FabMichGloe

Note to self and everyone reading this:
          	Don't write chapters of your stories 16-hours straight.
          	Wattpad doesn't like that and glitches. Fortunately, I save each bloody sentence that I write.
          	...
          	That might have been also the issue, jumping from Tab on Firefox to Word and back.

FabMichGloe

@chaosgoettin Funnily enough, Docs is broken on my newest PC and I really don't know why? All that I have is Excel, Word and LibreOffice. Docs... simply doesn't function and if so, then it just refuses to accept any folders I create. Though, I atleast write the most critical plot points, and their unique styles, in Words (if it opens and doesn't take ages to open through LibreOffice) before copying it over to Wattpad. The general tidbits of any story are still written in Wattpad, thus I worry less about that, but more on it simply deleting chapters out of nowhere (remaking a simple, empty chapter is far more annoying than brainstorming a thousand words).
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chaosgoettin

@FabMichGloe You know, google docs and co exist? Wattpad is known to hate being used as an actual editor tool....
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KriegerTechpreist

@FabMichGloe I just dint realise I mispell or forget a word. My minds faster then when I type or I just miss click a letter, hell, it took me three tries to not put a "zi" where the "I just" is!
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FabMichGloe

Note to self and everyone reading this:
          Don't write chapters of your stories 16-hours straight.
          Wattpad doesn't like that and glitches. Fortunately, I save each bloody sentence that I write.
          ...
          That might have been also the issue, jumping from Tab on Firefox to Word and back.

FabMichGloe

@chaosgoettin Funnily enough, Docs is broken on my newest PC and I really don't know why? All that I have is Excel, Word and LibreOffice. Docs... simply doesn't function and if so, then it just refuses to accept any folders I create. Though, I atleast write the most critical plot points, and their unique styles, in Words (if it opens and doesn't take ages to open through LibreOffice) before copying it over to Wattpad. The general tidbits of any story are still written in Wattpad, thus I worry less about that, but more on it simply deleting chapters out of nowhere (remaking a simple, empty chapter is far more annoying than brainstorming a thousand words).
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chaosgoettin

@FabMichGloe You know, google docs and co exist? Wattpad is known to hate being used as an actual editor tool....
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KriegerTechpreist

@FabMichGloe I just dint realise I mispell or forget a word. My minds faster then when I type or I just miss click a letter, hell, it took me three tries to not put a "zi" where the "I just" is!
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FabMichGloe

Merry Christmas to everyone.
          Don't have a lot to say besides to be kind to others. Obviously, if they dare to attack you or just be idiots, then you know what to do with their attitude.
          Either way, hope everyone of you got a Christmas gift from your parents, lovers or simply your neighbors.

FabMichGloe

TEN BOTS PER DAY!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S IT!!!!! I AM GOING TO OPEN WORD; WRITE A SCRIPT, COPY-PASTE IT AND USE IT FOR EVERY BOT!!!!!!!!
          [Also, my bot counter has now reached 150 bots reported. The German HQ is going to have a field trip with me! And I shall continue to report each of them. Why? Because I am bored. I have too much free time! The weakness of all spammers!]

Farleeha

@FabMichGloe thx Mich (I dunnow why but when I say "Mich" I imagen you as a mechanic
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FabMichGloe

@Farleeha you have to give a rather detailed report on how or why the comment is/was a bot per Wattpad's guidelines (this way false reporting is less likely to occur and that haters of certain people are easier identified and dealt with). The script should be fine enough, though you change it depending on the comment itself.
            Have fun!
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FabMichGloe

@Farleeha The Bot report:
            The bot represents itself as an artist who wants to engage in a "negotiable deal" and directs the author to a Discord link. There is no active engagement with the actual story, only generic words and a direct push for a comic deal. The bot account starts a one-sided conversation and doesn't interact with any of the story elements. It doesn't mention anything that might entice someone to comment on the story itself. The Discord link is highly suspicious, as it is clearly a one-time use intended to trap the unsuspecting author in a dangerous and ridiculous "negotiable deal" from which they can't back out, trapping them until money flows.
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FabMichGloe

And Bot account number... damnit, I forgot to count. Where are we now? Number 60? Seventy-nine? Ah, around 70 bots reported and blocked successfully. Christ, they ain't giving up. By now I am probably on the top ten of people that the bot spammers should really avoid.

Farleeha

@FabMichGloe I see, thx for the info, will keep in mind
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FabMichGloe

@Farleeha Those bots in the comment sections tend to entice the author and the readers to enter a discord call through a link (normally with the same name as the account bot itself). They then would try to push a "negotiable" draft of a "deal" with you, asking all kinds of personal information from you, including the bank account number, while you get a "comic" for your story.
            But here's the twist; the "negiotable" deal suddenly becomes finalized and then you have to pay upfront. That's how they get a minimal amount of money with "minimal" effort. Yes, they lose dozens of accounts to people like me reporting them, but there will atleast be one person that falls through the bait and then suddenly is slightly lighter in the bank account.
            If you ever see one such account, click on the triple dots, click on Comment Report, go to spam and just fill out the red flags you can find in the "written" comment alone. No excess of info, just the plain obvious that the moderator on your "regional" Wattpad HQ is able to see and act upon.
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Farleeha

@FabMichGloe bots? What kind of bogs roam wattpad my German friend?
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FabMichGloe

Well, the PC problem has been solved. As it turns the Gaming PCs are cheaper than Office PCs. Don't ask me why.

stagefivedvmbass

Local and national government offices in my country use gaming laptops since they can take a lot of abuse. I can confirm that — I’m currently an intern at a municipal hall in a neighboring municipality.
            
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FabMichGloe

I learn something new every day, huh.
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GrarVarg

@FabMichGloe it's because you are paying for all the bloat on the OS.
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FabMichGloe

Good and bad news.
          First, the bad news:
          The PC-Screen from my 6-7 year laptop broke. It has shattered internally and repairing is financially idiotic.
          Now the good news: I saved such horror preemptiveöy by writing more then ten weekend's worth of chapters. Meanwhile, the chespest laptop is only around 700 Euros and with how Bank Account looks like, it is affordable. 
          Might be a tight race against the clock, but my smartphone is fortunately another way to continue writing.
          Have a great day/night.
          (In the background fading; ICH BIN EIN IDIOT!)

ColonelX2

@FabMichGloe good luck m8, can be a pain writing on mobile as i well know :( but all power to you!
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FabMichGloe

@ Farleeha  thanks. The only saving grace that I have is that I am very abnormal person. I have no games, no expensive items that would have bought and so on. That means that all the money I earned or was gifted sits largely in my account. I should have enough so this major setback should be fixed in due time.
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Farleeha

@FabMichGloe Or as you say, Viel Glück
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FabMichGloe

Alright, it seems as if I am going nuts or the bots have become sentient. Why else would a person write a text that just screams "BOT SPAM" but said "bot" also voted two of my chapters from the newest book I had released while also placing it into their reading list.
          Am I overthinking it or did someone realised that standard engagement with a person like me always ends with their account reported and deleted (The German Wattpad HQ is rather effective at dealing with them).

chaosgoettin

@FabMichGloe "The German Wattpad HQ is rather effective at dealing with them"
            I mean... this is what Germans are known for when it isn't about bureaucracy, lol
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FabMichGloe

Got it.
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