MoonlightKrobus
Guest
It also happens A LOT on tumblr and bluesky I’ve noticed. Just one second after my bluesky account was made I got a spam follower.
spam is coming again
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BeenASon
Local Legend
Do people use Tumblr anymore lol?
MoonlightKrobus
Guest
I do. But mostly just to look at art and stuff. I don’t post there.
BeenASon
Local Legend
Whenever I search up images for anything a bit niche there's always pictures on Tumblr for it lol. Back to topic on hand a lot bots on here are for a book company in Canada.
MoonlightKrobus
Guest
Dude once I saw a post on reddit that showed multiple phones being used for spam (definetly NOT ai btw) it was actually crazy
BeenASon
Local Legend
How much money do they even make for that? The rent can't be high enough for someone to do this. I guess it's more of a side hustle if you got old phones.
FilthyGorilla
Local Legend
I guess it depends on where you live, you can get far on comparatively little depending on your cost of living, and it could be worth it for some.
Not really sure how long it takes to pay just the phone cost back though
BeenASon
Local Legend
To be fair some phones are cheap. You can get a old iPhone 8 for like eighty bucks. Bots don't need the most up to date hardware now do they?
Cuddlebug
Local Legend
It works simply because of the sheer volume. If only a fraction of people click on the link, the client has already achieved something. And the dangerous thing is not the advertising; sometimes Trojans or similar malware are hidden in the link.
BeenASon
Local Legend
I guess so. More clicks more ad revenue.
Glasia
Rancher
On another game forum that also is xenforo based and where intermittently also such spam episodes happen, a wise mod said in https://forums.terraria.org/index.p...be-more-like-wows-system.143079/#post-3345793 that one should simply report and block the spambot. I agree to that mod that it is more dangerous to reply, interact or screenshot the spambot than just report and block. Also do not click the link as that may be a virus.
Quirinea
Local Legend
Yeah. A new spam downpour on top of this forum mess (I still cannot get on the forums main page, on top level subforums or the New Posts tab. What's new works, but it obviously shows a limited number of last added or edited threads. And this quota was filled with spam. As I did the round open - report - ignore - the list just got shorter and there wasn't a second page to go. Graahk.
Yeah, there was a big wave of spam last night it seems
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