To those who didn't know, I am one of the many who are really against spamming here. In fact, I even wrote 2 articles about the spammers, which helped me gain tons of views, likes, comments, as well as subscribers.
If you haven't read them yet, then you might want to check them first and let me know your opinion about them:
So, in my posts, I did say that we should "report" spammers once we see one. Whether it's in your comment section or someone else's, we should really hit that report button, so it's easy for the Read.Cash team to evaluate these users and make this community a better place for the writers.
I did report many of these users who were asking me to subs back on their page. I also did use the "move to spam" but only tried that twice because there was one incident when I hit the move to spam to the wrong person. So after that, I decided not to use it again and just the other option instead.
But I am not that "super strict". Some users here would comment "nice article", and though, that's quite a spam for others, sometimes, I just reconsider their posts. I am only stricter to those who really write "subs back" etc. But comments like "nice article" or "nice", I just skip them.
Then, there were also a few users here who wrote genuine comments, and then end the message with "subs back, please". I know there's the magic word "subs back", but since they took the effort to write such a long comment related to my content, I just made some considerations, but never would I subs back them. Sometimes, I even replied to them with, "I prefer people who don't ask to be subscribed".
But here's the thing, someone commented and told me to PRACTICE WHAT I PREACH. She's right. I should probably practice what I preached here. I should really report all of them who have used the "subs back" comment. But, as I've mentioned earlier, I am not really that strict at all. I make exceptions.
But I don't know. Should I make exceptions? Or, should I report or block all these users, regardless if they wrote an entire paragraph related to my content? Coz if I were to asked I'd make exceptions unless if they only wrote the "subs back" comment alone.
But, please, let me know your opinion about this. Maybe I become too soft and should really report these people or block them for good. If that would be the case, then I might clean all my comment section and block everyone who deserves to be blocked.
UPDATE: Moving forward, any comment that contains "SUBS BACK" will be reported and blocked for good.
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I think, you should have some considerations ate. Specially when someone really gave an effort commenting their thought or suggestion to your article. Maybe it's their way to catch other user's attention.