About the latest advertising spam on this site.
I'm getting really tired of seeing posts promoting unrelated products. I wouldn't mind it if it was something related to the learning of the Japanese language, which is the main focus of this site, being posted here by a user that actually uses the site.
I feel kinda sad when I see new accounts being created just for the sake of promoting their products. There is a right way of doing this, but this isn't it. This needs to stop. Not only will they continue doing this sort of thing, there is a risk that their products may be harmful in some way (regardless of what is advertised) and the users that were hurt may blame this site because they saw it here (yes, those people exist).
I humbly call beeant for action on this problem. If he thinks this is important but he has no time to moderate it, I wouldn't mind being on the lookout for this sort of thing and reporting on it or dealing with it directly if I may be given that privilege.
I feel kinda sad when I see new accounts being created just for the sake of promoting their products. There is a right way of doing this, but this isn't it. This needs to stop. Not only will they continue doing this sort of thing, there is a risk that their products may be harmful in some way (regardless of what is advertised) and the users that were hurt may blame this site because they saw it here (yes, those people exist).
I humbly call beeant for action on this problem. If he thinks this is important but he has no time to moderate it, I wouldn't mind being on the lookout for this sort of thing and reporting on it or dealing with it directly if I may be given that privilege.
posted by FelliVox