Comments on: The world’s friendliest spam bot

By: Rgergerger

Rgergerger — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:48:21 +0000

great blog post, keep up the good work.

By: rgergerger

rgergerger — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:08:38 +0000

I love this site!!! Much useful information!

By: Jamahl Epsicokhan

Jamahl Epsicokhan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:09:49 +0000

Comedians.

I almost posted as rgergerger first to head off the obvious joke.

By: NoPoet

NoPoet — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:09:42 +0000

Dammit, beaten to the (rather obvious) jest. Regergerger got it right though, this is an excellent site.

By: Eric G.

Eric G. — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:14:54 +0000

I was curious, so I also google’d “rgergerger”, which returned blog postings just as you described. Then, for no real reason, I did a Google Images search with the same term, and somewhat amusingly, your local paper made the front page. It looks like IDWID is creeping up in the “rgergerger” rankings also.

By: FawnDoo

FawnDoo — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:48:21 +0000

I read a while back that some spam bots try to be clever and post a few times with none of the usual keywords or sales pitches - trying to fool automated spam blockers by being added to any list of approved posters that might exist. Could be rgergerger is one such spam bot - ok to a human with the appropriate level of intelligence it looks obvious, but to an automated service it might look legitimate enough to allow. Then, a while later, when rgergerger starts posting links, a few might get through.

By: Jamahl Epsicokhan

Jamahl Epsicokhan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:42:51 +0000

I saw a so-simple-it’s-brilliant anti-spam measure a few weeks ago that I have since written into my “recommend this page” feature over at my other site. It simply asks, “Three plus four equals:” and then provides a box. If the correct answer is not supplied, the script simply tosses out the request rather than sending an e-mail. Call it a poor man’s capcha.

The log file shows that not a single bot has answered the question correctly, cutting down to zero (so far) the abuse of the form.

Sometimes I wonder if bot’s aren’t as smart as we think — at least some of them, anyway.

By: quizno2007

quizno2007 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:20:58 +0000

“It’s been revealed! Helena Cain and Gina Inviere are lovers! Brought to you by Quiznos!”

By: Bryan K

Bryan K — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:32:43 +0000

http://xkcd.com/233/

By: Dani

Dani — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:42:40 +0000

“s prazdnikov vas”
is in russian, and means something like
“happy holidays to you”
maybe this bot is of russian origin