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Moogle1
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They have computer programs to generate those, of course. I'm not sure if they could make one to "decrypt" one, but I can't see them to save my life.
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TMC
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Most of the bots attacking CP never post anything. They just create an account and put spam links in their profile.
I've also noticed some of the bots/spammers posting a spam thread, then a day later editting the post and inserting the spam link.
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Inferior Minion
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| The Mad Cacti wrote: | Most of the bots attacking CP never post anything. They just create an account and put spam links in their profile.
I've also noticed some of the bots/spammers posting a spam thread, then a day later editting the post and inserting the spam link. |
That's not true. Cube and I just delete them on sight so you might not see them. James' post followed a massive spamming of "OMG!!!! <insert celebrity's name here> nude photos HERE!" links which tallied up to about 50 posts.
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Komera
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| Rinku wrote: | They actually pay people to spam?
Does spam even work? I don't know anyone who's actually bought something they found via spam. |
As I've said before, the benefit of spam is not purely to get someone to click a link. Any posted url (given enough time) will be read by a myrad of search engines. Larger numbers of links leading to one site will boost the site's placement in search engine results.
To counter this, many search engines now require that posted links be of a certain age before it finally gets to contribute to a site's ranking. This is why many of the user profiles have urls in them, especially the ones with horridly low post counts.
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Rinku
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Komera wrote: | | Rinku wrote: | They actually pay people to spam?
Does spam even work? I don't know anyone who's actually bought something they found via spam. |
As I've said before, the benefit of spam is not purely to get someone to click a link. Any posted url (given enough time) will be read by a myrad of search engines. Larger numbers of links leading to one site will boost the site's placement in search engine results.
To counter this, many search engines now require that posted links be of a certain age before it finally gets to contribute to a site's ranking. This is why many of the user profiles have urls in them, especially the ones with horridly low post counts. |
You've said this before?
But it makes sense.
Almost... too much sense.
Did you hear the quote by Bill Gates that goes "By 2006, SPAM will be a thing of the past" (said in 2004).
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Komera
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I've mentioned it a couple of times before. It's even alluded (sp?) to in the rules of the Monthly Avatar Contest.
And I generally don't pay attention to what Mr. Gates says. Remember what he said about computer memory?
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Joe Man
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Spam: ads and other wastes of messaging services on the internet
SPAM: A brand of luncheon meat
Rinku doesn't know this?
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Komera
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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How 'bout a "report user" button so the real users can actually do something besides bite their tongue/fingers when someone like Gorgonas comes along and posts FIVE FLOCKING URLS in the same post. That way my sig isn't just an idle threat.
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Rinku
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Komera wrote: | | How 'bout a "report user" button so the real users can actually do something besides bite their tongue/fingers when someone like Gorgonas comes along and posts FIVE FLOCKING URLS in the same post. That way my sig isn't just an idle threat. |
You bite your fingers??
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Komera
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Do you bite your thumb?
Yes, sir, I do.
Do you bite your thumb at me?
No, sir, I just bite my thumb.
What I meant by biting fingers was not replying to a spammer.
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