Gravatar creepy, spam likes: what to do?

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  theblondebeautyblog · Member · Jul 8, 2013 at 5:12 am

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  Hello!

  Today I have been getting a RIDICULOUS amount of creepy “likes” on my posts by people that are obviously scammers or fake, claiming to host websites with “diet secrets” and “youth secrets.” I am getting really freaked out–I write about fashion and beauty!
  Please, please help me. I really hate that they keep liking my stuff, I want to close my blog down.
  Here are some of their Gravatar profiles:
  http://gravatar.com/lovebee3, http://en.gravatar.com/naomii88, http://en.gravatar.com/c3linebee, http://en.gravatar.com/florencem1212, http://en.gravatar.com/nookdee66

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  gamenology1 · Member · Jul 8, 2013 at 6:51 am

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  Why don’t you try turning Likes off? You can do it in the Edit Post/New Post screen.

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  theblondebeautyblog · Member · Jul 9, 2013 at 1:31 am

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  I really didn’t want to turn the likes off but I guess I have no choice. Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · Jul 9, 2013 at 1:39 am

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  Yeah, spam likes are an epidemic, unfortunately, especially since you don’t need a blog but can just have a gravatar instead.

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  theblondebeautyblog · Member · Jul 9, 2013 at 4:16 am

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  I tried to report these “Gravatar” blogs but it said they aren’t WordPress.com accounts…this really stinks because the true “likers” of my blog are awesome. Thanks for all the help.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 9, 2013 at 9:53 am

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  If you find a user that is obviously using their gravatar account for spam purposes, you can report them directly on gravatar by clicking the link in the bottom right corner of any profile. I agree it’s a pain to do so, but unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any other way.

  @brooklynbrentton- did you have something to say or did you just want to ironically spam the forum?

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 10, 2013 at 7:06 am

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  @meghanmaryc – I apologize, but my above answer was incorrect. Apparently the ability to report them directly on Gravatar has been removed.

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  gamenology1 · Member · Jul 10, 2013 at 7:09 am

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  I’m going to flag this as this is getting serious.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 10, 2013 at 7:17 am

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  @gamenology1 – You’ve been on WordPress.com for a week and are quite late to the discussions by other members about spam likes. Perhaps you should do some reading first? https://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/spam-likes

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 10, 2013 at 7:19 am

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  Also https://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/fake-likes

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  gamenology1 · Member · Jul 10, 2013 at 7:22 am

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  Sorry I’m getting used to it.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 10, 2013 at 7:47 am

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  What I’m saying is that while you are welcome to flag this for Staff, just be aware that they’re already quite familiar with the problem.

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  kraftbj · Staff · Jul 10, 2013 at 8:18 pm

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  Howdy all,

  Thanks for reporting this to us. Spam likes are a problem that we have implemented various checks and processes to stop and are still actively working on ways to improve this.

  I appreciate your patience as we improve the Liking experience!