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Spams on code!

I recently noticed that some user are adding spam links on there web code. A few days ago, I touched a link, that website opened and immediately my phone stoped working. I had to restart and scan for virus. Then I never found that code again to report. Saw many people adding links to their profile, now I'm affraid to test them, again I can't report them without testing. Big problem. Want sololern to take steps. Please provide some solution.

27th Apr 2020, 1:10 PM
M Tamim
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In a place where people post whatever content 24/7, there's always the chance that some dangerous link goes by unseen for a while. If you feel that you can't trust a link (it's generally good to be careful), you can always tell one of the moderators or draw our attention by posting in the designated thread: https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/524028/?ref=app
27th Apr 2020, 2:12 PM
HonFu
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HonFu Oh! thanks. I didn't know there is such a thread.
27th Apr 2020, 2:29 PM
M Tamim
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Reporting to the mods is and endless procedure.....people will keep spamming you will keep reporting my suggestion is : just resist your curiosity and don't waste your time clicking on them.
29th Apr 2020, 12:40 PM
Mehnaz ✨
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AKR This question is for the mods. And searched a lot for that code but couldn't find it.
27th Apr 2020, 1:52 PM
M Tamim
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Tasfin Rashid, without going into specifics, of course moderation has means to keep track of offenders.
27th Apr 2020, 3:26 PM
HonFu
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Yeah, we see stuff like that occasionally, and we would like to take it down as quickly as possible, so we're happy whenever someone points us there. If we were to *prevent* it, we'd have to control every post or code, before it appears. That's just impossible with millions of accounts.
29th Apr 2020, 1:35 PM
HonFu
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Generally good advice online unless you can reasonably estimate or alleviate the risk.
27th Apr 2020, 3:45 PM
HonFu
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Cleaning the kitchen is an endless procedure... dirt will keep coming you will keep cleaning. The meaning of reporting spam is not to *prevent* spam (impossible) but to *remove* spam.
29th Apr 2020, 1:24 PM
HonFu
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HonFu Surprisingly, I have recently been asked by one of my follwers to visit a link. She also wrote dirty to get attraction. I obviously reported the profile and became astonished that she only used that profile as an advertisement platform. I never expected (really) these persons on a coding platform like this. She (or may be a fack id) directly invited to porn sites (I guess).
29th Apr 2020, 1:31 PM
M Tamim
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29th Apr 2020, 9:03 AM
M Tamim
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I also noticed that. Sololearn is getting unsafe for such spams.
27th Apr 2020, 2:35 PM
Python piper
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