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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] cupcakecalamity.livejournal.com 2008-07-16 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
you are like a very nerdy detective!!

[identity profile] imayb1.livejournal.com 2008-07-17 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Comic writer Aaron Williams noticed the new spammers too, and blogged about it here (http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/index.htm).

(Here via lj news; your comment caught my attention.)