07-23-2010, 09:36 AM
(07-22-2010, 09:00 PM)Bolty Wrote: You guys are cute.We get 1-2 spammers a week in here now, instead of literally 8-10 a day that we used to. There are loads of automated scripts that are keeping the spammers out.
The ones that manages to pass through the gate seems to me, are getting better and better at trying to pass off as human.
Like this one.
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/threa...#pid177960
I honestly can't be 100% sure if it's a spambot, or just a netiquette challeged human.
The only major things to me are they seem to post a lot in a short amount of time, and\or necroposting. The spambots content can sometime pass as generic random semi-inane banter. Sometimes even matching the quality of the old fashioned, human crafted generic random semi inane banter.
Or maybe it's a combination of humans getting weaker, and bots getting stronger.
Man...I remember the good ole' days when troll spams were handcrafted by generations of organic trolls. Now with improvements in automation, it's getting harder and harder for me to tell if a troll is truly an organic brand, or some cheap mechanized imitation.
I guess what I'm saying is I don't see a victory cheer here yet. These autospambots took our organic troll jobs. THEY TOOK OUR JERBS!!11