Manchester, England
I banned a member from one of my social media groups a few minutes ago.
Why?
I had no other way to lasso their attention span.
On a daily basis, one auto-update populates all of my Facebook Groups: please read the group rules.
I did the warning thing many times. I am polite, courteous but firm and clear.
What almost always happens?
Individuals who look past the:
- group rules
- warnings
drop 5, to 10 to 20 spam updates to the group within 1-2 days.
Rather than spend a decent chunk of time deleting spam I ban the individual who cannot give the community 5 seconds of their time to:
- read the rules
- be an active, mindful, helpful contributor in the community
I never see banning as a personal thing.
I love you guys.
Since I love you, and care for your success, I grab your attention in the only way possible after trying multiple times through various tactics to gently nab your attention.
I perceive this as a healthy way to view spamming and banning.
How Does this Perspective Help You?
Becoming a successful blogger involves interacting with various mindsets because many types flood in as your exposure reaches heady levels.
The general public is an…..ummmm……interesting mixed bag. 🙂
Doing mental gymnastics becomes highly necessary to gracefully engage while accelerating your blogging success.
Most of us interact with spammers being driven by:
- guilt
- frustration
- anger
- embarrassment
- shame
- the fear of loss
Do you need proof?
Look carefully at your mind and the reaction of most others when you read the phrases:
“Blocked on social media.”
“Banned on social media.”
“Social media spammers.”
I provide you with a seamless alternative to all negative emotions arising in mind during the blocking process for spammers.
I offer you peace of mind as your blogging success accelerates.
We Need Limits in the World
In a world of form, limits are necessary.
Mind is unlimited but most do not understand this truth.
Misunderstanding, most people think, feel and do things that require limiting, for the good of the whole.
Banning a social media user to prevent communication with the group is one such limit benefiting the whole of the group. The only way some begin to possibly understand is to be stopped with a limit in order to pause, think and process what behavior led to the limit.
How Can Spammers Succeed?
How can spammers succeed unless one finally understands that spamming leads to failure and creating content leads to success?
In the world, blocking and banning (placing limits) is the only way some:
- stop
- think
- understand
- begin creating content and cease spamming
The mindless go to being mindful by their own choice but sometimes *after* you choose to limit communication via the block/ban on social media.
If you want to succeed with peace of mind, this post explains how to do it.
Spam is 100% unavoidable as your success expands because the world is usually mindless, reactive and seemingly unconscious of their ways.
A smaller but sure percentage of these spammers will never stop until you get their attention by banning and blocking their user profiles because this crew only THINKS after they have been STOPPED. The thinking begins after actions have been limited.
An even smaller percentage will:
- eventually understand that spamming leads to stress and failure
- gradually create content to build assets which promote passive success
but that is their job, not yours.
Be the compassionate limiter to put their learning into motion…..if they so choose.
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