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Ask HN: Why do people create incomprehensible spam?

5 pointsby benevabout 12 years ago
I run a blog with comments and spam's a bit of a problem. I get that in some cases people try to put links on their for various reasons. However, we also get a lot that doesn't seem to serve any purpose. for example, on from today:<p>"chanel 化粧品tf szn bttt fy mlfpy urdirp cfyss<p>pletcherdrw - March 15, 2013 @ 8:08am<p>ku gcfd hsff pvs tqmu hntu qyo xdij gb fb rxi sjrp jszl hww hwdj kigk zav vkbx sc"<p>They've had to beat a captcha to post that. I know that's not the most difficult thing in the world, but it does require some effort. What advantage does this create for anyone?<p>According to Google translate, the Chinese characters mean 'cosmetic.'

2 comments

UnoriginalGuyabout 12 years ago
Maybe they're trying to post in an unsupported language or a partly unsupported language?<p>Also could just be sending out "test spam" so they can tell potentially clients that they have a n+1 list of sites which can be spammed for $50 (or whatever).<p>You often have SEO companies in particular buying lists of spammable sites or spam companies buying lists from indexers so they can sell a service to SEO companies or the mob.
mschuster91about 12 years ago
Entropy messes up certain kinds of anti-spam solutions. And captcha beating is mostly automated these days.
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