Hey All,
Going through messages and the enhanced security has some people flustered.
We increased the security to also include inactive accounts due to the large number of outside hacks that compromised shared passwords. Your login was hacked somewhere else, you used the same password and email combo, they found you here and logged on. That is the majority of the issues beyond the spoofed accounts.
Spoofed accounts were when the scammers used a similar User name changing something small you didn't notice. They see who has things listed in the PX, pick a user and try to clone them as they can. We changed that again to try and prevent it. It's hard, they can add minor things to a user name and make it look similar.
The headache this caused was the worst as then people are reporting the real account, the scammers report the real account and nobody knows who is real and who is a scammers. We get flooded with reports, we then have to watch the real account because every scammed person reports the real user as they think that is the account that scammed them. It;s not
So all hands, we change a ton that also inconveniences real accounts for a minute, sorry it's like the airport, we all have to take our shoes off to check for smelly feet.
Please continue to report any account, especially low post counts that contact you unsolicited.
Lastly, we are manually approving X number posts on new accounts. That means new accounts that post will not immediately appear on the screen. We have a queue for use to clear each hour if we wanted too, but we clear a few times a day. This way we can double check accounts and remove the ones we know are scammers.
If you are using the PX, slow down, take a minute to look at the user name, and especially the post count. It will not match the original poster you actually want to speak too. This is a process and we took at big swing at it. So please be patience. We cleared out a lot, but because they can hack older accounts or ones with passwords found on other places there is really no way to stop them 100%.
Also we can recover hacked accounts so don't assume an older issue is active today because a month ago an account was hacked and today it's being use. We can fix and recover accounts, so again, slow down, look and don't assume.
Thanks for your patience we are working on stuff everyday to enhance security and the experience
Going through messages and the enhanced security has some people flustered.
We increased the security to also include inactive accounts due to the large number of outside hacks that compromised shared passwords. Your login was hacked somewhere else, you used the same password and email combo, they found you here and logged on. That is the majority of the issues beyond the spoofed accounts.
Spoofed accounts were when the scammers used a similar User name changing something small you didn't notice. They see who has things listed in the PX, pick a user and try to clone them as they can. We changed that again to try and prevent it. It's hard, they can add minor things to a user name and make it look similar.
The headache this caused was the worst as then people are reporting the real account, the scammers report the real account and nobody knows who is real and who is a scammers. We get flooded with reports, we then have to watch the real account because every scammed person reports the real user as they think that is the account that scammed them. It;s not
So all hands, we change a ton that also inconveniences real accounts for a minute, sorry it's like the airport, we all have to take our shoes off to check for smelly feet.
Please continue to report any account, especially low post counts that contact you unsolicited.
Lastly, we are manually approving X number posts on new accounts. That means new accounts that post will not immediately appear on the screen. We have a queue for use to clear each hour if we wanted too, but we clear a few times a day. This way we can double check accounts and remove the ones we know are scammers.
If you are using the PX, slow down, take a minute to look at the user name, and especially the post count. It will not match the original poster you actually want to speak too. This is a process and we took at big swing at it. So please be patience. We cleared out a lot, but because they can hack older accounts or ones with passwords found on other places there is really no way to stop them 100%.
Also we can recover hacked accounts so don't assume an older issue is active today because a month ago an account was hacked and today it's being use. We can fix and recover accounts, so again, slow down, look and don't assume.
Thanks for your patience we are working on stuff everyday to enhance security and the experience
