Success? How about a successful forum?
 

This is what I just emailed to [email protected]

The amount of spam that is being posted is crazy. I've reported thread, after thread and nothing gets done. The threads are still open & active and nobody has been banned. I would bet that if your PAID ADVERTISERS knew that random people can make spam threads about selling cell phones and such... and get away with it, for FREE, they would likely take their funding elsewhere.



I rarely see activity from moderators and have never seen anything from the Administrator. I'm a moderator on a very active board, I know it can be a thankless job, but the amount of activity (or lack there of) that FitDay.com gets could be controlled single handedly. Hell I'd venture to say that I'm more active than all of your moderators COMBINED. If they don't want to contribute to helping the board run smoothly, then why not find someone who will?



I will post this in the forums and if I had to guess, I will not get a timely response (if any) from Admin here or on the forum.

Also, what about a PM option or being able to use Avatars? Am I just being a whiner or does this bother anyone else? Feedback please since I won't get any from the FitDay "staff".

Yes the spam does bother me. It will just get worse if they don't do anything about it.

It definitely bothers me. I read the forums for others' experiences and tips - not their pathetic attempts at selling crap.

I wake up this morning and guess what??? MORE SPAM, AND ADMIN STILL HASN'T GOTTEN OFF THEIR ASS!

My next email, sent to [email protected]

Melissa,

I have a concern about advertising that I wanted to bring to your attention. I am an active Fitday member and I enjoy the site. I understand that there are expenses in running a site and those expenses are either offset or covered by paid advertisers, which is great. However, there has been a recent trend of blatant spamming. I, along with others have reported this on several occasions. I've even sent an email to Fitday and yet nothing gets done.

My question to you is... how would our paying advertisers feel if they knew that our Administrator and Moderators let people spam for free at their free will?

Here is what I'm talking about.

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...-nokia-n8.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...800-280-a.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...-nokia-c7.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...gravity-t.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...ipad-64gb.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...-nokia-c5.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...ch-9800-a.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...avity-3-a.html

BTW you are the last person that I try to contact about this, next step is to notify our paying advertisers. I'm going to copy this email in post it up, I'll keep our member posted if I hear from you.

Regards,
Mike

If I was a paying member of this site, I would be pretty pissed off. You pay to browse this site advertisement free. They might as well just give everyone their money back, if they aren't going to moderate the boards.

I got a reply!
From:
"Conver, Brent" <[email protected]>
Add sender to Contacts
To:
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc:
"Jim Determan" <[email protected]>, "Weiss, Amber" <[email protected]>



Hi Mike –



Thank you for escalating this concern. I will work with community management team to ensure this type of spam is cleaned up.



Brent

Fitday

it looks like they have all been deleted. Hopefully this stays up b/c if you click on the links I sent in the email it will direct you to the Admin.

we have more spam. My latest email sent:

more spam. I visit the forums multiple times everyday, I'd be happy to delete these if I were a Moderator... just a suggestion.
http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...html#post24369

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...avity-3-a.html

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/forums...tc-evo-4g.html

YES TO PM's!
 

I would really like it if we had PM options and could have avatars! This forum is such a benefit to so many of us who need support in our pursuit of healthier lives. PM's would add so much to the experience and be a valuable tool in furthering our support of one another.

Also, the SPAM is extremely annoying! :mad:

well well well, look what I found.
 

I guess that we have a legitimate reason to complain about Admin and moderators not being active. It would be nice if they made their presence known, maybe that would cut back on the spam???!!!
Administrators
user name*****contact info****post count***join date*****last activity
fitday_admin*****none*********3**********11/13/09*****11/02/10
fitday_brent*****none*********15*********11/18/09*****11/02/10
FitDay_Steph****none*********8**********11/18/09*****9/21/10
IB-Dick*********none*********0!!*********5/19/10*****11/02/10
IBAngel*********none*********0!!*********9/24/10*****11/02/10
ib_admin********none*********2*********12/22/09*****11/02/10

Super Moderators
fitday_brent (same as above)
fitday_jim********none*********42**********11/18/09*****11/02/10
fitday_marlys******none*********0!!!!!!!*******11/18/09<--->11/18/09 rofl
FitDay_Steph******none*********8***********11/18/09*****9/21/09

Where did I find this valuable information?
go back to the forums, scroll down (below the men's corner) and squint your eyes, squint harder! See where it says "View Forum Leaders" click that.

This is what I've gathered... it looks like this board was started a year ago. Admin, got it going, some people volunteered their time to moderate, but never gave much time. I like to thank all them for getting this going and at least having good intentions, however, a little participation would go a long way. It seems like I created enough still to wake enough of them up on 11/02/10 but they are back asleep and the spammers are still at it.

It's a damn shame the lack of care here. I've offered MY TIME to be an ACTIVE moderator and have yet to get a response. This board is going down hill quickly and it's too bad b/c there are a lot of people that do care, ther just so happen to be "reguler" members and not the "Forum Leaders".

Those of you that know me, know I'm passionate, speak the truth and don't sugar coat things. We are all adults here, right? I would not be surprised if me posting this stuff, gets me banned, that would prove my paoint that THEY DON'T CARE and will continue to let the spam go on... just don't bother them about it!

Mike, I can understand your frustration. This site has been invaluable to me and some newcomers might find the spam off putting. I don't get a chance to post that often, but it is really annoying. Also, I have to type any posts into word because the initial attempt to post always fails..... *sigh*

Good for you for offering your services as a Mod, you are a shining light to lot of people on here. You got my vote! :D

does this happen elsewhere? I've had that happen before here but I think that it was an intermittent connection problem with my internet.

I have had my tech team look at it and we are not able to reproduce the same issue. It may be your computer or connection.