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#26 2010-03-25 10:09:40

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Jazman111 wrote:

Greenboi wrote:

^I agree^

With Punbb hosting they can change and filter bad words, but not links that I've heard of  hmm

Bit.ly is a URL shortening site, like TinyURL. It is used mainly in Twitter and unofficial Twitter desktop clients like TweetDeck, because of how small the link is.

Thanks! never knew that!  smile

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#27 2010-03-25 10:51:23

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Greenboi wrote:

Jazman111 wrote:

Greenboi wrote:

^I agree^

With Punbb hosting they can change and filter bad words, but not links that I've heard of  hmm

Bit.ly is a URL shortening site, like TinyURL. It is used mainly in Twitter and unofficial Twitter desktop clients like TweetDeck, because of how small the link is.

Thanks! never knew that!  smile

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#28 2010-03-25 21:26:01

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

You forgot the BEST flavour of spam: the edible, canned meat spam!  Spam, spam, spam, spam, LOVELY SPAAAM! WONDERFUL SPAM!

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#29 2010-03-25 21:29:06

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Heh - thanks for the thanks everyone.  smile
And thanks for helping flag spam.

But let's keep this thread on topic, shall we?  wink


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#30 2010-03-26 08:45:27

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Lightnin wrote:

Heh - thanks for the thanks everyone.  smile
And thanks for helping flag spam.

But let's keep this thread on topic, shall we?  wink

You should consider filtering these links:
is.gd (URL Shortening, can be used for spam or hacking)
bit.ly (same as above)
youqtube.com (some idiotic site that wants you to spam on YouTube videos to go on fake YouTube.)


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#31 2010-03-26 08:50:21

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Jazman111 wrote:

Lightnin wrote:

Heh - thanks for the thanks everyone.  smile
And thanks for helping flag spam.

But let's keep this thread on topic, shall we?  wink

You should consider filtering these links:
is.gd (URL Shortening, can be used for spam or hacking)
bit.ly (same as above)
youqtube.com (some idiotic site that wants you to spam on YouTube videos to go on fake YouTube.)

Doesn't the scratch team use bit.ly for links sometimes?
Tinyurl.com is another one.


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#32 2010-03-26 09:44:17

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Spammers won't use bit.ly nor tinyurl  smile

That's what lightnin explained in the first post about the Search Engine Optimization.

Google Bot crawls though a forum thread  and sees a bit.ly address. It will increase the bit.ly search rating >  big_smile

Google Bot crawls through a forum thread and sees a imaspammer.com link. It will increase the search rating of imaspammer.com >  yikes


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#33 2010-03-26 10:37:20

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

JSO wrote:

Google Bot crawls through a forum thread and sees a imaspammer.com link. It will increase the search rating of imaspammer.com >  yikes

There is no Imaspammer.com website...

But iv found spammers using bit.ly


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#34 2010-04-22 07:05:05

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

simply put, spamming is if you submit various links to other sites when they are irrelevant

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#35 2010-04-22 07:14:01

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

markyparky56 wrote:

JSO wrote:

Google Bot crawls through a forum thread and sees a imaspammer.com link. It will increase the search rating of imaspammer.com >  yikes

There is no Imaspammer.com website...

That's a fake link.

imaspammer = I'm a spammer

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#36 2010-04-22 11:25:45

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

mathematics wrote:

markyparky56 wrote:

JSO wrote:

Google Bot crawls through a forum thread and sees a imaspammer.com link. It will increase the search rating of imaspammer.com >  yikes

There is no Imaspammer.com website...

That's a fake link.

imaspammer = I'm a spammer

I know, just saing.  tongue


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#37 2010-04-22 17:16:56

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

I flagged spam anyway. But, I'll be extra active to try to keep spam off of the Scratch Forums. It wasn't like this when I first made a account, and this isn't my first account.

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#38 2010-04-27 19:16:43

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

I found a user called [removed] and he told me to go to [removed] I think it's a spam box.

Forum Moderator - Thanks  smile

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#39 2010-04-28 14:10:15

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Well, If I flag a spam comment I may get a:
"That comment was perfectly fine. Please read the Terms OfUse for more information."
in my notifications.


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#40 2010-04-28 15:57:13

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Wow. Now I feel guilty. I have spammed a few times but I didn't know it...


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#41 2010-04-29 15:19:00

Enzo1997
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

/me hates the taste of spam in his mouth...


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#42 2010-04-30 12:01:48

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Wow.

I didn't actually realise some of this.

Thanks for the info! ;D


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#43 2010-04-30 17:20:27

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

Another flavor of spam would be fake fake linking. That is when you make a link that SAYS this site, when clicking on it really brings you to that site.

Example:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/m44/314590
will bring you to youfail.org, instead of a scratch project.


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#44 2010-05-01 00:01:50

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

And there is also something like this:
http://www.gооglе.com/ (Just an example)
The link above seems to lead you to Google, but it actually leads you to gооglе.com.

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#45 2010-05-01 23:59:27

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

The only good flavor of SPAM is the canned meat.           big_smile     XD


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#46 2010-05-03 16:50:07

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

I don't even spam...

big_smile

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#47 2010-05-03 16:51:08

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

phillips101 wrote:

The only good flavor of SPAM is the canned meat.           big_smile     XD

I agree with you...

... But it was originally called spiced ham. tongue

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#48 2010-05-15 02:42:23

grysmth
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

I thought spamming can be done on social networking and email only.. Hrmm.. I am wondering what can bit.ly link can do.. Anyway, thank you for letting us know a bit of Spam info..

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#49 2010-05-15 05:31:27

markyparky56
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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

laser100 wrote:

phillips101 wrote:

The only good flavor of SPAM is the canned meat.           big_smile     XD

I agree with you...

... But it was originally called spiced ham. tongue

I geuss thats where the spam comes from.

SPiced hAM


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#50 2010-05-15 05:42:18

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Re: The many different flavors of Spam...

markyparky56 wrote:

I geuss thats where the spam comes from.

SPiced hAM

One of many theories... Here's what Wikipedia has to say...

Wikipedia wrote:

Introduced on July 5, 1937, the name "Spam" was chosen when the product, whose original name was far less memorable (Hormel Spiced Ham), began to lose market share. The name was chosen from multiple entries in a naming contest. A Hormel official once stated that the original meaning of the name "Spam" was "Shoulder of Pork and Ham". According to writer Marguerite Patten in Spam – The Cookbook, the name was suggested by Kenneth Daigneau, an actor and the brother of a Hormel vice president, who was given a $100 prize for creating the name. At one time, the official explanation was that the name was a portmanteau of "Spiced Ham". According to the British documentary-reality show "1940's House", when SPAM was offered by the United States to those affected by World War II in the UK, SPAM stood for Specially Processed American Meats.

So... there are many theories... I wonder how the word "spam" got associated with the internet type..? Or hitting people in the face... There are a few who go around my school, hitting people (usually me >.>) in the face, and calling it "spamming"...

It's strange, how these things are so different, and yet, are given the same name  hmm

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