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Spamming - Are you my buddy?

ll-Jordan-ll	The user that posted this comment has been banned from DontStayIn. To view the message, click here at your own risk. Never posted in here, but something has been griping me. I wondered why my inbox is toppers everyday with spam. Just checked these people spamming me, and some random northern hardcore lovers are somehow my buddies. When they invite me are they entitled to invite me to shite or is this is a glitch?? It seems that without me acceptance, they are able to use all of the perks which come with being ones pal on here. Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

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SiTopia	The user that posted this comment has been banned from DontStayIn. To view the message, click here at your own risk. I think it's something to do with news posts, they seem to topple over bud lists into unbuddied territory. Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

Laila-Rose	There is an option on your buddies profile page which says "allow/stop buddie mass inviting me" make sure the envelope is NOT highlighted, this measn they cant invite you, if I get 4 or more messages from same person bout same thing I remove the opition for them to invite me to topics Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

Laila-Rose

There is an option on your buddies profile page which says "allow/stop buddie mass inviting me" make sure the envelope is NOT highlighted, this measn they cant invite you,

if I get 4 or more messages from same person bout same thing I remove the opition for them to invite me to topics

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

Ezzy1000	click the mail button on someones profile to stop them inviting you to topics. To stop receiving news items i think u have to leave the group. Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

Ezzy1000

click the mail button on someones profile to stop them inviting you to topics.
To stop receiving news items i think u have to leave the group.

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

IainC	ll-Jordan-ll said: It seems that without me acceptance, they are able to use all of the perks which come with being ones pal on here. Use the spam page to find out where the spam is coming from: dontstayin.com Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

IainC

ll-Jordan-ll said:

It seems that without me acceptance, they are able to use all of the perks which come with being ones pal on here.

Use the spam page to find out where the spam is coming from: dontstayin.com

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

ll-Jordan-ll	The user that posted this comment has been banned from DontStayIn. To view the message, click here at your own risk. Yeah I now that bit, thats what I have been doing all morning, but why are they allowed to invuite me in the first place?? Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

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Laila-Rose	ll-Jordan-ll said: why are they allowed to invuite me in the first place?? when you add someone it automaticaly allows them to mass invite you, when ever I add a new buddy I always check the envelope isnt highlighted Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

Laila-Rose

ll-Jordan-ll said:

why are they allowed to invuite me in the first place??

when you add someone it automaticaly allows them to mass invite you, when ever I add a new buddy I always check the envelope isnt highlighted

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

IainC	Laila-Rose said: I always check the envelope isnt highlighted And if they still invite you then they are adding you individually - the only two means of recourse a PM asking them not to and then/or unbuddying them. Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

IainC

Laila-Rose said:

I always check the envelope isnt highlighted

And if they still invite you then they are adding you individually - the only two means of recourse a PM asking them not to and then/or unbuddying them.

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

Laila-Rose	thankfuly never had that problem! thanks for the tip Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

Laila-Rose

thankfuly never had that problem! thanks for the tip

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

ll-Jordan-ll	The user that posted this comment has been banned from DontStayIn. To view the message, click here at your own risk. Ah, cool. Mission accomplished, was just curious as I had never noticed before. Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

Vinyl-Vera	something i have noticed is that if you are in a group and you have asked not to watch it....news items come through anyway....why is this? can this be prevented in anyway Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

Vinyl-Vera

something i have noticed is that if you are in a group and you have asked not to watch it....news items come through anyway....why is this? can this be prevented in anyway

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

IainC	Vinyl-Vera said: news items come through anyway....why is this? Because news is deemed to be important - so it goes to all group members regardless of watching status. Vinyl-Vera said: can this be prevented in anyway Yes, either: Ask the group moderators to stop allowing/posting so many news items OR leave the group (if you are not watching it and you don't want the news why are you a member?). Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

IainC

Vinyl-Vera said:

news items come through anyway....why is this?

Because news is deemed to be important - so it goes to all group members regardless of watching status.

Vinyl-Vera said:

can this be prevented in anyway

Yes, either: Ask the group moderators to stop allowing/posting so many news items OR leave the group (if you are not watching it and you don't want the news why are you a member?).

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

Vinyl-Vera	IainC said: if you are not watching it and you don't want the news why are you a member? because they are aquaintances of mine through the dance scene, they have joined my groups here on dsi so its a bit like back scratching but if i leave their group, they get an email telling them that i have left :( thanks for letting me know how it works though iain Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

Vinyl-Vera

IainC said:

if you are not watching it and you don't want the news why are you a member?

because they are aquaintances of mine through the dance scene, they have joined my groups here on dsi so its a bit like back scratching

but if i leave their group, they get an email telling them that i have left :(

thanks for letting me know how it works though iain

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

IainC	Vinyl-Vera said: they get an email telling them that i have left Only if they haven't turned off the e-mails. Reply Quote Posted Thu 26 Jun

IainC

Vinyl-Vera said:

they get an email telling them that i have left

Only if they haven't turned off the e-mails.

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Posted Thu 26 Jun

slimmatt	ll-Jordan-ll said: Yeah I now that bit, thats what I have been doing all morning, but why are they allowed to invuite me in the first place?? i think theres a slight bug in the system, and if you go to invit buddies, and type a name in of someone who is not your buddy, you can invite them in. i invited dave b to a thread the other day even though he isnt on my buddy list Reply Quote Posted Fri 27 Jun

slimmatt

ll-Jordan-ll said:

Yeah I now that bit, thats what I have been doing all morning, but why are they allowed to invuite me in the first place??

i think theres a slight bug in the system, and if you go to invit buddies, and type a name in of someone who is not your buddy, you can invite them in.

i invited dave b to a thread the other day even though he isnt on my buddy list

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Posted Fri 27 Jun

slimmatt	and i've just invited all three dsi ~~geeks~~ techy guru's into this even though they arent on my buddy list Reply Quote Posted Fri 27 Jun Edited Fri 27 Jun

slimmatt

and i've just invited all three dsi ~~geeks~~ techy guru's into this even though they arent on my buddy list

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Posted Fri 27 Jun
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DaveB-DSI	slimmatt said: i think theres a slight bug in the system, and if you go to invit buddies, and type a name in of someone who is not your buddy, you can invite them in. Yeah, we've done this intentionally. It shouldn't cause too much spam, because you have to choose the people individually. Reply Quote Posted Mon 30 Jun

DaveB-DSI

slimmatt said:

i think theres a slight bug in the system, and if you go to invit buddies, and type a name in of someone who is not your buddy, you can invite them in.

Yeah, we've done this intentionally. It shouldn't cause too much spam, because you have to choose the people individually.

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Posted Mon 30 Jun

davenewt	DaveB-DSI said: Yeah, we've done this intentionally. So what does the system of buddies actually DO now then? Inviting to groups/threads and spotting them were really the only things you had to be a buddy to do before. Reply Quote Posted Mon 30 Jun

davenewt

DaveB-DSI said:

Yeah, we've done this intentionally.

So what does the system of buddies actually DO now then? Inviting to groups/threads and spotting them were really the only things you had to be a buddy to do before.

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Posted Mon 30 Jun

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