Is there a way to report/flag submissions on the File Exchange?

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This isn't the first time I've run into this, but is there a way to do anything about such things other than rating/tagging? These have already been tagged as spam, but they sure look a bit shadier than benign "spam".
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DGM
DGM on 22 Aug 2021
Edited: DGM on 22 Aug 2021
"I would suggest a possible rule of conduct to maintain standards for those who chose to comment without having a skin in the game or not ranked above a certain threshold. "
How is that meaningfully different than the status quo? Rules already exist.
Rules already exist for everyone. Why the stipulation that rules should exist for certain user classes?
And what is the purpose of rules or a code of conduct if enforcing it is "not worthwhile"?
Are you implying that rules should exist for certain people and not for those who let crude automated content policing mechanisms run wild? I understand how fashionable that is these days, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who would object.
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 22 Aug 2021
By the way, we are seeing a persistent pattern of "Reputation farming" by would-be spammers. They open multiple accounts and use the accounts to give the other accounts reputation points, in the hopes of getting the accounts "above a certain threshold", under the hypothesis that above some threshold or other, accounts are immune from being spam-checked, "hopefully" leaving the account able to spam without limits.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 19 Jun 2021
Edited: Image Analyst on 19 Jun 2021
Not sure if you can report - maybe you can - but for us moderators you can click on the user's name twice to get to their Community Profile's page as shown in the screenshot below. Then click the Report link:
^^^^^^^^ Click Report
Someone at Mathworks (an actual live person) will look over the submission and take appropriate action.
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DGM
DGM on 20 Jun 2021
Edited: DGM on 20 Jun 2021
Yeah. Like I mentioned to Jonas, reporting the user instead of the submission feels like a roundabout approach, though the fact that it allows for a textual description of the objection means that it can easily be specific enough for the purpose. Either way, getting human review is valuable.

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John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 19 Jun 2021
Best is to report them to the FEX admin. I'll do that for the ones you have shown. If you see other sustpect ones, and you just want me to forward the profile ID to the admin, feel free to tell me, and I will.

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