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 Dawn Gordon on April 25, 2009 at 6:36pm: Some of us dont enjoy flashing our pictures around though, but I can try to gather one up to put up another time.

I also have to wonder though about the lady photographs where they look like they stepped off the runway, like a model, to much photograph, I am wondering are they really just selling the product?

some of us dont enjoy our picture being taken, it has nothing to do with scamming; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dawn Gordon on April 25, 2009 at 6:45pm: this is the most recent I have, I had to take it myself in the mirror, my hair is very curly...just so you know I am a person...I just dont need to market my face or hair, I market my product, and what is behind the product was the photograph I had up ' I work for the Father"

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Permalink Reply by Terri Pattio on April 25, 2009 at 6:30pm: This was great info, it makes for a better site where you can get to know people.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Shavonne Davenport on April 29, 2009 at 11:09pm: Great post. I actually got the information other way around. I need to become more active to be a better friend. Thanks.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dinah Beverly on April 30, 2009 at 9:44am: Great Post, but I really kinda learned all this on my own. All you have to do is when you first join is take a look around the site and you will learn all this. The reason we are here is to network. Call it network or spam in order for someone to know what we do, or have to offer we have to network "some call it spam", but I would like to know how it's done without "spam"
Thanks
Dinah Beverly
Alternative to Constant Contact and Quicken; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maureen on May 2, 2009 at 12:15pm: Fabulous post with great tips! All that inbox stuff gets overwhelming. I'll connect with whom I handpick based upon their business, not with everyone trying to "sell" me something. Thanks for this!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Workathomemomblogs on May 7, 2009 at 10:06pm: This was the great idea; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Edwin Pagan on May 11, 2009 at 1:27pm: I think the same, great post, good job, guys!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cathie Heath on May 12, 2009 at 2:15pm: Great suggestions! Thank you!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Teresa Min Yee Hwang on May 17, 2009 at 1:15pm: Thank you for pointing out all the options.

It is great to be connected to people all over the world.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bonnie Ross on May 18, 2009 at 9:17pm: Thank you! That was very helpful.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jo24 on May 19, 2009 at 5:56pm: Thanks for the tips. I had already figured some of this out in my first week. Please stop spamming everyone.....pretty please
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