How does Fluther deal with accounts created for marketing purposes?

BANHAMMER!

We ban ‘em. Usually, we try to look at all new accounts created in a 24 hour period to check for ‘profile spam’, but that doesn’t always happen.

Sometimes, we notice the same way you mentioned…by seeing something suspicious in the community feed. Members often send me PMs or emails about suspicious profiles, which is a great help. I always wished there was a way to flag a profile. That would be so handy, wouldn’t it?

@augustlan I think I’ve actively searched for one three times now, I’m so convinced that it must exist. :P

Thanks!

We notice them the same way you do: something looks funny in the community feed. Then, we bring down the banmjölnir. We are the eyes of divine judgement.

@PhiNotPi This thread is turning out to be more educational than I expected…

Zapsky.

I wish there was a way to flag profiles too, but sending a PM to a mod is almost as good.

I look at the “new members” list and often there’s something about the name of the account that’s suspect, which gets my attention and so I take a look at the profile. Or sometimes it’s just blatantly obvious, like “DenverLitigationLawyers” or something like that.