing this information with us, Paula! I was lucky till now. But who knows for how long.
thanks for the warning.It is not easy to deal with Spam as it keeps coming. That is one downside we have to live with I guess
Lessons of many to learn so they say. A steep learning curve as well! Happy you resolved it. Wow, what a trip that must have been. Thanks for the advice. Regardless of the above, good to hear from you, lol.
Diamonds in the rough.
Becky
Hi Becky! Thanks!!! I was just recently wondering about you and how you were doing! It's great to see you. It all worked it's way out. :o)
Always a pleasure, Paula! And again, happy it worked out. You really do not know what to expect, especially when you have comments and subscribers to answer to. That's a great experience and means your making progress. I'm doing well and thanks for asking. Great to see you too. (D-I-T-R) Becky
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You are the best! I think we would be good friends (: I love the way you say it.....without totally "saying it!" I made sure I saved this post for future reference. Thanks for the cup of inspiration. Have a happy day!!!