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Abra Staffin-Wiebe ([personal profile] abracanabra) wrote2008-09-28 11:13 pm
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What's the point of anonymous spam?

Over the last week, I've gotten four weird, not-quite-sequitor anonymous comments on my various livejournals. They have the disjointed speech patterns and not-quite-related-to-the-post subjects that make me think they're automated.

Spam? But I am confused, because how will they benefit from leaving anonymous comments?
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[identity profile] xcorvis.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
They're trying to exploit automatic filtering techniques and degrade the performance of the filters so that other spam gets through.

[identity profile] cloudscudding.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha! A sensible explanation. Excellent.

(Anonymous) 2008-09-29 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Please to assist with the transfer of funds from Nigeria in immediately, thank you!

[identity profile] eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
um sorry, that was me...

[identity profile] cloudscudding.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
No, no--having it be an anonymous comment was perfect!

[identity profile] eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com 2008-09-29 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought you'd enjoy that.
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