I've been thinking recently about those bots that post entire HTML documents in threads for what seems to be a site that claims to sell hard drugs. I mean, obviously they /don't/, and all the links point to the same address anyway, but I was thinking of setting up a windows VM and taking a look at it to see where it actually goes. How terrible of an idea is this?
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baguette@sdf.org
https://hbaguette.neocities.org
I've been thinking recently about those bots that post entire HTML documents in threads for what seems to be a site that claims to sell hard drugs. I mean, obviously they /don't/, and all the links point to the same address anyway, but I was thinking of setting up a windows VM and taking a look at it to see where it actually goes. How terrible of an idea is this?
I've been thinking recently about those bots that post entire HTML documents in threads for what seems to be a site that claims to sell hard drugs. I mean, obviously they /don't/, and all the links point to the same address anyway, but I was thinking of setting up a windows VM and taking a look at it to see where it actually goes. How terrible of an idea is this?
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baguette@sdf.org
https://hbaguette.neocities.org
Just weird that someone believe that there is HUGE opportunity spamming
a bbs message network.
they don't know or care that that is what it is... they only care about getting their ad in front of eyes and hopefully find someone to bite on the bait... SEO backlinks is another thing they are looking for, too...
Baguette wrote to All <=-
I've been thinking recently about those bots that post entire HTML documents in threads for what seems to be a site that claims to sell
hard drugs. I mean, obviously they /don't/, and all the links point to
the same address anyway, but I was thinking of setting up a windows VM
and taking a look at it to see where it actually goes. How terrible of
an idea is this?
they don't know or care that that is what it is... they only care about getting their ad in front of eyes and hopefully find someone to bite on the bait... SEO
backlinks is another thing they are looking for, too...
Yah, in a way is cost vs benefit and spamming don't cost much. And unfortunately it works or they wouldn't do it.
if 1000000 of eyes see your add in the end and that .1% are sucker enough you still get a 1000 of them.
P. T. Barnum: There's a sucker born every minute
In the end of the day the only recours eleft will be to say, "ok buddy, registering an account here is 10 bucks." That will skyrocket the spam delivery cost.
p.s. the link is my URL shortener it'll just point to a jpg.
God, those bots are so annoying. I am running at good ole 1200 baud and those adverts can tie me up for around 30 seconds!
YOURLS, nice!
I can understand enjoying the retro vibe and doing things old-school, but I think that's one of those instances where having a faster terminal helps. ;)
YOURLS, nice!
use it too? way better than bit.ly :-D
Looks like you're a couple of versions behind, you're at v1.7.2 & v1.7.9 is the latest.
they don't know or care that that is what it is... they only care about getting their ad in front of eyes and hopefully find someone to bite on t bait... SEO backlinks is another thing they are looking for, too...
Yah, in a way is cost vs benefit and spamming don't cost much. And unfortunately it works or they wouldn't do it.
if 1000000 of eyes see your add in the end and that .1% are sucker enough yo still get a 1000 of them.
P. T. Barnum: There's a sucker born every minute
they do make good money. i saw a video on youtube of a guy at a convention who
broke down all the spamming from the little guy to the big guy. also by locale.
...Capchas an the like are turning less and less effective because they
annoy legit users and are not that hard to professional spammers to
break - they have sweatshops in asia full of people solving capchas.
Once machine learning starts being a thing FOR REAL, neural networks
will solve the capchas anyway.
In the end of the day the only recours eleft will be to say, "ok buddy, registering an account here is 10 bucks." That will skyrocket the spam delivery cost.
Yeah, we all know that when it's free, you're the product.
I can understand enjoying the retro vibe and doing things old-school, but I think that's one of those instances where having a faster terminal helps. ;)
Nightfox
Haha, although this setup is still highly amusing to me, I really do wish it could support a higher baud rate. I've no idea why Apple limited these old Macintosh machines to such a low rate - even 2400 baud results in horrendous artifacts on my terminal. Perhaps I should have picked up an old Amiga for my retro fix instead!
An> old Macintosh machines to such a low rate - even 2400 baud results in
An> horrendous artifacts on my terminal. Perhaps I should have picked up an
An> old Amiga for my retro fix instead!
For me, an old IBM-compatible PC would suffice. That's what I was using starting in the early 90s for BBSing. And they did fine with higher baud rates, as long as you had a 16550 UART chip for your serial port where the modem is connected.
For me, an old IBM-compatible PC would suffice. That's what I was
using starting in the early 90s for BBSing. And they did fine with
higher baud rates, as long as you had a 16550 UART chip for your
serial port where the modem is connected.
Re: Those Bots
By: Nightfox to Andeddu on Thu Jul 16 2020 09:17 am
I can understand enjoying the retro vibe and doing things old-school, but think that's one of those instances where having a faster terminal helps.
Nightfox
Haha, although this setup is still highly amusing to me, I really do wish it could support a higher baud rate. I've no idea why Apple limited these old Macintosh machines to such a low rate - even 2400 baud results in horrendous artifacts on my terminal. Perhaps I should have picked up an old Amiga for m retro fix instead!
For me, an old IBM-compatible PC would suffice. That's what I was using starting in the early 90s for BBSing. And they did fine with higher baud rates, as long as you had a 16550 UART chip for your serial port where the modem is connected.
Nightfox
For me, an old IBM-compatible PC would suffice. That's what I was using starting in the early 90s for BBSing. And they did fine with higher baud rates, as long as you had a 16550 UART chip for your serial port where the modem is connected.
Nightfox
An old IBM 286 5170 would do the job nicely. I wouldn't consider myself much of a collector however when this Macintosh goes into storage, an 80s IBM could possibly fill the void.
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