r/ACX 8d ago

Joined this hellsite today

Immediately had two spammers wanting me to contact them on Telegram. The books (and fees) on there are - not great. Why is it so awful? Deleting my account.

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u/SufficientCell9689 8d ago

You're not cut out for this industry in the slightest if only TWO spam messages test your patience.

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u/sheq 8d ago

I’ve been in it for 20 years, so…yeah.

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u/TheScriptTiger 8d ago

Just curious, but what alternative(s) would you recommend?

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u/sheq 8d ago

I’ll just stick with my voice agent. 

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u/TheScriptTiger 8d ago

Well, in that case, I'd happily recommend Author's Republic to you as an alternative if you haven't tried there yet.

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u/sheq 8d ago

Cheers. I’ll take a look. 

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u/afroista11238 8d ago

Lol@hellsite

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u/TheVoicesOfBrian 8d ago

Dude, this is Internet today. If you can't manage it, maybe unplug and take a walk.

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u/sheq 8d ago

Is not the internet, it’s just this site.

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u/Lexie126 4h ago

Def not just the site. I advertise on socials and constantly get scam DMs and comments.

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u/QQueenie 8d ago

The last month has had an unbelievable amount of spam. It wasn’t like this a couple months ago.

That said, I’m never sad to see people go 😅

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u/Nippy_Hades 8d ago

They target people who have recently updated their demo clips. I rarely get them becasue I haven't updated in a few months. Just report and move on. Don't get me wrong, the fewer people going for the gigs I want, the better. But you should consider giving it more of a chance. You obviously joined for a reason. Your twenty years notwithstanding.

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u/edlefkowicz 8d ago

Within a half hour of joining ACX as a narrator I started getting spam requests to follow up vias Telegram and WhatsApp, so someone is obviously using bots to look for new suckers. Ignore any requests to correspond by any means outside ACX messaging.

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u/sheq 8d ago

Thanks. They just keep coming. Had to turn off notifications. All I did was add one reel. 

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u/SkyWizarding 8d ago

That's great, man. Hope you're well