Social Media Tips: The Reasons Why You Need To Remove Social Media Spam Immediately

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Here is the deal: You have worked hard to get your Facebook Page for your business looking awesome. Your website has been streamlined and your Twitter followers has increased. Will you let them collapse because of spam attacks?

Imagine you are building a house. With the right builders and good weather, you might be able to get it built and finished within three or four months. How long would it take to tear down with bombs? A few hours at most. Destroying things is always quicker and easier than creating them, and a few hand-grenade-spam posts or a vindictive online flamethrower can burn your social reputation to the ground before you know what’s going on.

Maintaining social media accounts on a daily basis is an absolute requirement. It is not a suggestion to become static in social media. Become a proactive by always read the comments at the end of any article to see what the general public has to say about the matter. You might find additional insight from commenters that will make the information that much more clear or interesting.

However, it’s extremely annoying when you are reading comments and come to what is obviously a spam ad for something else. They’ll mention something about the article and then try to get you to follow their link for “better” information. Or worse: putting bad links straight away.

A post or comment doesn’t have to be an ad or a spam link to be considered spam. There are plenty of trolls out there who get their jollies by trying to defame or denigrate people and businesses by randomly posting negative comments on their blogs, posts, or feeds. Sometimes they are even paid by your competitors to do so. These negative comments are grenades thrown into your building, but they don’t have to do any damage. The attacking posts on your pages can also be removed before they do much damage, but the longer they remain the more they do.

However, you should not remove any legitimate complaints or issues from real customers. It’s sometimes hard to tell the difference, yet usually a social media manager with experience can spot the spammers and trolls a mile away. Removing legitimate complaints can have worse implications than leaving spam in your posts. If your real customers start to think that you don’t care about your customers problems, they will leave you right away. Always try to diffuse situations with legitimate complaints, and only remove the comments if they become worse or cannot be satisfied through reaching out.

Spam, on the other hand, should be removed within seconds if possible, hours at the most. Moderating comments is one way to avoid this issue, but unless you post the legitimate complaints as well you’re back to the previous problem of losing trust. This isn’t a hard lesson to learn, but it can be a costly one if not learned quickly. For the least hassles and the best results, it’s always recommended to let a professional handle your accounts under your oversight.