I'm not sure if this is an error or my posts are getting hidden for seemingly no reason, but I was going through my posts (someone asked me how many auto warranty scam calls I've gotten) and I see that quite a few of my posts have been hidden, including one where I simply stated the name of the company some number claims to be which, normally, I thought would be useful information. Anytime I post a link to a voice recording, that gets blocked afterwards too but it doesn't seem automated as it won't be immediately blocked. Am I breaking some unwritten rule?
Links outside the site or to voice recording will usually get a post either reviewed or automatically tossed into pending mod review. This is out of concerns for security to readers. I believe this is covered under site ToS.
If you are posting multiple reports in the same thread (what is called blogging a record of the calls) that is considered spamming, and the extraneous posts are often reported since they are really only dupes - the nature of the scam having been established. A call blog might be of useful for you as a user, but it is not that much use to others. I don't know if you have been blogging, but it is worth mentioning.
A good number of your posts are up and can be accessed. It does seem you reporting of numbers that are obviously spoofed. Reports on spoofed numbers are not useful IMHO, and I am guessing that might account for some of the missing posts. With spoofed numbers, there is not much chance anyone will get calls from the same number, and your info is out there all lonesome in the ether. One hit calls from spoofed numbers are just not helpful since no one else will ever read your post.
Might be useful if you keep a call log, but not of use to anyone else. My guess is that about 90% of car warranty scam calls are from spoofed numbers so you see scope of the problem.
The real magic here is how to help other posters get fewer calls. I firmly believe know who called is the booby prize. You don't need to know who is calling or why to make changes that cut the number of unwanted calls. If you are answering all these calls, you are surely going to get more and more of them.
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TheWildShadow55
I don't post under the same thread multiple times, that'd be annoying. Usually I'll only report a number if I get calls multiple times, which has happened for every number I've posted. I know how it works with scammers and how if you call them that'll just tell them that your number is active and they'll put you on a list, this is exactly why I use a burner VOIP number to find out anything about a random number that calls me, or a number posted here. I do sometimes respond to posts asking who called with the false company, who they claim to be, and what happened when I call the number on my burner number, but like I said, I've had those types of posts seemingly hidden and I just don't understand why, especially if that's what I should especially being doing here
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Doris-Boris
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Not on this site but on 800numbers the same thing started happening to some of my posts.
I can only assume it’s because I used the same write up for multiple numbers - mainly cos they were the same situation.
And perhaps because I drew the ire of a mod (or self-appointed mod) for it. 🙄
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