What I don't like, is that the AW folks in charge are using this format improperly. To wait until there are a specific number of 'thumbs up/thumbs down' before investigating the claim, regarding spam attacks, etc, is preposterous!
We shouldn't have to wait until 500 people complain before something is done.
April 2017 was the first claim re spam ads. It is now Nov 2017, and still we have spam ads. There is no apparent resolve.
@Ginger, I haven't seen the ads you are referring to. To which page (homepage, portfolio, etc) are people opening to find these ads.
Or- go to this page -- http://www.artwanted.com/support/ -- and contact them via email.
In"Browse Artist Portfolio" It changed on me they are coming in 1-2 more! Page 1. Took me 25 minutes to put in Word this time total of 19 on first page I see. Obvious • By Jack Cooper McAfee technician ad, 2nd portfolio • By Aida Irwan, McAfee technician, 3rd in layout • By Tim Shafer, plumber, ad no 6 on list • By Brooks Corning furniture, item in layout is no 7 • By Sally Lewis, phone support ad, I item 11 • By California Parking, parking ad, item 13 • By Sun Valley painting ad, item 16 • By Delphi Weigel, Mona Lisa picture with the face of Mr. Bean, debatable, item 20 • By Mark Duffy casino ad, item 24 • By Terry Smith, casino ad, item 25 • By Suikijan Sukinem debatable a banana ad, item 26 • By Constatine La, shows "test", item 29 • By Harry Thompson, Canadian, debatable, item 30 • By Education Society Society, Canada By Item 31 • By Kevin Adalon, debatable, black blob, debatable, item 34, • By Ben Tarnow, 50 mile mining, mining company, item 39 • By artweall, NYC fire hydrant artwork, debatable 2nd picture is same in portfolio, item 41, • By Campbell company, statistics, item 42 • By Sunrayr Railings, add showing house and railing for wheel chair, item 47
Do you see them?
@Ginger, I'm not denying that there are ads, I'm not on AW very often, and don't peruse the site much, so I haven't seen the ads.
Slam the [email protected] email with complaints about the ads. Try to offer some kind of alternative if possible. The AW followup to correspondence is painfully slow, so be patient. Perhaps a 2-step method for creating an account would eliminate much of the problem.
Unfortunately, what we've all shared here is apparently failing to garner the attention of the AW board. I would have thought someone would have replied or otherwise commented on this issue. Instead, they want to help everyone by creating a new website that connects all of your web links together into one...they call it 'bounce'. Unfortunately, the term 'bounced' is used when an email can't be located when sending or replying to a message, hence the bounce effect. I think they have 'bounced' foul and out of play by not responding to this ad issue. So far, they still watch from sidelines to see how many votes this concern raises before they are willing to do anything other than to tell us that more votes will get their attention. Catch 22 here. People will stop using this site if their needs aren't met.... The idea board should be split into 2 categories, ideas, etc. and complaints, bugs, concerns, etc. That way, ideas can be voted on to raise interest, and complaints can be investigated and resolved in a timely matter.
Now on to the topic of junk/spam accounts...
We first want to say that ArtWanted is not being hacked, or compromised in any way. These are real people, creating real accounts, with real e-mail addresses. There is not a filter (or two step validation) that will stop this from happening, as they could easily be real artists wanting to join ArtWanted. The problem happens is when these new accounts upload images with links to other website or are commercial in nature. This is what we want to reduce or eliminate from happening.
As mentioned on an earlier comment, there are changes to the programming of the website that can be done to reduce the number of spam accounts or images that are posted on the website. These changes take time and resources and pull us off from other updates we are making to ArtWanted, so this is why we have the idea board, so we get a better feel for what is important to our members.
Ignoring point values of the idea for a minute, this is a hot topic right now for you that are reading this post and we do think it's important. Your conversations are not falling on deaf ears.
This week we will be putting together a plan to reduce spam on ArtWanted, but from a technology side and from a personal review side of things. We appreciate your feedback/comments and we will be posting an update to this idea within the next week with some ideas we have to help with the problem. Keep your feedback coming!
Al Budarin that comment "ugly" is terrible. I never saw it! They should be removed! We are here to encourage all, make friends and enjoy each other’s work.
Spam Reduction Plan: 1. Review all new accounts daily to remove commercial/spam accounts. 2. Automatically flag an account for staff review anytime they put a 3rd party URL in their bio or image description. 3. Add a new “Report to Staff” feature, so any spam image or account can be manually reported by anyone for our staff to review.
We have already started to implement this plan and it should be completed within the next few weeks.
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