Are there really "persistent" spammers?
I mean, there are stuffs which are advertised here more than once. Of course the spam threads get deleted and the spammers get banned, but sometimes the same stuffs still resurface.
Are the spammers of those stuffs that persistent, or is it just a coincidence that different spammers happens to advertise the same stuff?
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I don’t think its coincidence. The spam “themes” are often from the same past of the world at the same time. For example we might bet a batch of health product spam from the same part of India all at the same time. All with new accounts of course, they create new ones faster than we can ban them.
Spammers have to be persistent – it’s in their job description.
I don’t understand why they do it. Is there anyone on the plant dumb enough to click the links?
Must be…
On another site, a medical support group, new members are not permitted to attach a link until they have made a number of posts. Wouldn’t that reduce (or eliminate) this issue?
@LuckyGuy Good idea, it would require some programming. Maybe we need a volunteer?
@LuckyGuy If that’s possible, then I am a spamming Mafioso who only comes to Fluther and makes friends with everyone just for a big SPAMMING PLAN!
@LuckyGuy I once read somewhere that if just one person out of 12 million makes a purchase from clicking a link in spam, it’s enough to be profitable. I bet the number who fall for it is plenty more than that. It must be immensely profitable otherwise no-one would do it.
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