Comments on: Spambot of the day https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:41:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: IgotBupkis https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-190200 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:41:45 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-190200 > “Spambot” isn’t strictly the correct name for the phenomenon, but it’s close enough.

I believe it’s not the most commonly referred to type of bot meant by “spambot” neo, but it’s definitely spamming — sending a message for the purpose of advertisement or promotion, unbidden by the recipient, usually also undesired (but not necessarily) outside the actual interest of the recipient. And, since it’s a bot, it’s a spambot, beyond all doubt.

It’s like referring to your non-commerical, personal, passenger van as “a car”. By some lights, it’s not a car, but, really, it is, when you consider what the overarching term “car” means in this context.

]]> By: IgotBupkis https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-190199 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:37:45 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-190199 Must’ve been written by a libtard deconstructionist professorial type.

]]> By: Alix https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-190156 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:28:40 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-190156 To: Neo neocon —

Thanks — now I understand!

]]> By: Random Thoughts https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-190004 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:00:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-190004 Okay, Dan D, ‘fess up, you’re ghostwriting this stuff!

I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets inarticulate gibberish in my spam box. My favorite thus far has been, “A contented beloved maturity is the favour of a well-spent youth. As a substitute for of its bringing glum and low prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of unchanged stripling in a less ill world.”

After a few glasses of shiraz it almost makes sense.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-189969 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:51:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-189969 Alix: they usually contain links (sometimes in the body of the message, but more often in the place where you can link to your website) to sites that are promoting something. The “something” that’s being promoted is by no means always connected to either the message of the spambot or the post it’s commenting on, although sometimes it is. The purpose is to get those links up there, and raise the spambot’s site’s standing in Google and search engines, and/or to get people to click on the link in the comment.

“Spambot” isn’t strictly the correct name for the phenomenon, but it’s close enough.

]]> By: Alix https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-189948 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:12:44 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-189948 I have never asked but always wondered — what is spambot and why do they send them. What is the advantage to the sender?

]]> By: Tom https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-189939 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:17:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-189939 What utter gibberish these spambots write. Are they chimps at keyboards?

]]> By: Dan D https://thenewneo.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-189883 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:46:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/10/04/spambot-of-the-day-26/#comment-189883 Is right, this comment senses the undercall of cultural progresses the films. Thanks the sharing!

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