Lately there seem to be quite a few posts from people who are looking for a date or who are seeking sex. That isn't what this board is about. Let's Meet-Up is for promoting group Meetups that conform to the Local Guides policy and rules where we get together for Mapping, Photography, Walking in our communities, etc.
Re: Let's Meet-Up isn't a dating/casual sex service
OMG @PaulPavlinovich are you serious? I cannot believe there is a people who are searching for such things online, especially here on Connect. Gosh this is unbelievable.
Re: Let's Meet-Up isn't a dating/casual sex service
This forum has no barrier of entry, so I don't think it is all that surprising.. There had been complaints from female members of harassment too.
From what I read some of the posts, some members are desperate to improve their lives circumstances by hoping romance to a foreign place will allow them to immigrate (illegal in most countries).. some are just malicious postings. There seems to be a whole gamut of reasons.
It would be nice if Google itself have a clear Code of Conduct for this Forum instead of a members driven one. Then again perhaps they already have their hands full.
Re: Let's Meet-Up isn't a dating/casual sex service
@arjunsbmp that isn't a call I can make - the Connect Moderators (the ones without Google in the name) are LG just like you. Our "powers" are very limited - choices like that need to be made by Googlers.
All - if you see someone being harassed as @WetCoastCanuck mentioned, whether it be via DM or via public messages please encourage them to report the message as inappropriate. The Googlers do look at all the reports. It may take a while for something to happen and there are always as many stories as there are people in an issue but I know that they will investigate. For clarity the Connect Moderators do not see these reports or information. The Googlers investigate and where someones behaviour falls outside the rules action is taken.
If the harassment is public it is the duty of every LG to simply say, "No, that is not ok. Don't do that again." or if you're not comfortable doing that at least report the post and say there privately why it's not ok.
@JohnnyE these are normal human things and they happen on all platforms
I get that @PaulPavlinovich, as active member of Google+ communities yourself, I bet you are aware how we (owners of large communities) are dealing with lot of spam/nudity/pornography but I couldn't believe that could happen here among LG's.
Re: Let's Meet-Up isn't a dating/casual sex service
Ah yes @JohnnyE the joys of a community owner, some of the "delightful" things we get to look at for the sake of keeping our community clean. I check the spam queue here from time to time and it is similar but we need to check it to release any legitimate posts that get caught up occasionally.
Ah yes @JohnnyE the joys of a community owner, some of the "delightful" things we get to look at for the sake of keeping our community clean. I check the spam queue here from time to time and it is similar but we need to check it to release any legitimate posts that get caught up occasionally.
Regards Paul
Exactly @PaulPavlinovich the joy of a community owner. My community almost reached 600k members. It's very difficult to find trustworthy moderators. I have 3 active mods and we are somehow manage to deal with over 200+ spam posts daily beside posts which passed Google+ filters. You understand what I am talking about. Hope new feature we are discussing in EA will be announced soon. So Connect is similar, you have spam queue as well. Didn't know that.
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