Rare MicCanberra Posted November 21, 2016 #1 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) Hi All, Recently I have noticed that quite a few new people have joined the various (3) roll calls I am involved in. They are all different people but they all have one thing in common. They seem to be Junior cruisers, and they all join with the same line and have no or very few previous posts. Hi Everyone! I am sailing on this cruise and looking forward to chatting with all of you! They then either never post again or ask one very generic question and then never post again. I think it is too much of a coincidence that they all say the same line exactly and therefore think these are spam. I think if you see this on your roll call they are likely to be gleaning info of all the people on the rollcall for marketing or some other reason possibly more sinister. Am I being too paranoid? cheers Mic :D Edited November 21, 2016 by MicCanberra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted November 21, 2016 #2 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hi All,Recently I have noticed that quite a few new people have joined the various (3) roll calls I am involved in. They are all different people but they all have one thing in common. They seem to be Junior cruisers, and they all join with the same line and have no or very few previous posts. They then either never post again or ask one very generic question and then never post again. I think it is too much of a coincidence that they all say the same line exactly and therefore think these are spam. I think if you see this on your roll call they are likely to be gleaning info of all the people on the rollcall for marketing or some other reason possibly more sinister. Am I being too paranoid? cheers Mic :D It could be the same person, but please consider that if they want to glean information from the rollcall, they don't have to post anything at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitoh_777 Posted November 21, 2016 #3 Share Posted November 21, 2016 . Hi All, Am I being too paranoid ? cheers Mic :D . . What a Geezer... it's BS. . :cool: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 21, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted November 21, 2016 It could be the same person, but please consider that if they want to glean information from the rollcall, they don't have to post anything at all. Not necessarily, if that roll call has separate spread sheets and such that are set up only for the people on the roll call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cheznandy Posted November 21, 2016 #5 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hi All,Recently I have noticed that quite a few new people have joined the various (3) roll calls I am involved in. They are all different people but they all have one thing in common. They seem to be Junior cruisers, and they all join with the same line and have no or very few previous posts. They then either never post again or ask one very generic question and then never post again. I think it is too much of a coincidence that they all say the same line exactly and therefore think these are spam. I think if you see this on your roll call they are likely to be gleaning info of all the people on the rollcall for marketing or some other reason possibly more sinister. Am I being too paranoid? cheers Mic :D Mic, there have been a few on our rollcall that have said similar and posted once......for the life of me I can't work out why people join a rollcall then you never see them again:confused: If you don't want to discuss the cruise or attend a Meet n Greet, don't join:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerz90 Posted November 21, 2016 #6 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Yes.. there is one on my roll call.. I just blotted out the name in case we shouldn't post their names. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 21, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Mic, there have been a few on our rollcall that have said similar and posted once......for the life of me I can't work out why people join a rollcall then you never see them again:confused:If you don't want to discuss the cruise or attend a Meet n Greet, don't join:rolleyes: I am sure it is a spam posting. perhaps a computer generated program that just posts and gleans info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cheznandy Posted November 21, 2016 #8 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Yes.. there is one on my roll call.. I just blotted out the name in case we shouldn't post their names. Sent from my iPad using Forums Hey thats the same as the one on ours.....and I welcomed them:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairywren Posted November 21, 2016 #9 Share Posted November 21, 2016 I noticed that a while ago and reported it as spam :o, but heard nothing and it still seems to be happening. It might be a computer generated post when someone new joins CC...?? Perhaps one of these members could let us know by posting here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted November 21, 2016 #10 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hey thats the same as the one on ours.....and I welcomed them:p But did they reply?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesterbear Posted November 21, 2016 #11 Share Posted November 21, 2016 The same had happened on my roll call too. A solitary post with the same text and they haven't replied. But junior cruiser??? Hey I fall into that category you know [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cheznandy Posted November 21, 2016 #12 Share Posted November 21, 2016 But did they reply?? No.....I think Mic is onto something....not paranoid!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekka49 Posted November 21, 2016 #13 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hi All,Recently I have noticed that quite a few new people have joined the various (3) roll calls I am involved in. They are all different people but they all have one thing in common. They seem to be Junior cruisers, and they all join with the same line and have no or very few previous posts. They then either never post again or ask one very generic question and then never post again. I think it is too much of a coincidence that they all say the same line exactly and therefore think these are spam. I think if you see this on your roll call they are likely to be gleaning info of all the people on the rollcall for marketing or some other reason possibly more sinister. Am I being too paranoid? cheers Mic :D This post has just arrived on the Sea Princess World Cruise 2017:eek::mad::mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 21, 2016 Author #14 Share Posted November 21, 2016 The same had happened on my roll call too. A solitary post with the same text and they haven't replied. But junior cruiser??? Hey I fall into that category you know [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Forums You have cool cruiser now.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 21, 2016 Author #15 Share Posted November 21, 2016 This post has just arrived on the Sea Princess World Cruise 2017:eek::mad::mad: see if they respond to a direct query. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 21, 2016 Author #16 Share Posted November 21, 2016 It could be an auto prompt or default text for someone when they first join Cruise Critic and then go to the roll call but I have never seen this on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs and mrs Posted November 21, 2016 #17 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) Mic, there have been a few on our rollcall that have said similar and posted once......for the life of me I can't work out why people join a rollcall then you never see them again:confused:If you don't want to discuss the cruise or attend a Meet n Greet, don't join:rolleyes: Just saying, some people may initially join, sit back watch the chat and decide no this is not for me. I guess the next step is to let the roll call know of this decision. The first thing we do when we get to our cabin is remove the name tag. Our cabin, Our sanctuary . We also do it for other reasons. We simply cannot believe the personal information given by cruisers, pre-cruise on roll- calls. Edited November 21, 2016 by mrs and mrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cheznandy Posted November 21, 2016 #18 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) Just saying, some people may initially join, sit back watch the chat and decide no this is not for me. I guess the next step is to let the roll call know of this decision. The first thing we do when we get to our cabin is remove the name tag. Our cabin, Our sanctuary . We also do it for other reasons. We simply cannot believe the personal information given by cruisers, pre-cruise on roll- calls. Fair enough, what ever suits. Our last couple of Princess cruises had no name tags front of the cabin, fine with us too. Also agree with the personal info given.........not sure why people offer surnames and cabins numbers......if I need them for tours I get them via email. Edited November 21, 2016 by cheznandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 21, 2016 Author #19 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Just saying, some people may initially join, sit back watch the chat and decide no this is not for me. I guess the next step is to let the roll call know of this decision. The first thing we do when we get to our cabin is remove the name tag. Our cabin, Our sanctuary . We also do it for other reasons. We simply cannot believe the personal information given by cruisers, pre-cruise on roll- calls. I agree with your reasoning and with not wanting too much info out there which is why I was slightly worried about what looks like spambot posts or spamware of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted November 21, 2016 Author #20 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Fair enough, what ever suits.Our last couple of Princess cruises had no name tags front of the cabin, fine with us too. Also agree with the personal info given.........not sure why people offer surnames and cabins numbers......if I need them for tours I get them via email. I agree, some of the roll call spreadsheets have so much detail about all sorts of stuff, most of which is not required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aulanis Posted November 21, 2016 #21 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Also agree with the personal info given.........not sure why people offer surnames and cabins numbers......if I need them for tours I get them via email. Then you have also given out your email address,to the world? I really think that PM- personal message feature would be better but of course its not activated on CC, not sure why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cheznandy Posted November 21, 2016 #22 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Then you have also given out your email address,to the world? I really think that PM- personal message feature would be better but of course its not activated on CC, not sure why? I guess i have;) Yes, wish they had PM's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted November 21, 2016 #23 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Yes.. there is one on my roll call.. I just blotted out the name in case we shouldn't post their names. Also at least two on my next major cruise: " Hi Everyone! I am sailing on this cruise and looking forward to chatting with all of you! " Interestingly one of their post count shows "0" so I guess cc has given the big ban, though oddly their post remains. The other shows the 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cheznandy Posted November 21, 2016 #24 Share Posted November 21, 2016 The person on our Rollcall replied.... "I'm Capps and just joined CruiseCritic. Since all I've done on the site is click on the rollcall button for the trip, this must be the default message that the website automatically inserts. If the same message appears regularly with different user names, that's the likely reason" interesting if it is something new on CC?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Kinkacruiser Posted November 21, 2016 #25 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Then you have also given out your email address,to the world? I really think that PM- personal message feature would be better but of course its not activated on CC, not sure why? I keep an email link on my signature which is primarily for roll call threads and excursions organised. It would be much easier to pm members, as I'm sure many don't subscribe to their roll call thread. That can be frustrating. Sure I get some junk mail (whether my address has been gleaned from this website I'm not sure), but there's a button that solves the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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