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				<title><![CDATA[Thank you everyone -- ALL valid ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thank you everyone -- ALL valid points!&nbsp;&nbsp;Nikole: I completely agree with you -- I smelled a rat from the get-go, but just wanted to know if there was any way to flag such accounts.&nbsp; Plus, I feel that if users have the power to flag members w[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The only real way to stop these ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The only real way to stop these kinds of messages is 1.you must approve the member before they start sending messages to you. 2. Move your profile to private 3. Report, report, report. now I know some of this functionality is not in Sun, but some other sit[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I think that, besides telling Jo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I think that, besides telling Joel and flagging these thing, everyone has to just be smart.I mean, I get phishing emails 100 times a day. There`s no way to stop it.Best thing to do in the long run is just educate yourself and those around y]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I personally believe references ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I personally believe references to invention promotion companies should not appear on this website [e.g. InventHelp] as many inventors have very bad experiences with such companies.&nbsp; ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:29:45 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[
PLEASE send questionable messa]]></title>
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PLEASE send questionable messages you receive directly to me. Include the sender`s member nickname and the entire text of the message. We will deal with these issues IMMEDIATELY.We delete and ban members who abuse the stated ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[we had a "rating system" which i]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[we had a "rating system" which is not active at the moment.&nbsp; I personally think that rating system was helplful, while those who got low scores complained about it.&nbsp; That would help some.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I`ve recently received an invita]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I`ve recently received an invitation to participate in an "investment opportunity" for "an inventor" of several technology items.&nbsp; Of&nbsp; course, I figured this was a shoddy attempt to scam me since the tell-tale signs were there (i.e., lack of a]]></description>
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