Spam in !keepwriting@lemmy.world Mod inactive for 1 year

Someone made a post that is at least irrelevant to !keepwriting@lemmy.world and is asking people to pay money for their ebook, which would be considered unsolicited advertising, i.e. spam.

https://lemmy.world/post/28643806

edit: If you want to appoint me as mod, that's fine, then I'll take care of it.

@lwreport@lemmy.world

6 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world

11 Comments

kersploosh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I removed the post from !keepwriting@lemmy.world. Though I have not banned the user or removed their other posts. At least not yet. Their repeated requests for ko-fi donations does look spammy, but they do link to free copies to their writing. In the post you referenced there's a Google Docs link to the book farther down. I'm not sure if the user is only here to panhandle or if they are just tone-deaf.

zabadoh@ani.social · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I volunteer as tribute to be mod of !keepwriting@lemmy.world

kersploosh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Sure thing. You are the mod now. The old mod appears to be long gone.

zabadoh@ani.social · 1 pts · 1y

Thank you!

RBWells@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (6 replies)

This happened also in curlyhair. I would also offer to mod that one.

kersploosh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Offer accepted. I made you the mod of !curlyhair@lemmy.world. The old mod hasn't been active for a long time.

RBWells@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Cool, I removed the post & will keep an eye on the community.

ETA, is it possible to modify the name to just "Hair"? I would like it to be more clear it's for all hair types.

isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You can change the visual name of a community, but you cannot change its slug. You would have to create a new community.

RBWells@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Done, thanks. Also the old mod resurfaced when I acquired it, so I added her back in as a mod too.

zabadoh@ani.social · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

curlyhair? Posting that kind of link there is very suspiciously spammy/spambotty.

RBWells@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Yeah I deleted it. I googled and the company looks legit but ads don't belong there.

sandbo00@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
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