[Talk] Web form spam - What's the point?

[Danny Rathjens]

Because some people are jerks; that's why. ;)

Adam Glass wrote:
> No, I really am asking why.  There is no way to save time.  Each form
> has to be checked either as approve or disapprove.  It doesn't take
> that much time anyway.
> 
> --Adam
> 
> 
> On 10/24/06, Terry Richards <sn00per1@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> Adam Glass wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > When someone fills out a new profile on the FLUX site, I get e-mail to
>> > review and post it.  We don't censor, but do need to be sure things
>> > are family friendly and such.
>> >
>> > Over the last several months spammers (or programs they use) have been
>> > filling out our form.  Usually they say things like "Hi, nice site!"
>> > and then give a link for the product they are selling.  Okay, a new
>> > form of spam, not a big deal.
>> >
>> > But recently there have been a whole bunch of forms that are just
>> > filled out with complete gibberish.  Every text field says "hhfgdgdf",
>> > including the link.  Nothing about weight loss, hair loss, etc.  Not
>> > even a valid URL.
>> >
>> > Obviously none of these spams are being posted.  But I am curious as
>> > to why the gibberish ones are happening.  There have been about ten of
>> > them in the last couple of days.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> i realize you are asking for why it is happening but think what you
>> really want is to save yourself from wasting time,
>> can you run spell check on the forms and discard any with lots of 
>> nonsense?
>>
>> a little off topic but in the same time frame i have noticed the spam i
>> recieve has changed from viagra and other drugs to stock market deals
>>
>> /|\
>>
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