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spam diaries cropping up?
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10 Dec 2010, 14:39
Hidden Depths
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Hypnosis - Simple & Easy Technique To Lose Weight You Can Implement Today
by jose5725clark

purchaseWaterford Crystal 12 Days of Christmas Champagne Flutes Set of 12 with Storage Chest specials reviews
by unusualgiftsideas10

The Right Way To Choose The Best Nose Hair Clipper
by harry9714rogers

There were 3 more when I first logged into the site that have since disappeared from the front page, but these are all the "new member" yellow and all just kinda.. strange. Is there a bot creating diaries on here? If so, how is it getting past the "are you a human" safeguards? If not, who is creating these diaries?

If they're not spam, then I humbly apologize, but they look like spam. Did anyone else notice this?
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10 Dec 2010, 14:42
Tracie
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That's spam plain and simple.

I don't want bloop to be like a freaking advertisement :(
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10 Dec 2010, 15:31
Hidden Depths
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I don't either :( It sucks. I don't know what Steve or the Doc or the team would/could do about it but I hope it's short-lived!
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10 Dec 2010, 21:25
lithium layouts.
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They are definitely spam, and staff are taking swift care of them as soon as they pop up. =)
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10 Dec 2010, 21:44
Hidden Depths
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paul1144jones523

there's another one for you =P

Thanks for letting us know
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10 Dec 2010, 20:13
KerriBlue
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There were two others I saw...one for vibrators (or something like that, I just saw the name and thought WTH?) and one for dog grooming. They just seemed off because the showed up within a few minutes/hours of each other and the screen names looked similar. Like the Jose5725Clark one....they had a word-4 numbers -word pattern to them.
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10 Dec 2010, 21:55
Winged Centaur
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Is there any way to block these kinds of diaries from appearing in the first place?
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10 Dec 2010, 22:49
Doc
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Yea... I have deleted about 20 of them so far today myself.
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11 Dec 2010, 00:07
Aubrey;
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Wow! Twenty! Do you know what the point of them is? It seems a silly thing to spam...
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11 Dec 2010, 03:01
Jessica [Private]
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If there's links its usually so they can get you to click and infect your computer with something or another. Usually adware or a trojan. :(
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11 Dec 2010, 03:10
Aubrey;
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True, but I hadn't noticed any links in the ones that I'd checked out. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention.
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11 Dec 2010, 03:10
Jessica [Private]
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All the spam ones I've seen had links at the bottom of the entry. I'm not sure what the purpose would be without them o.O
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11 Dec 2010, 03:03
Jessica [Private]
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11 Dec 2010, 03:16
.like.a.drug.
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There's another one about stun guns on the FP now...
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11 Dec 2010, 04:47
Greta Garbage
Bloop Community Organizer
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They are getting annoying.
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11 Dec 2010, 06:14
KerriBlue
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ian931kern
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11 Dec 2010, 07:27
KerriBlue
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I know these are annoying people, but i'm having fun playing "spot the fake diary" hahaha
Three just popped up within the last hour.

ryan7708campbell
eric6243perez
steve1451rossy
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11 Dec 2010, 07:34
KerriBlue
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jose5726clar

they are getting more frequent?
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11 Dec 2010, 07:53
.Blue Bella.
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They really want us all to buy kittens.
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11 Dec 2010, 07:56
Opie's Old Lady
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Yeah, I was a little taken aback by the complete and total randomness of the entry. Im kind of curious as to how these bots manage to make a diary & all that jazz.

Hope staff can find a way to keep them away for good.
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11 Dec 2010, 13:32
SugarNSpice Surveys
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Ha, they definitely are getting annoying. The nose hair one made me go WTF? But there are way more than ususal, lately. :-S
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11 Dec 2010, 13:37
Aubrey;
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william2948scott - this one's in German...
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11 Dec 2010, 15:25
Oprah Noodlemantra
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Is there any way to stop them before they even start the diary? I mean like something in the "register a new diary" part?
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11 Dec 2010, 16:57
HorrorVixen XO
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yeah, i noticed the diaries too! its really annoying and a waste of space. i can't believe DOC has already killed 20 of them. crazyness!
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11 Dec 2010, 16:59
canceroustears
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@Kerri♥Blue LOL that's awesome! "spot the fake diary"
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