Forum: Suggestion Box


Subject: Restrict new account uploads (avoid spam)

EVargas opened this issue on Oct 09, 2023 ยท 5 posts


Byrdie posted Mon, 09 October 2023 at 8:41 AM

Agreed. Reported a gambling ad pretending to be art just last night, those and the "escort" or "model" or "rent a yacht/villa/whatever" spammers are usually pretty easy to spot. Not so easy is the piece I just saw posted to the Fan Art gallery. It's a photo, accompanied by a full page of very informative text concerning the design and history of the item depicted, and is probably of interest to people who collect that sort of thing. Whose hobby is fashion. BUT ... it also reads like a very long advertisement and the "artist" happens to be the company that makes the sneakers. Not only that, it is their only post and they just joined here a few days ago. It's a well crafted post, nothing like your typical spam, but I can't help question its status as genuine fan art. You know the old saying "if it quacks like a duck" ...