Possible Spam Uploads

Hi,
I am new here. Can someone fill me in as to why this spam themes get submitted? What do people gain from this?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/lamin-illustration-design/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ppfotocom/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/p4u-test/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/i-got-the-music-2009-4-a/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/tcnetworks/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/prabhustudio/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/tunecore/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/tomlinson-designs-logo/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/arctic-codecom/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/audio-city/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/radio-netherlands/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/edgegamersorg/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/radio-netherlands-worldwide/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/simmersdreams/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/syntel/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/soslenuron/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/zahid3050/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-058e510b215fde73c973e08a927145a6/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Zyirc13/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/kideank/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/jerryklowe/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/kamlank/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Youthvocal/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/tavic/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/megadeep98/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/frisat775/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/WandaWilkinson/

Although I didnā€™t look at every link you posted, what I did check are not spam. They are website themes. Those are allowed. There is even a website category. But what is spam are when people upload designs for the purpose of linking to websites to, for example, download pirated movies.

SPAM ALERT

SPAM themes uploaded by the user Please check take action ASAP.

SPAM Themesā€“:> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/user/centuryman/

Ok, thanks for clearing this up. I should probably go and read the rules first before I start accusing anyone of breaking them :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I am still a bit puzzled about the hundreds of submissions, some of very low quality, which seem to show snapshots of the creators pets and will hardly be downloaded by anyone else. And I am not sure if Firefox themes are an effective way of advertising for pirated movies?

http://www.aqua-mail.com

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/bal2510/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-f34ce2c3516918ded0188562d21f46d0/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Syonbd/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/ROHIT27KUMAR1997/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/skintu/

No problem. :slight_smile:

In the beginning there wasnā€™t an option to reject a design for being low quality, there is now. And as for submissions with peopleā€™s pets, whether someone uses it or not really isnā€™t something we judge. I myself have themes up featuring cats that Iā€™ve had over the years. Some of them are used by others, some have no users now, but they used to.

I donā€™t know about the pirated movie thing, whether itā€™s effective or not. But itā€™s not allowed anyway.

Spam On theme following is spammers profile link

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/user/centuryman/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/emilybarnet/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Vasti33/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/centuryman/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Youthvocal/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-4175d54a628737d9e523a15afea705eb/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/fransiskametaaa1/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/ROHIT27KUMAR1997/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anugrah02/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Newstimesnewtwork/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Avtopic/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/vimocafe/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/sultan574/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/jeweranayi/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/sukuyada/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-1d73d1741cd87b69e54edb216906c606/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/emilybarnet/

I have no problems with
themes featuring animals, just with the quality of some of them

  • there should be some artistic merit, otherwise no one is going
    to use them. The vast amount of themes on offer show 0 or 1
    daily users, and while many might be new, I suspect that a good
    part of them will not be particularly successful. Also, someone
    looking for a theme will have to wade through masses of
    possibilities to get a bit of an overviewā€¦

      But I am not complaining.
    

For me, this is the first time I can show some of my artwork.

    And I better take another

look at what is on offer, maybe I am a bit too critical.

I understand what youā€™re saying. And I wasnā€™t thinking you had a problem with animal themes. As I said, quality control wasnā€™t implemented right away so there are quite a lot of designs online already that if they were uploaded now would never be approved.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-72a6c6e473250e13be36227dfb967479/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/jaspal19/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/mankenicgiyim/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/MumtazKhan/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Kaytie46/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/gurmeet4770/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/centuryman11/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/MovierulzTeam/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Zaira06/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Jeanclaude/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Kaytie46/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/gdhmakina101/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Jolangganteng/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/shefali123/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-c91832732523f35b893c1a934d91da2c/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/DIKSHAc6/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/FiftyShadesFreed_2018/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-1ab4b898de566fb10b232af020650d42/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/WhyTube/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/50-shades-freed-hd-filmymad/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fifty-shades-freed-hd-filmyrap/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Jeanclaude/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-6b52b2439ed3cb4888f148b93a81eba1/

SPAM Profile
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/user/anonymous-a01a44a85a1e308a8a0a341c4a83d646/

Spam theme Upload have look to the link below

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/anonymous-a01a44a85a1e308a8a0a341c4a83d646/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/jhunjhunulive/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/Anonymous-13779941/