I\u2019m really curious if anyone else is experiencing this problem with Facebook! Our page has been inundated with spam\u00a0reviews. They\u2019re all from different spammy accounts, all for crypto (we\u2019re a leadership development nonprofit, so that\u2019s wildly off-topic), and they all\u00a0have a strong MLM flavor. These are\u00a0positive reviews, but unhelpful and make it harder for people to find legitimate testimonials about our organization.<\/p>
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Has anyone else dealt with an enduring stream of spam reviews? How did you handle it? I report each one as spam and ban the user, but it\u2019s been such a consistent issue for us that I imagine other social media managers must be getting swarmed as well.<\/p>","url":"\/social-networks-71\/spam-page-reviews-on-facebook-1027?postid=3032#post3032","creationDate":"2023-04-06T13:41:48+0000","relativeCreationDate":"2 months ago"},"isTopicUnread":true,"privateId":406,"id":1027,"type":"post","hasCurrentUserLiked":false,"isSticky":false,"features":[],"forum":{"id":71,"isIdeation":false,"url":"\/social-networks-71","title":"Social Networks","description":"Discuss social media best practices and share tips about specific social networks with other digital marketers. "},"url":"\/social-networks-71\/spam-page-reviews-on-facebook-1027","title":"Spam Page Reviews on Facebook?","lastPost":{"id":3286,"author":{"id":7413,"url":"\/members\/kate-meyers-emery-7413","name":"kate.meyers emery","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/a955867f-ad25-4b70-ad36-1d470667c764.png","userTitle":"Frequent User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"6574757e-fd68-4284-b712-b98e6d447fbc_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/6574757e-fd68-4284-b712-b98e6d447fbc_thumb.png","name":"Frequent User"},"userLevel":1},"content":"
The last three years, all we\u2019ve gotten are spam reviews! We finally just decided to turn off reviews because they were basically all spam and reporting them didn\u2019t seem to do anything.\u00a0<\/p>","url":"\/social-networks-71\/spam-page-reviews-on-facebook-1027?postid=3286#post3286","creationDate":"2023-05-10T19:50:20+0000","relativeCreationDate":"27 days ago"},"lastReply":{"id":3286,"author":{"id":7413,"url":"\/members\/kate-meyers-emery-7413","name":"kate.meyers emery","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/a955867f-ad25-4b70-ad36-1d470667c764.png","userTitle":"Frequent User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"6574757e-fd68-4284-b712-b98e6d447fbc_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/6574757e-fd68-4284-b712-b98e6d447fbc_thumb.png","name":"Frequent User"},"userLevel":1},"content":"
The last three years, all we\u2019ve gotten are spam reviews! We finally just decided to turn off reviews because they were basically all spam and reporting them didn\u2019t seem to do anything.\u00a0<\/p>","url":"\/social-networks-71\/spam-page-reviews-on-facebook-1027?postid=3286#post3286","creationDate":"2023-05-10T19:50:20+0000","relativeCreationDate":"27 days ago"},"numberOfUnreadReplies":0,"numberOfReplies":5,"numberOfLikes":2,"relevantPost":{"id":3075,"author":{"id":7496,"url":"\/members\/eric-ginsburg-7496","name":"eric_ginsburg","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/03ea3ed0-0e34-4263-9bd7-dfcc5bd13af3.png","userTitle":"New User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"6f02e6da-059a-48b1-bd96-2091155bd152_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/6f02e6da-059a-48b1-bd96-2091155bd152_thumb.png","name":"New User"},"userLevel":0},"content":"
I\u2019m usually seeing a couple per week, maybe three on average! But it\u2019s been very consistent for months at this point.<\/p>","url":"\/social-networks-71\/spam-page-reviews-on-facebook-1027?postid=3075#post3075","creationDate":"2023-04-17T19:14:52+0000","relativeCreationDate":"1 month ago"},"numberOfViews":45,"contentType":"discussion","featuredImage":"","publicLabel":"","category":{"url":"\/social-trends-news-70","categoryId":70,"title":"Social Trends & News","metaRobots":"index, follow","type":0},"lastPostId":"3286"},"isActivityPage":true,"showUnsubscribeBtn":null,"attachmentCdn":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/","isGuest":true,"csrfToken":"dcd64a1c3241cb219885efc5cf982689f0832f6d","hideCategoryMetadata":false,"phrases":{"Forum":{"thread.unsubscribe":"Unsubscribe","vraag":"Question","beantwoord":"Solved","topic.list.metadata.asked.in":"asked in","topic.list.metadata.published.in":"published in","topic.list.metadata.shared.in":"shared in","topic.list.metadata.posted.in":"posted in"}}}">
Welcome new Arboretum members! We are so excited you are here!<\/strong><\/h2>
For everyone tagged as a new member, please tell us more about in the thread below!<\/em><\/p>
What conferences have you found beneficial for social media?\u00a0<\/p>","url":"\/latest-talks-trends-72\/social-media-conferences-957?postid=2766#post2766","creationDate":"2023-03-06T16:02:34+0000","relativeCreationDate":"3 months ago"},"isTopicUnread":true,"privateId":383,"id":957,"type":"post","hasCurrentUserLiked":false,"isSticky":false,"features":[],"forum":{"id":72,"isIdeation":false,"url":"\/latest-talks-trends-72","title":"Latest Talks & Trends","description":"Keep up to date with the latest social media and marketing trends. Discuss and discover the newest trends and ideas with other professionals."},"url":"\/latest-talks-trends-72\/social-media-conferences-957","title":"Social Media Conferences","lastPost":{"id":3379,"author":{"id":3993,"url":"\/members\/rebecca-taylor-3993","name":"rebecca.taylor","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/c57eb681-88fc-470e-90f6-86461f46c061.png","userTitle":"Frequent User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"6574757e-fd68-4284-b712-b98e6d447fbc_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/6574757e-fd68-4284-b712-b98e6d447fbc_thumb.png","name":"Frequent User"},"userLevel":0},"content":"
I\u2019m late to this thread but I\u2019ll be attending VidCon in Anaheim this year (attended last year and in 2019 as well!) Industry track is a fantastic professional development source for SMMs. If anyone is going please send me a DM!<\/p>","url":"\/latest-talks-trends-72\/social-media-conferences-957?postid=3379#post3379","creationDate":"2023-05-23T13:42:43+0000","relativeCreationDate":"14 days ago"},"lastReply":{"id":3379,"author":{"id":3993,"url":"\/members\/rebecca-taylor-3993","name":"rebecca.taylor","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/c57eb681-88fc-470e-90f6-86461f46c061.png","userTitle":"Frequent User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"6574757e-fd68-4284-b712-b98e6d447fbc_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/6574757e-fd68-4284-b712-b98e6d447fbc_thumb.png","name":"Frequent User"},"userLevel":0},"content":"
I\u2019m late to this thread but I\u2019ll be attending VidCon in Anaheim this year (attended last year and in 2019 as well!) Industry track is a fantastic professional development source for SMMs. If anyone is going please send me a DM!<\/p>","url":"\/latest-talks-trends-72\/social-media-conferences-957?postid=3379#post3379","creationDate":"2023-05-23T13:42:43+0000","relativeCreationDate":"14 days ago"},"numberOfUnreadReplies":0,"numberOfReplies":13,"numberOfLikes":2,"relevantPost":{"id":2992,"author":{"id":7496,"url":"\/members\/eric-ginsburg-7496","name":"eric_ginsburg","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/03ea3ed0-0e34-4263-9bd7-dfcc5bd13af3.png","userTitle":"New User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"6f02e6da-059a-48b1-bd96-2091155bd152_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/6f02e6da-059a-48b1-bd96-2091155bd152_thumb.png","name":"New User"},"userLevel":0},"content":"
I\u2019ve attended Social Media Week in New York in the past, and this year I\u2019ll be attending digitally (much easier and cheaper, but maybe not as engaging? We\u2019ll see). I\u2019ve also attended the ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference virtually and found some value in that (but it\u2019s also a lot of brands bragging about themselves and not as much helpful content as I\u2019d like).<\/p>
I like the idea of industry-specific conferences too but wonder if that would be too niche.\u00a0One thing I struggle with at conferences in general is that most content seems to be geared towards businesses that are B2C and have a physical product to sell, whereas my organization provides services (leadership development training). Anyone have particular luck with something in the B2B or more abstract, service-based space?<\/p>","url":"\/latest-talks-trends-72\/social-media-conferences-957?postid=2992#post2992","creationDate":"2023-03-30T20:41:41+0000","relativeCreationDate":"2 months ago"},"numberOfViews":387,"contentType":"discussion","featuredImage":"","publicLabel":"","category":{"url":"\/social-trends-news-70","categoryId":70,"title":"Social Trends & News","metaRobots":"index, follow","type":0},"lastPostId":"3379"},"isActivityPage":true,"showUnsubscribeBtn":null,"attachmentCdn":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/","isGuest":true,"csrfToken":"dcd64a1c3241cb219885efc5cf982689f0832f6d","hideCategoryMetadata":false,"phrases":{"Forum":{"thread.unsubscribe":"Unsubscribe","vraag":"Question","beantwoord":"Solved","topic.list.metadata.asked.in":"asked in","topic.list.metadata.published.in":"published in","topic.list.metadata.shared.in":"shared in","topic.list.metadata.posted.in":"posted in"}}}">
Is there a better alternative to Twitter than Mastodon i.e. with Twitter-like functionality and reach?<\/p>","url":"\/social-networks-71\/mastodon-835?postid=2412#post2412","creationDate":"2022-11-23T08:19:37+0000","relativeCreationDate":"6 months ago"},"isTopicUnread":true,"privateId":158,"id":835,"type":"post","hasCurrentUserLiked":false,"isSticky":false,"features":[{"id":"isAnswered","label":"beantwoord"}],"forum":{"id":71,"isIdeation":false,"url":"\/social-networks-71","title":"Social Networks","description":"Discuss social media best practices and share tips about specific social networks with other digital marketers. "},"url":"\/social-networks-71\/mastodon-835","title":"Mastodon","lastPost":{"id":3094,"author":{"id":3118,"url":"\/members\/samantha-hart-3118","name":"samantha.hart","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/42a8a703-740d-4bdf-86a9-68c2e7adeed1.png","userTitle":"Engaged User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"cbd74c31-1b8e-4edd-9f11-da4d14dceb89_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/cbd74c31-1b8e-4edd-9f11-da4d14dceb89_thumb.png","name":"Engaged User"},"userLevel":0},"content":"
We have found Mastodon to be the best alternative to Twitter for our client\u2019s industry (Healthcare\/Medical). However, the user base (on the Med-Mastodon server, at least) is nowhere near where it needs to be to generate any traction and compete with Twitter.<\/p>
Hive Social, Post and Tribel were other platforms we tested, but found Mastodon was the most similar to Twitter and most appropriate for our client and their audience.<\/p>","url":"\/social-networks-71\/mastodon-835?postid=3094#post3094","creationDate":"2023-04-18T14:57:39+0000","relativeCreationDate":"1 month ago"},"lastReply":{"id":3094,"author":{"id":3118,"url":"\/members\/samantha-hart-3118","name":"samantha.hart","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/42a8a703-740d-4bdf-86a9-68c2e7adeed1.png","userTitle":"Engaged User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"cbd74c31-1b8e-4edd-9f11-da4d14dceb89_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/cbd74c31-1b8e-4edd-9f11-da4d14dceb89_thumb.png","name":"Engaged User"},"userLevel":0},"content":"
We have found Mastodon to be the best alternative to Twitter for our client\u2019s industry (Healthcare\/Medical). However, the user base (on the Med-Mastodon server, at least) is nowhere near where it needs to be to generate any traction and compete with Twitter.<\/p>
Hive Social, Post and Tribel were other platforms we tested, but found Mastodon was the most similar to Twitter and most appropriate for our client and their audience.<\/p>","url":"\/social-networks-71\/mastodon-835?postid=3094#post3094","creationDate":"2023-04-18T14:57:39+0000","relativeCreationDate":"1 month ago"},"numberOfUnreadReplies":0,"numberOfReplies":3,"numberOfLikes":0,"relevantPost":{"id":2991,"author":{"id":7496,"url":"\/members\/eric-ginsburg-7496","name":"eric_ginsburg","avatar":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/icon\/200x200\/03ea3ed0-0e34-4263-9bd7-dfcc5bd13af3.png","userTitle":"New User","rank":{"isBold":false,"isItalic":false,"isUnderline":false,"avatarIcon":"6f02e6da-059a-48b1-bd96-2091155bd152_thumb.png","avatarIconUrl":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/6f02e6da-059a-48b1-bd96-2091155bd152_thumb.png","name":"New User"},"userLevel":0},"content":"
I\u2019ve experimented with several sites billed as alternatives (Hive Social, Post, etc.) and personally think Mastodon is far and away the best. That said, it still needs considerably more users before I\u2019ll bother creating an account for our organization and posting there!<\/p>","url":"\/social-networks-71\/mastodon-835?postid=2991#post2991","creationDate":"2023-03-30T20:31:44+0000","relativeCreationDate":"2 months ago"},"numberOfViews":94,"contentType":"question","featuredImage":"","publicLabel":"","category":{"url":"\/social-trends-news-70","categoryId":70,"title":"Social Trends & News","metaRobots":"index, follow","type":0},"lastPostId":"3094"},"isActivityPage":true,"showUnsubscribeBtn":null,"attachmentCdn":"https:\/\/uploads-us-west-2.insided.com\/sproutsocial-en\/attachment\/","isGuest":true,"csrfToken":"dcd64a1c3241cb219885efc5cf982689f0832f6d","hideCategoryMetadata":false,"phrases":{"Forum":{"thread.unsubscribe":"Unsubscribe","vraag":"Question","beantwoord":"Solved","topic.list.metadata.asked.in":"asked in","topic.list.metadata.published.in":"published in","topic.list.metadata.shared.in":"shared in","topic.list.metadata.posted.in":"posted in"}}}">