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#1 2011-10-18 18:54:33
Commercial spam for this one site I keep finding
I have been finding commercial spam for this site called [removed] alot, are these spam bots or stupid people? I am not listing names (mostly because I dont remember any) but tell me if you have seen it! I flagged all the spam for that site I have seen, I think there was one on a front page project. At least most commercial spammers are spam bots. A clever commercial non-bot spammer would try something smart like becoming a scratcher and abusing it to post links on random topics AS FAST AS POSSIBLE geez, at least there are hardly any of those all over the internet. I would like to list all the sites being spammed about so far I have: [removed] please help me list these sites so we know what spammers might be like BTW the spam comment looked like this:
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#2 2011-10-18 18:57:37
- sportsdude6
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2011-07-25
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Re: Commercial spam for this one site I keep finding
Someone did that on my project!
I deleted it.
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#4 2011-10-18 19:03:17
- sportsdude6
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2011-07-25
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Re: Commercial spam for this one site I keep finding
Wait someone did it on this epic thing:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/prepa9/2079485
Luckily, the scratch team banned him/her.
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#5 2011-10-18 19:31:39
Re: Commercial spam for this one site I keep finding
sportsdude6 wrote:
Wait someone did it on this epic thing:
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/prepa9/2079485
Luckily, the scratch team banned him/her.
I checked it, it was the same as what appeared on my project. I deleted it. It was one of my older projects and my personal best. Well other than one. The comment was deleted but I will link to the project anyways. my link Heh heh heh (the other one is easier and has better graphics but not the same characters)
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#7 2011-10-19 07:44:13
- MyRedNeptune
- Community Moderator
- Registered: 2007-05-07
- Posts: 1000+
Re: Commercial spam for this one site I keep finding
...and you just unknowingly became a commercial spammer yourself by posting those links. xD
When you see spammers, the proper action is to flag the comment or contact the Scratch Team, in the case of particularly vigorous spamming. By posting on the Forums, you're just helping the guy get his spam across, which is basically making things worse. xP Next time you see spam - don't panic! Just flag it and move on. ^^
Gonna close. ^^
I know what you're thinking! "Neptune! Get rid of those filthy advertisements and give us back the Zarathustra siggy, you horrible person!" Well, don't worry about it, the Zara siggy will be back soon, new and improved! ^^ Meanwhile, just do what the sig tells you to. >.>Offline