Yay!!!
Over the weekend I got attacked by a bot for being a spammer. Every one of my posts and all of my comments on my friends posts were flagged as spam. With @tattoodjay 's help, I got it shut down and it took several days for all of the flags to be removed.
Needless to say this has been disheartening and I have been quite discouraged. It made me dislike bots as much as I dislike spammers.
And then tonight I find that I have been the top commentor again this month using the esteem app on my phone AND @good-karma awarded me 15 SBD
for talking far too much! I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that the bot thought I was spamming you all!
If you haven't downloaded the esteem app to your phone, you will love using it. The search feature is really great and there are lots of fun updates on the way. And if you need help figuring out how to use it, just ask. I have gotten pretty good with it!
And be sure and witness vote @good-karma.
Hi @melinda010100! @tattoodjay is sending you 0.1 SBD tip and @tipU upvote
:)
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How cool is that to earn a tip on your Steemit post! Good job on using the app to comment a bunch :O)
Thanks! I love giving and getting tips from my friends
I bet you do :)
I know a similar feeling.. I did not do any posts for 2 days back in the days bandwidth was limited...I had problems commenting and a guy in steemit chat somehow looked up I had commented 20 times in a day and chastised me for it.. then asked how many times I post ..Lol.. hey it is great to comment.. I love views too even if they don't upvote at least they looked.. a bot can vote but it takes real people to truly interact by commenting.. love your post ..sharing /resteeming it ..by the way I tried looking up "tsufamily" since I used it as a tag on my last post and it does not exist.. however when I clicked it .. it took me to a mix an that is how I found this post. :)
Ugh. Anytime someone makes you feel bad, reach out to a friend that you know will be positive! You might like this post https://steemit.com/steemit/@pilcrow/minnow-tip-commenting-really-makes-a-difference-in-getting-followers I resteemed it yesterday because I thought it made so many good points. I often make over 60 comments a day...don't let anyone make you feel bad about talking to your friends.
I don't have any trouble searching by tags, or for users, when I am on my esteem phone app, but I can't find a darn thing when I am on my chromebook. Its not you. Glad you figured out that clicking the tag kinda works!
Thanks so much for the resteem.
Wow! Congrats, Melinda... So sorry you had to go through such a bot attack... I wouldn't know what to do either! But very glad it all worked out finally. Cheers, and have a great weekend! 😊
Thanks ac! It was an ordeal, for sure. At first I had no idea what was happening. My phone app notifies me when someone votes and the notifications were coming in so fast I couldn't see my phone screen. It took a while to realize they were down votes!
Hope your weekend is wonderful, too!
Thanks, Melinda! :)
Quite nasty business... Hope they've cleared it off for good!
@melinda010100
am surely gonna ge esteem today and hook up with this sweet lady! am also very active on post and reading plus comment...scared of what happened to you and hope the bot will not select me ... but with you .. trust i wil continue steeming hot!
keep it up ma'am
Good luck on esteem, Ken!
How do I find you in esteem?
esteem IS the same as Steemit. It's just a different was of accessing it. esteem is the app I use when I am on my phone. It wotks differently than when I am on my chromebook, but it is all the same content.
Yes...on it already and liking it...
Yeah ma'am...am already esteeming hot and gonna add you...
yes my friend its only for app and i like this photo.happy for you..
It is my granddaughter in the photo....wish I could still do cartwheels! Thank you!
Congratulations for being the top commenter
Thanks, Kaith! It is rather an honor!
@kaith
nice comment and why not try esteem... sure you gonna put up a good fight...;)
Omg what a mess you have hade. sorry to hear & i do NOT see or think your spamming 💖💖💖 keeep talking hun, your fab :D 💖💖💖💖💖
It is an ongoing problem, and I only it gets corrected.soon. Thanks for vote of confidence!
oh so its not fixed yet?? O.o i hope it will be ok for you :) I just wish i hade known you hade probs, could have tried to help :) <3
It is better than it was, but those darn bots all seem to follow each other around! Thank you for the offer, my friend.
ok great :D hmm its the bottrail.. ya know.. they are followers ;) any time sweets
Congrats thats so cool you got the prize, Karma balancing it all up for you :)
tip!
Good-Karma, for sure. Thank you for holding my hand and explaining what I needed to be doing through all of this! And thanks for the tip!!
Your welcome, were all learning and helping each other on here :)
We're very sorry about this, out of thousands of accounts a few did slip through. We'll make sure to be more careful in future. 😿
-- Edit: I added a few big up votes which seems to have helped the damage to your rep.
Thank you so much for your prompt action in fixing this for and for the votes! I really appreciate all of your communication, too. I will be giving you my witness vote.
Dang it....one of the things I dislike about esteem is that I clicked on the number to see who had upvoted this post and my finger accidentally hit the arrow and I upvoted ny own post! 😃
LOL