We get a lot of spambots. Overwhelmingly they fail to post anything, which is great, but a lot of them do manage to create accounts (some of which manage to get past account activation, though many don't).
If I'm feeling sufficiently outraged (or insufficiently swamped, work-wise), I will occasionally find the company or product they're promoting and contact them directly to tell them what's being done in their name. I'm convinced in most cases they've just hired someone to do "SEO" or "internet marketing" and have no idea that these are the methods being used and/or that this why the service is so cheap.
Anyway, I've only gotten responses a handful of times over the years, but yesterday I not only got a quick response, but when I elaborated on what was happening they told me they'd paused their contract with the person in question.
Thought some of you would get a little fraction of a warm fuzzy from that.
If I'm feeling sufficiently outraged (or insufficiently swamped, work-wise), I will occasionally find the company or product they're promoting and contact them directly to tell them what's being done in their name. I'm convinced in most cases they've just hired someone to do "SEO" or "internet marketing" and have no idea that these are the methods being used and/or that this why the service is so cheap.
Anyway, I've only gotten responses a handful of times over the years, but yesterday I not only got a quick response, but when I elaborated on what was happening they told me they'd paused their contract with the person in question.
Thought some of you would get a little fraction of a warm fuzzy from that.
Last edited by Yoda; 01-11-24 at 04:08 PM.