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note to mods: spambot sightings
Sat, Dec. 15th, 2012 05:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lolmacWe're getting pings from what I would call 'proto-spammers': twice this round (so far, that I know of), a mystery poster has commented twice on two consecutive posts *(that is, for example, one comment to Hour 16 and one to Hour 17). The first poster was named "bulldogc", the second was named "blufella".
The comments have all been the same: just "Thank you for sharing" with no punctuation. Because of the anti-spam settings on the comm, each one has gone into the "suspicious comments" mod queue.
In each case, the poster's journal was a typical spambot journal: recently set up, no posts, no friends, no userpics, no comments received, multiple comments made.
If you get any comments like this during your shift: pm me and tell me the name of the bot journal so I can report it; and delete the comment ASAP. Choose the delete option that marks the comment as spam and bans the owner. Be sure to tell me the journal name before you delete the comment, since you'll be deleting the evidence.
Although these items appear innocuous, the journal owners are probably trying to establish a base to tilt their algorithms before they start pumping out spam comments, so let's make it harder for them.
The comments have all been the same: just "Thank you for sharing" with no punctuation. Because of the anti-spam settings on the comm, each one has gone into the "suspicious comments" mod queue.
In each case, the poster's journal was a typical spambot journal: recently set up, no posts, no friends, no userpics, no comments received, multiple comments made.
If you get any comments like this during your shift: pm me and tell me the name of the bot journal so I can report it; and delete the comment ASAP. Choose the delete option that marks the comment as spam and bans the owner. Be sure to tell me the journal name before you delete the comment, since you'll be deleting the evidence.
Although these items appear innocuous, the journal owners are probably trying to establish a base to tilt their algorithms before they start pumping out spam comments, so let's make it harder for them.
