Users against Spam

-= UNDER CONSTRUCTION =- FAQ What is Users against Spam? What is your definition of "spamming invites"? Why did i get an invite to this club? What can I do to help? How do I report a spammer? It is my right to invite whoever I want! My name is in the spammer's list and I want you to remove it. Where is the spammer's list? What is Users against Spam? One problem about MAL is that alot of users send huge amounts of invites to random people to join their club. This is annoying for the receivers and damaging the community. The ones responsible for the spamming usually isn't aware of the irritation they cause, they simply want to make their club more fun by boosting the number of members. The purpose of Users against Spammers is to stress this issue as well as informing the spammers that their behaviour is wrong. What is your definition of "spamming invites"? Spamming is when you send invites to alot of people who you do not know or have not had any contact with before sending the invite. Just because a hundred people have Naruto in their "Favorite Characters" Doesn't justify you sending an invite to join "Naruto Fanclub" to every single one of them. Why did i get an invite to this club? You probably got an invite for one of the following reasons, 1) A friend of yours thinks this club might interest you, and therefore sent an invite. 2) You might be a spammer. If so your name should be in the spammers-list below. The invite was sent to make you aware of the damage you are causing the community. Please read the information on this page to further understand our point. 3) You are the admin club where a user spams. If your club's name is in the list below, please inform your users to stop the spamming. 4) Someone might actually be spamming invites to this club. If so please let us know. What can I do to help? There are alot you can do! For example, - Join our club. Even if you are not actively working to stop spam, the more members on our list shows that a bigger part of the community share our view on spamming. - Help us report spammers and inform them of us, see instructions below. - Invite a friend who you think share our opinions (but do not spam invites to random people!) How do I report a spammer? Use the <!--link--><a href="http://myanimelist.net/modules.php?go=report">Report Function</a>. Also consider sending the spammer an invite to this club and adding them to the spammer's list. It is my right to invite whoever I want! Using that logic, it is our right to tell whoever we want to stop spamming. My name is in the spammer's list and I want you to remove it. Send us a message saying you will stop spamming and your name will be removed. Easy eh? If you think you are wrongly accused, please message us and we will sort it out. Where is the spammer's list? There is none yet. this club is still under construction.