http://fredericiana.com/2007/12/12/hand-crafted-blog-spam/ Open Source, The Web, And German-American Oddities Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://fredericiana.com/2007/12/12/hand-crafted-blog-spam/#comment-102259 Wladimir Palant Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:07:19 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/12/12/hand-crafted-blog-spam/#comment-102259 Yes, this happens a lot. My forum stops spam bots reliably but I regularly discover hand-made spam posts. Most of the time the spammers come from China, some from Nigeria, and there seems to be one (?) who is spamming from Belarus. I wonder how much they can earn by spamming forums, I cannot imagine it to be much even judging by the living standards of these countries... Yes, this happens a lot. My forum stops spam bots reliably but I regularly discover hand-made spam posts. Most of the time the spammers come from China, some from Nigeria, and there seems to be one (?) who is spamming from Belarus. I wonder how much they can earn by spamming forums, I cannot imagine it to be much even judging by the living standards of these countries…

]]> http://fredericiana.com/2007/12/12/hand-crafted-blog-spam/#comment-101840 Fred Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:05:49 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/12/12/hand-crafted-blog-spam/#comment-101840 Haha, never thought about it that way. When it's just too nice to simply throw it away, there's always the option of removing the URL and publishing the comment like that ;) Haha, never thought about it that way. When it’s just too nice to simply throw it away, there’s always the option of removing the URL and publishing the comment like that

]]> http://fredericiana.com/2007/12/12/hand-crafted-blog-spam/#comment-101773 Alex Faaborg Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:32:09 +0000 http://fredericiana.com/2007/12/12/hand-crafted-blog-spam/#comment-101773 I get tons of hand crafted spam, but on the bright side it is always far more pleasant, positive and encouraging than the legitimate comments :) I get tons of hand crafted spam, but on the bright side it is always far more pleasant, positive and encouraging than the legitimate comments

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