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A somewhat well-known phenomenon from SE is "spam accounts" - that is a user profile containing self-promotional material which just sits there - the user isn't making any posts. Supposedly a paras...
#2: Post edited
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Lundin
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2024-07-04T14:31:14Z (6 months ago)
- A somewhat well-known phenomenon from SE is "spam accounts" - that is a user profile containing self-promotional material which just sits there - the user isn't making any posts. Supposedly a parasite using our search engine rank to generate hits from external searches, rather than someone hoping to promote on Codidact itself.
[Example 1](https://meta.codidact.com/users/84361), [Example 2](https://meta.codidact.com/users/84229) - there's several more, all seemingly registered at once by the same spammer.- - What is our policy for such accounts? Is there any reason why we shouldn't just delete them?
- - And if they aren't allowed, what is the best way to report them?
- A somewhat well-known phenomenon from SE is "spam accounts" - that is a user profile containing self-promotional material which just sits there - the user isn't making any posts. Supposedly a parasite using our search engine rank to generate hits from external searches, rather than someone hoping to promote on Codidact itself.
- [Example 1](https://meta.codidact.com/users/84361), [Example 2](https://meta.codidact.com/users/84229) - there's several more, all seemingly registered at once by the same spammer in this specific case.
- - What is our policy for such accounts? Is there any reason why we shouldn't just delete them?
- - And if they aren't allowed, what is the best way to report them?
#1: Initial revision
by
Lundin
·
2024-07-04T14:30:38Z (6 months ago)
Codidact's policy on "spam accounts"?
A somewhat well-known phenomenon from SE is "spam accounts" - that is a user profile containing self-promotional material which just sits there - the user isn't making any posts. Supposedly a parasite using our search engine rank to generate hits from external searches, rather than someone hoping to promote on Codidact itself. [Example 1](https://meta.codidact.com/users/84361), [Example 2](https://meta.codidact.com/users/84229) - there's several more, all seemingly registered at once by the same spammer. - What is our policy for such accounts? Is there any reason why we shouldn't just delete them? - And if they aren't allowed, what is the best way to report them?