Gone. (And there were almost 20 flags on his posts.)

He's posted in the Children's Books group, as well as the L.M. Montgomery group (Kindred Spirits), I deleted the topic in both...

Flagged him in the banned books group.

I wonder if it would ever help if Goodreads sent a message to spammers/serial spammers before deleting their "membership" status. Probably not, but simply deleting them often doesn't work either.

Ahmed in the Poe group. Flagged him. I think he's having a blast. Could we send him a blast of spam busting, viral loaded, Ahmed computer killer something? anything?

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28897...

yup. flagged him in the Christopher Moore group. He is unstoppable! This is really silly now.

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28897...

And he's already back. I flagged him in another group.

rivka wrote: "And gone."

Atta girl! :-)

And gone.

Like a bad dream, he's BACK! Posting that same--confusing--message as fast as he can.

If you get rid of the member without deleting the post, it might remain. If you simply delete the post the topic and other messages will remain. You can delete your own post. If you're a mod you can also delete the entire topic/thread.

I poofed the topic :) His initial post was gone, by mine was still there.

Yesterday (or whenever it was), the one in the Nora Roberts group still had the person's post, but said 'deleted member.' Maybe it takes the system a little bit to catch up to the deletion. Dunno.

Wait. That was Isis posting in that "good group" topic created by "deleted member." I think her post flagging it is what caused the topic to remain. She'll delete it as soon as she sees that, I'm sure.

Thanks again, Rivka.

That's a link to the group. I think you mean this, although it has been deleted one way or another.

rivka wrote: "Hmm. They shouldn't, not when the member is deleted administratively."

Here's one of the posts.

Hmm. They shouldn't, not when the member is deleted administratively.

Ah, the posts or comments do stay. The name changed to "deleted member" though.

Thanks Rivka!

Well, he IS. ;)

Awe, I was hoping to see a "poof he's gone." "-)

Persistent bugger. Keep reporting him if he creates new IDs again.

He's in like 59 groups, they will probably all get scmmed

They definitely will. It's the only reason they've joined the groups and Goodreads.

He's in like 59 groups, they will probably all get scmmed

Egads. That "newest spammer" is still going strong.

Thanks for letting us know that Rivka. It's good to know and I'll keep it in mind for when this happens again.

Lisa wrote: "I wonder if we first flag with a message and then delete whether that would work."

Nope. The flag goes away if the message does.

Bun, that's a good idea, and include the URL of the member profile in your flag message.

You could always take a screen shot of the spam before you delete it, so if GR has a question you would have a record of it.

I deleted him from the NR group, but left the post there for now.

Don't people have better things to do with their time than be obnoxious like this?

Members have a choice whether or not their posts remain if they leave or are deleted from a group. I forget what the default is; I think it's that the posts remain if a person leaves, but I'm not sure, and I don't know if it's the same for moderator deletions.

Oh, that sounds like the best avenue to take, Lisa. Good idea.

I wondered about that, too. But the last I read, when a member was deleted their group posts remained. If I remember correctly, people were concerned when members canceled their membership that their posts in groups would be gone; thereby, (possibly) voiding the flow of the discussion.

Of course, that doesn't answer the question of whether GRs staff need to see the SPAM posts in order to determine if the member needs to be deleted.

If we flag it, Goodreads sees it within the message and they see who posted it. I think enough of the posts have been flagged that it's okay to delete some of them, but that's a good point.

I wonder if we first flag with a message and then delete whether that would work.

Isis FG wrote: "Ok, so here's a question (just found a spammer post in the Nora Roberts group)...

Anyway, I flagged it and was about to delete it but I wondered if GR still has access to the post if we delete it ..."

I didn't delete from my groups for this reason

Ok, so here's a question (just found a spammer post in the Nora Roberts group)...

Anyway, I flagged it and was about to delete it but I wondered if GR still has access to the post if we delete it from the group, or if we should leave it there for them to see and decide on an appropriate action.

Yes, I removed the post (Kathrynn, thanks for reminding me to remove him from the group) from a group I co-moderate, and just flagged him at another group.

Goodreads will delete this "member" but I'm sure they'll be back with another screen name.

Couture.Dior.Megan wrote: "I didn't know if I was suppose to"

You certainly don't have to, Couture. I delete the spam because it clutters up the posts, imo. (in my opinion)

I didn't know if I was suppose to

I removed him and his comments from the groups I moderate.

I deleted his comment in Poland group, where I'm a moderator. I also saw him in two other groups.

I saw him post in two of my groups yesterday but I had to leave before I could do anything. Glad someone else caught him.

^All of his Recent post are the same^

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28728...

Same guy different groups:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2300...

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2300...

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2301...

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2295...

Another spammer.

Stephen do you buy or have you bought from PGW - Publishers Group West, because I had some terrible security problems with them.

Stephen wrote: "We kind of have the same problem at Barnes & Noble with authors. Especially the Small Press ones. For most of the time Small Press books are non-returnable book for us. So these authors know we wil..."

My bookshop is in the Caribbean and so no books are returnable for me. I have to sail over to another island ($55 ferry) to even post them.

I do try and show local authors what they should do to get their book sold, but they confuse selling with promoting. When the Gvt. offers them a reception in the gvt buildings they take it. All A-list partygoers there for the freebies who will sadly have left their wallets behind and most never buy the book (or any other one). I tell the authors have a booksigning in one of the few bookshops here, especially in mine cos I have a cafe and the only proper bookshop. I know, same as you do, that I can sell from a signing. But no, they take the gvt freebie and later come in and say they only sold 5 books but they have promises of at least 50 people who are going to come and buy.

Lisa wrote: "Re flagging profiles, not a bad idea, but you can always copy & paste their URL into a message and send it at the contact us link at the bottom of the page."

It's actually easier if you flag the review/post/etc. than the profile anyway. That way we can see what they're doing that is problematic.

Stephen wrote: "We kind of have the same problem at Barnes & Noble with authors. Especially the Small Press ones. For most of the time Small Press books are non-returnable book for us. So these authors know we wil..."

The things that some will do to misuse the system...........it never fails to amaze me. Don't suppose it would occur to them that they are abusing B&N's kindness in ordering without pre-payment.

I just flagged a third one, on one of my reviews, then because it was my review, I was able to delete the post myself.

It's more worrisome to me that a spammer is spamming on reviews. In groups, there are enough members that someone will know about flagging; also the spammer has to join groups in order to post. Anyone can post on any review and members participating in those threads may have no idea what to do about it.

Re flagging profiles, not a bad idea, but you can always copy & paste their URL into a message and send it at the contact us link at the bottom of the page.

Kathrynn, Last night I flagged/reported 2 of their posts/I got emails about them because they were comments on reviews I was following. (I didn't click on any of those links!)

We kind of have the same problem at Barnes & Noble with authors. Especially the Small Press ones. For most of the time Small Press books are non-returnable book for us. So these authors know we will not carry them in the stores. What they will do is like order 5 or more under a different name and not come to pick them up.

Instead of trying the correct way of getting their books in the store, like trying to do a book signing. Or the publisher doesn't help them to push the book like they should. A lot of this small press authors are first time authors and they just don't know or understand how to promote their books. And no one shows them.

Some of the problems is the Publishers will tell the writers that the book is returnable so when they have come in the store and asked why we don't put in the store. I have had to tell them it was non-returnable. They will ask even then if if they ordered the book would we put them on the shelves. I have to say no. I will only order them if the a customer is going to pick them up.

I have to admit this has slowed done some. But it it is still a problem from time to time.

I came to post about "milooe" too Kathrynn - it seems to be an advertising spammer for basketball shoes.