How to Eliminate Spam from Other Members

Sta.rtUp.biz offers you full control of everything that could be considered spam. Here is a quick tutorial of what to do if you feel like you are getting spammed.

Changing Your Settings

1) Change to Approve Comments Before they Appear on your Wall
http://sta.rtup.biz/profiles/profile/privacySettings

a) Find this question: Do you want to approve comments before they appear on your blog?
b) Change to: Yes – Let me approve comments first
c) Click "Save"

2) Change to Receive Only "Messages sent to the whole network"
http://sta.rtup.biz/profiles/profile/emailSettings

Unclick everything except the fourth one. This will eliminate all the emails except the ones that are coming directly from Sta.rtUp.biz and are approved for the $1000 giveaway. Essentially, this means one approved message a day M-F.

Stopping Invitations to Other Networks Completely

One step will stop this forever.

Log onto ning.com with your user id and password and go to this page:
http://www.ning.com/settings/emailnotifications

1) Under "Email Notifications on Ning" locate "Invitations to Join Social Networks."
2) Change to "No"
3) Click Save

Friend Management

Making a Friend Request

1) Do not make blind friend requests.
This means do not just go from profile to profile clicking "Add Friend" 100 times in a row.

2) Make friend requests to people that are active on the site.
Look for the other members that are making comments on blogs and are actively posting.

3) Visit the member's website before making a friend request.
This will allow you to add a targeted comment in the friend request.

Receiving a Friend Request

1) Never accept any friend request blindly.
Send a message asking them a general question about their business or Sta.rtUp.biz. If they answer, then accept their request. If not, then reject their request.

2) Be wary of accepting requests from people who do not have a picture.
People that do not post a picture are more likely not going to be around, and they are more likely to send you spam.

Managing Existing Friends

1) Immediately remove any friend that sends you a message that you consider spam.
At the top of every message you receive in your inbox on Sta.rtUp.biz there is a link that reads "Block Messages." After you click the "Block Messages" button, then click on their profile link and click the "Remove as Friend" button on the left side under their profile image.

2) Immediately remove any friend that sends you more that one invite to another site in a week.
If you notice that you are getting 15 invitations to all kinds of social networks, then you have a friend or two that you need to eliminate. Each invitation will have the person's picture and name. Just go find them in your friends and unfriend them to stop these invites.

3) You must spend a few minutes a day removing friends that are sending you spam and excessive invites.
If you do not, then things will quickly get out of control. 5-10 bad friends can turn your email inbox into a nightmare. Some of these people will invite you to 10 sites a day. Spending a few minutes a day on removing these bad apples will save you time in the long run.

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Permalink Reply by Tiffany Roberson INVITES WELCOME on April 7, 2009 at 4:10pm: Thanks for the info!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dina Rodriguez on April 8, 2009 at 5:55am: Great tips!! Thank you!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by karen overstreet on April 10, 2009 at 4:36pm: How do I get rid of a X rated comment that was made by someone on my page?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SUp.biz, COO on April 10, 2009 at 4:57pm: I banned the member and the comment was deleted. For future reference, there are little "x's" on the top right hand corner of each comment. Click on the "x" to delete any comment.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by karen overstreet on April 10, 2009 at 5:36pm: Thank you for your prompt response. I will remember the remedy in in the future.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marlo T. on April 10, 2009 at 5:52pm: Thanks for the great suggestions!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Hey Red on April 11, 2009 at 12:01am: Thanks for the tip..seems like I being pulled away from visiting and getting to know people.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maria on April 14, 2009 at 7:43pm: Thank you very much for sharing this caring information.

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Permalink Reply by IndigoBlue on April 18, 2009 at 4:50pm: Thank you for these tips! I don't feel so bad hitting "delete".

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Permalink Reply by Peggy and Leon Davis on April 18, 2009 at 6:51pm: Thank you for these tips. I really had questions as to what to do about so many unwanted items.

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Permalink Reply by Letitia & Phil on April 20, 2009 at 8:53am: Thanks for posting this. I had stop coming to the site due to all the copy and paste SPAM. Hope this helps :).

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Permalink Reply by Dawn Gordon on April 25, 2009 at 6:33pm: I see I am not alone on this view of the marketing technique of copy and paste, then you thank them for the copy and paste, and they dont bother responding or adding your comment to their guestbook, maybe the diamond is so glittery they did not know which button to push to accept the thank you comment LOL

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