07-19-2021 06:14 AM - edited 07-19-2021 06:15 AM
07-19-2021 01:01 PM - edited 07-19-2021 01:03 PM
wiebe@CARYA wrote:
They are getting better. I didn't click the link, but didn't think of it as spam:
As I already said, spammers are not very creative and typically paste plagiarized content from elsewhere, then sprinkle with spam links.
In this case, he stole a reddit posts from a few days earlier.
Google is good at finding these, just place a relatively unique sentence from the post in quotes and search for it. 😄
07-20-2021 03:46 AM
@altenbach wrote:
wiebe@CARYA wrote:
They are getting better. I didn't click the link, but didn't think of it as spam:
As I already said, spammers are not very creative and typically paste plagiarized content from elsewhere, then sprinkle with spam links.
In this case, he stole a reddit posts from a few days earlier.
Google is good at finding these, just place a relatively unique sentence from the post in quotes and search for it. 😄
Well, I don't really want to Google a line from every message that I read on the forum.
Or are you suggesting that this is automated by NI?
For this example, the link gave it away. But that looked to a signature to me.
07-20-2021 09:24 AM
No, don't google every posts! 😄 I use this method only if I already have a strong suspicion, but am not 100% sure yet.
07-23-2021 07:02 AM
*SIGH* That's really all I can say ATM.
08-03-2021 06:07 AM
-A reply to 16 year old thread
08-03-2021 06:19 AM
08-04-2021 01:28 AM
08-04-2021 02:50 AM
@AeroSoul wrote:
A guy just accepted every single response to his question as a solution.
That explains why I don't hit the top 5 lately 😂 (Probably just the lack of effort 🙄)
08-04-2021 09:38 AM
wiebe@CARYA wrote:
@AeroSoul wrote:
A guy just accepted every single response to his question as a solution.
That explains why I don't hit the top 5 lately 😂 (Probably just the lack of effort 🙄)
Even his own replies to questions. 😄
I am curious if this is due to a language barrier. Maybe they think the "Mark as solution" button means "Mark as read"?