anyone seen this user before....

[ChicagoPhotoShop]

simpleviolet

she/it registered to both of my boards randomly and made a few off topic posts. not sure if its real.

I only get suspicious because my boards are completely unrelated to each other

[Joe Gronlund]

Google

[ChicagoPhotoShop]

maybe she just likes to register to alot of forums

[Joe Gronlund]

maybe she just likes to register to alot of forums

I doubt that very much :/D

[Wayne Luke]

Signature Spammer

[ChicagoPhotoShop]

Signature Spammer

what exactly is a signature spammer?

[Razasharp]

what exactly is a signature spammer?

Lol, someone who spams via their.... signature :lol:

[Wayne Luke]

Exactly what Razasharp said.

They'll join your forum and post seemingly innocuous messages but there will be a link in their signature pointing to some site. Its something that is on the rise because it doesn't trigger anti-spam mechanisms. In this case the user is linking to a camping site. So you'll get a lot of posts like "Great picture" or "Awesome setup" and lots of links to their website.

Kind of silly because search engines give very little merit to links in signatures as it is. Maybe 10,000 links equals one standard link from a legitimate website.

[ChicagoPhotoShop]

Lol, someone who spams via their.... signature :lol:

LOL well I was thinking that but the person didnt have a signature or post any links.

edit: oops yes she did. I just didnt see it cuz I banned her (it)

[Joe Gronlund]

LOL well I was thinking that but the person didnt have a signature or post any links.

Then it is an atypical signature spammer lol

[ChicagoPhotoShop]

Exactly what Razasharp said.

They'll join your forum and post seemingly innocuous messages but there will be a link in their signature pointing to some site. Its something that is on the rise because it doesn't trigger anti-spam mechanisms. In this case the user is linking to a camping site. So you'll get a lot of posts like "Great picture" or "Awesome setup" and lots of links to their website.

Kind of silly because search engines give very little merit to links in signatures as it is. Maybe 10,000 links equals one standard link from a legitimate website.

seems like alot of work to simply get a link...and like you said, a useless one at that.

this almost has to be a real person doing it right? they made seemingly relevant posts

[Joe Gronlund]

this almost has to be a real person doing it right? they made seemingly relevant posts

It's very easy to plug relevant posts into a bot . Now an intelligent reply would be interesting ..

[ChicagoPhotoShop]

It's very easy to plug relevant posts into a bot . Now an intelligent reply would be interesting ..

so a bot can read the thread title and post relevant information?

[Quillz]

My board has several of these "signature spammers." I usually just keep the messages in, since I don't like to delete messages unless they are clear spam.

[aussiefooty]

Ban them. If they are there just to cause trouble get rid of them.