# Spotting spam... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 14, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798 "2016-08-14T16:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/1 "2016-08-14T16:25:04Z")
[ol] [li]Weird fragmentary title with catchy words[/li][li]garbled poster name[/li][li]1 (one) response from **running\_coach** [/li][/ol] …it’s spam. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/2 "2016-08-14T16:36:23Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > [ol] > [li]Weird fragmentary title with catchy words[/li][li]garbled poster name[/li][li]1 (one) response from **running\_coach** [/li][/ol] > …it’s spam. 🙂 1. Hovering over the thread link shows a bunch of streaming episodes of UFC events, recently released movies or, oddly, whatever major sports event is about to happen, as if we can’t all find a way to ‘stream’ the Superbowl or NASCAR on our own. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/3 "2016-08-14T17:42:18Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > [ol] > [li]Weird fragmentary title with catchy words[/li][li]garbled poster name[/li][li]1 (one) response from **running\_coach** [/li][/ol] > …it’s spam. 🙂 Honestly, any thread **running coach** responds to, I just assume is spam and delete the thread and ban the user. Users beware. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/4 "2016-08-14T19:14:51Z")
Is it just my perception, or have the numbers of these spammers increased? Seems more frequently, as well. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/5 "2016-08-14T19:33:41Z")
They seem to come in waves ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/6 "2016-08-14T20:37:58Z")
Most of the spam that gets through the automatic spam filtering comes from one small group in Bangladesh. They are the ones responsible for all of the live stream crap. They’ve been hitting the board (and other boards) particularly hard since the Olympics started. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/7 "2016-08-14T20:43:09Z")
I’m curious what a quantum code review is. I sure as hell ain’t clicking, but the last time I hovered over a link it was to linkedin. Still not clicking. Maybe if I was on a Mac. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/8 "2016-08-14T21:56:15Z")
Watch the Olympics on [one of these…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television) ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/9 "2016-08-15T00:00:54Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Watch the Olympics on [one of these…](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television) If I had a monitor that received [some of these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_wave). ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/10 "2016-08-15T02:08:31Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > If I had a monitor that received [some of these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_wave). Or if those contained any of [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment) that was any better than [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus). ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/11 "2016-08-15T03:14:43Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > [ol] > [li]Weird fragmentary title with catchy words[/li][li]garbled poster name[/li][li]1 (one) response from **running\_coach** [/li][/ol] > …it’s spam. 🙂 And 4) The spammer will not react or complain when a poster posts a “Reported” because the spammer is usually out right away posting his spam elsewere. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/12 "2016-08-15T03:31:37Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Or if those contained any of [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment) that was any better than [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus). Anything is better than [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boredom). They have a Wikipedia entry on everything, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/13 "2016-08-15T03:34:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > They have a Wikipedia entry on everything, don’t they? Yes. > **[Everything](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything)** > > Everything, every-thing, or every thing, is all that exists; it is an antithesis of nothing, or its complement. It is the totality of things relevant to some subject matter. Without expressed or implied limits, it may refer to anything. The universe is everything that exists theoretically, though a multiverse may exist according to theoretical cosmology predictions. It may refer to an anthropocentric worldview, or the sum of human experience, history, and the human condition in general. Every In... ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/14 "2016-08-15T04:12:02Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > [ol] > [li]Weird fragmentary title with catchy words[/li][li]garbled poster name[/li][li]1 (one) response from **running\_coach** [/li][/ol] > …it’s spam. 🙂 Some spam that I have reported doesn’t fit that template. It’s a new poster, of course, but a post is appended to an existing thread, starting with something like, “What a great topic! Thanks for bringing it up…” followed by the spam text & links. I guess they think the compliment will disarm mods into thinking they are regular posters, but most of us – mods included – are smarter than that. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/15 "2016-08-15T04:44:26Z")
Yeah, I’d really like to know what **Running Coach** ’s secret is. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/16 "2016-08-15T04:52:04Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Yeah, I’d really like to know what **Running Coach** ’s secret is. It’s one weird trick that spammers hate. Just sit at the computer every waking moment, hitting “New Posts” as often as possible. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/17 "2016-08-17T15:33:52Z")
Because it’s obligatory: [Live Stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs_iL8v4LMw) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-spam/762798/18 "2016-08-17T19:55:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s one weird trick that spammers hate. > > Just sit at the computer every waking moment, hitting “New Posts” as often as possible. Reported. mmm