The above spam accounts have since been removed. We actively monitor the Memrise platform for spam related content, and will remove any deemed by us as being “Inappropriate”.
Unfortunately we won’t be able to guarantee you will never encounter an inappropriate name again. Being a platform which contains user generated content (such as usernames) it’s possible you may be exposed to a piece of Inappropriate content.
100% agree. Created a feature request. A voting/review system for users/mem-s might also a good idea for weeding out the bad and the ugly from between the good.
I disagree… do not wish to see users classified. I wonder how much time some peeps have on their hands to even notice “spam followers”…
also, so many “regulars” and “leaders” and blabla did not even notice what Lien made public on her profile and wrote also privately to some of us. She is not working at Memrise anymore, stop shouting at her…
We are aware of the situation, and are working towards a long-term solution for the bogus followers and Mems. We will update you once the most recent batch of bogus followers have all been reviewed.
Although it may be a good idea, we have no current plans to introduce the ability to block followers or make profiles private. I will update you if this changes.
The problems might be lessened by including a reasonable daily limit on the number of new “following” links any user can create. For example, a 20-per-day limit may be reasonable for genuine users.
Currently, these unwanted followers appear to be setting up new accounts, and immediately adding ~500 links along with an offensive Mem.
The reported Mems and users have now been reviewed and actioned. You should not see these messages at this time. If you do come across any more, feel free to report them to us for review.
Thank you for reporting this. We reviewed the majority of the Spam Mems, but some have clearly slipped our net. We will review these cases mentioned and keep you updated.
Yeah. Also ive just noticed once one started following my alternate account. More and more kept coming. Really hope this stops as this is getting out of hand. I deleted the account but it didnt matter as it only had 500,000 points
I agree with the concept of “approving” followers (and being able to remove any that followed you before such a system is/was implemented), due to the above described issue. >_<
Thank you for these cases. We have released some new internal features which should prevent this type of content being created moving forward, and we are now working on retrospectively erasing these existing Mems.
