A new wave of spam has emerged, unlike anything I've seen before. Hundreds of ads flood, not just mine, all other platforms daily, packed with irrelevant, nonsensical links in both titles and descriptions. For example: homely.com.au/ulan-new-south-wales/questions/how-to-withdraw-xmr-from-krakenquick-xxxxxxxx robin-helpdesk.zammad.com/help/en-us/1-robinhood/9-how-to-talk-directly-to-xxxxxxxxx vocal.media/authors/how-can-i-get-my-money-back-from-trust-wallet-help-desk-xxxxxxxx The list goes on. It's baffling that the sites above allow these spammers to post such blatant promotional garbage - shame on them for enabling this mess. What's even more perplexing is the spammers' goal. The ads they post are consistently deleted, yet they persist, with real people from one Asian country manually posting hundreds of ads daily. It's not automated. It's a relentless, futile, stupid effort. Knowing their content won't stick, they still churn it out, day after day. What are they hoping to achieve?
They were sold a get-rich-quick scheme and are desperate to prove that they, themselves, weren't conned. They're here too, and platforms that don't use Akismet or some other automated moderation tool are wasting their time. We still double-check them, but at least they're gone before Googlebot and genuine users see them.
When I had my last sites many moons ago, (Proboards and Xenforo) I just banned their global IP's but didn't let it get to me, as my 'guest' numbers went up due to these misfits. That always seemed to help bring in more real traffic somehow.
It’s weird how they keep posting even though the links get deleted fast. Feels like a huge waste of time. What’s the goal here, really?