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Rudi P
1 reviews | Active since Jul 2013
08 May 2015, 15:55
Spam, spam, spam - and your solution ain't working
I have complained about this before. We pay to place ads in the top section and to bump it up. Within a day, my ad falls back to page 13, because spammers flood your pages. When I make a list of usernames, along with how many ads that user posted, you acknowledge receipt but the ads remain online. We are politely asked to use the \report this ad"function and to be patient since thousands of ads are placed daily.<br> <br> If ONE user can post 101 duplicate ads"
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Gumtree South Africa's replyOfficial
02 May 2023, 21:58Hello Rudi1977,
I'm sorry for your frustration.
Please know that we are aware that there are those who are abusing the site with spam and that we take significant steps to reduce this.
Everyday we remove hundreds to thousands of duplicate ads from the site and we routinely block users who insist on posting duplicate ads. Unfortunately, there some people that are persistent in their attempts to by pass our blocks and get back up on the site. So this is something that we are constantly dealing with on the site.
Please also know that we are always trying to improve our systems and strategies to deal with spam on the site. We are also looking to devote more resources to help deal with this issue moving forward.
As you are aware, we ask that user's please report spam either through the \Report This Ad\" feature or our Help Desk:
I'm sorry for your frustration.
Please know that we are aware that there are those who are abusing the site with spam and that we take significant steps to reduce this.
Everyday we remove hundreds to thousands of duplicate ads from the site and we routinely block users who insist on posting duplicate ads. Unfortunately, there some people that are persistent in their attempts to by pass our blocks and get back up on the site. So this is something that we are constantly dealing with on the site.
Please also know that we are always trying to improve our systems and strategies to deal with spam on the site. We are also looking to devote more resources to help deal with this issue moving forward.
As you are aware, we ask that user's please report spam either through the \Report This Ad\" feature or our Help Desk:
Gumtree South Africa's reply02 May 2023, 21:58
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Hello Rudi1977,
I'm sorry for your frustration.
Please know that we are aware that there are those who are abusing the site with spam and that we take significant steps to reduce this.
Everyday we remove hundreds to thousands of duplicate ads from the site and we routinely block users who insist on posting duplicate ads. Unfortunately, there some people that are persistent in their attempts to by pass our blocks and get back up on the site. So this is something that we are constantly dealing with on the site.
Please also know that we are always trying to improve our systems and strategies to deal with spam on the site. We are also looking to devote more resources to help deal with this issue moving forward.
As you are aware, we ask that user's please report spam either through the \Report This Ad\" feature or our Help Desk:
I'm sorry for your frustration.
Please know that we are aware that there are those who are abusing the site with spam and that we take significant steps to reduce this.
Everyday we remove hundreds to thousands of duplicate ads from the site and we routinely block users who insist on posting duplicate ads. Unfortunately, there some people that are persistent in their attempts to by pass our blocks and get back up on the site. So this is something that we are constantly dealing with on the site.
Please also know that we are always trying to improve our systems and strategies to deal with spam on the site. We are also looking to devote more resources to help deal with this issue moving forward.
As you are aware, we ask that user's please report spam either through the \Report This Ad\" feature or our Help Desk: