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Are spammers working overtime today?

Asked by imrainmaker (8380points) February 11th, 2018

First of all I was surprised to see 15+ new activities and I was like wow!! But then realized that most of them are spams with only 1–2 legit ones. This is the maximum new activity number I have seen so far on Fluther. Have you witnessed more number than this before and was it legit or spam only? Thanks to mods as well for quick clean-up..)

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janbb's avatar

This was the most activity I’ve seen in ages and yes, two thirds of it was spam.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

The Spammers heard there was a drop in Activity on Fluther. ;>)

LuckyGuy's avatar

All of my “Activity for You” was spam. At least it woke up some questions.

Mimishu1995's avatar

There was a time when every 1 second you reload any page you got new spammers on the Community Feed. That was what caused the mods to change the login algorithm.

Then one day one spammer posted on one question every 1 second. They got to hundred posts before getting banned.

longgone's avatar

One of them is. The 75 spammy posts that have woken up old threads today are just the work of a single ambitious guy.

imrainmaker's avatar

^wow..seems hard working guy..)

SergeantQueen's avatar

Holy hell lol I got 24+ notifications. Right away I was like “Probably spam”

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

I got 36+ notifications I marked all activity as read.

Response moderated (Spam)
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janbb's avatar

If you think this morning was bad, this evening was far worse!

canidmajor's avatar

Well, that was an adventure!

muppetish's avatar

I think I caught everything, but if I missed something don’t hesitate to flag it again. Our inboxes are pretty flooded right now!

Soubresaut's avatar

Thank you mods!

This came to mind with all the spamming today: No matter how many times you save the world, it always manages to get back in jeopardy again…. Sometimes I want it to just stay saved, you know? For a little bit… I feel like the maid: “I just cleaned up this mess! Can we keep it clean—for 10 minutes?”

Edited to add: thanks, @muppetish… and will do!

canidmajor's avatar

Thanks, @muppetish, you are a rock star!

janbb's avatar

Thanks so much @muppetish . That troll this evening was awful!

Mimishu1995's avatar

Funny the spammers start coming in mass just around New Year.

janbb's avatar

Tonight’s wasn’t a spammer, it was an old troll.

SergeantQueen's avatar

Wait that person’s been here before?

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

@SergeantQueen Every Three months he/she comes back.

janbb's avatar

@SergeantQueen They knew too much about various Jellies not to be an old Jelly but the avatars were not recognizable.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Was it RANDY, I only want nice people to answer? ? ?

I was apparently about to be arrested for SEXUAL something or another.

SergeantQueen's avatar

Yeah I got accused of sexually harassing them but I hardly PM people here. and never in a sexual way

Mimishu1995's avatar

Do they know about me? I’m so curious :D

SergeantQueen's avatar

I think you were on the list too.

imrainmaker's avatar

^Which list are you talking about?

RedDeerGuy1's avatar

I made the list too. @imrainmaker The list of people who she/he accused of sexually harassed him/her.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

I didn’t make the first “List”.

MrGrimm888's avatar

I definitely noticed the uptick. So annoying. I didn’t see any of the troll’s posts.

imrainmaker's avatar

ok.. @RedDeerGuy1. I didn’t make the list either I guess bcoz I didn’t see any troll’s posts..)

Kardamom's avatar

Instead of spam, why can’t they bring pizza?

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