Spammers ar Silly

purplefdu · 02-29-2008, 10:18 AM

Do you ever see a post on a forum for someone's site and realize they have made only that post and just roll your eyes? I often wonder just how many hits they get from posting their garbage. Surely they could at least pretend to contribute something worthwhile in return for the free advertising.

USCGamecocks · 03-01-2008, 09:55 AM

I think users of forums are smarter than the spammers give credit. One spammy post would probably get relatively low clicks. It's almost like you can smell them from a mile away. I wouldn't think as the only source of traffic they would fair well at all.

Solinvicta · 03-01-2008, 10:59 AM

I'd agree that most users of forums are pretty saavy...but for a lot of spammers, it's basically a numbers game. I mean, even if hopefully 99.5% of the online community is too smart to fall for a Nigerian bank scam or some kind of get-rich-quick scheme, the cost for most spammers to post things and send emails is basically zero. So, it still winds up making them money.

But, in the meantime, the rest of people still have to deal with sorting through all the stuff to get what we're after.

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03-01-2008, 10:59 AM	#3
Solinvicta Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sandy Hook, CT Posts: 77 Reputation: (12)	I'd agree that most users of forums are pretty saavy...but for a lot of spammers, it's basically a numbers game. I mean, even if hopefully 99.5% of the online community is too smart to fall for a Nigerian bank scam or some kind of get-rich-quick scheme, the cost for most spammers to post things and send emails is basically zero. So, it still winds up making them money. But, in the meantime, the rest of people still have to deal with sorting through all the stuff to get what we're after.