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robbat2 ([personal profile] robbat2) wrote2008-07-16 03:23 pm
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drastic increase in spam

Since I posted 15 hours ago, I've gotten another 6 spam comments from the same algorithm.

[livejournal.com profile] rachelutejy
[livejournal.com profile] wendyfidaz
[livejournal.com profile] victoriahuder
[livejournal.com profile] kellyqubym
[livejournal.com profile] devenydylom
[livejournal.com profile] hannahowyve
An interesting further trend I noticed on them: Given the same comment input body, they post the identical text, further lending credence to the concept that it's an automatic system.
Original:
Seems like I'm out of luck? This will greatly hamper anything which I want to do with the data.
Spammer:
If I wanted to store my data on the user's drive or on a server, though, I'm pretty-much out of luck.
The spammer's source for the sentence was:
http://www.gamedev.net/features/reviews/productreview.asp?productid=613

[identity profile] robbat2.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just annoyed at the spam. 13 in the last 24 hours is a LOT for livejournal, considering that before that, it was 1/week.

[identity profile] cupcakecalamity.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I never get it.
You must be a high profile spam taret!

[identity profile] robbat2.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
google thinks so at least, thanks to my open-source involvement.

how'd we end up being friended on livejournal anyway?

[identity profile] cupcakecalamity.livejournal.com 2008-07-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
fedex!