Thursday Night Dance at Scout House in Concord MA does not accept such
requests. Your list of disqualifiers is pretty much what we use. We
also look at number of "Friends". When that number gets up into the
thousands, that is a fair indicator it's a marketing effort.
Mac Sloan
On 5/31/20 18:41, Mary Collins via Organizers wrote:
> We have 3 admins and I can only speak to my (and original as set) policy
> and that is to study each request's profile before granting acceptance
> (hate to use THAT word in Contra context, but...). I look for when they
> joined FB. If they are connected to another member or other contra
> community, and what in general they are posting. Do not misunderstand
> that...I am looking at are they all about; hosting a website, or
> marketing a product...not their political or religious beliefs. In the
> past we have had regulars who wanted to sell purses and other items
> through our group page. I too am concerned as to why the sweet girl
> from Thailand (or wherever) wants to join our group when there is no
> obvious connection.
>
> Mary Collins
>
> On Sun, May 31, 2020, 3:15 PM B Fabinski via Organizers
> <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
> <mailto:organizers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
>
> Hi organizers.
>
> The Rochester NY Contra Dancers FB page is getting a few join
> requests per week from people in other countries, from accounts that
> have very recently been created and have only a very few, if any,
> friends or other groups joined.
>
> We are leery of trolls who intend to disrupt the group, and have
> been rejecting them.
>
> I was wondering if other group pages are receiving similar requests,
> and what they have done about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Fabinski
>
>
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