# Weird Posts - random \*bumps\*
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694
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**Created:** [June 24, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694 "2011-06-24T11:09:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/1 "2011-06-24T11:09:10Z")
See here:
- [Someone joins the SDMB to revivify and post to a zombie thread about a makeup model](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357050)
- [Someone joins the SDMB to post to a recent thread with information that had clearly been stated, repeatedly, in this few-post thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611549).
It just seems hinky to me; I can’t quite process the behavior - BigT offers this in one thread:
[QUOTE=BigT]
Real reason: he was probably googling it himself, found the answer, and then came back to share it so the next person who googled it would find it at the top instead of having to search for a while.
At least, that’s why I do it.
[/QUOTE]
Do a lot of folks do this?
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### Author:  [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/2 "2011-06-24T11:28:05Z")
I’ve seen it happen, especially since the SDMB became Googleable, if that’s even a word!
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/3 "2011-06-24T11:35:45Z")
I think **BigT** is correct. Spammers are also frequent culprits at this, and for pretty much the same reason. But I don’t think anything funny happened here.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/4 "2011-06-24T11:39:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> I think **BigT** is correct. Spammers are also frequent culprits at this, and for pretty much the same reason. But I don’t think anything funny happened here.
Can you help me understand what a “spammer” in this case would be doing? A spammer sounds different than a geek-fanboy searching on a model, finding her info and, I dunno, wanting to help other fanboys find her. Is there a search bot involved somehow? Forgive my naivete.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/5 "2011-06-24T11:43:34Z")
A spammer is posting for commercial reasons, trying to get people to visit a site or buy something. They’re often bots, yes. They register and search for a word that is related to the product they want to spam for. That often results in bumps to old threads because they don’t care if the thread is new or not.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/6 "2011-06-24T11:46:13Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> A spammer is posting for commercial reasons, trying to get people to visit a site or buy something. They’re often bots, yes. They register and search for a word that is related to the product they want to spam for. That often results in bumps to old threads because they don’t care if the thread is new or not.
Ah - thank you. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean someone isn’t out to get you.
I wonder how prevalent this type of thing will get? When will bots engage in conversations as a more persuasive way to get us to go to their site or something?
Hard not to be a little :dubious:
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/7 "2011-06-24T11:47:45Z")
No, bots just post and leave. Usually they make just one post, although some of them plant their flag all over the place. Human spammers will sometimes try to cover up what they are doing by engaging in a conversation.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/8 "2011-06-24T11:50:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> No, bots just post and leave. Usually they make just one post, although some of them plant their flag all over the place. Human spammers will sometimes try to cover up what they are doing by engaging in a conversation.
Oh, sure - reply logically. 😉
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### Author:  [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/9 "2011-06-24T15:23:16Z")
> [@WordMan](#):
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> Oh, sure - reply logically. 😉
A good tell on a spammer posting (as opposed to a fan or a user simply searching for info) is the “multiple zombies on one topic” flurry that you see on the boards with the same “person” (could be a bot also with this approach) resurrecting thread after thread with essentially the same reply to all of them.
There’s usually links in spam resurrections as well, in contrast to well-meaning people who just don’t know they thread is ancient.
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### Author:  [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-posts-random-bumps/586694/10 "2011-06-24T22:25:01Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> No, bots just post and leave. Usually they make just one post, although some of them plant their flag all over the place. Human spammers will sometimes try to cover up what they are doing by engaging in a conversation.
That is very true. Which reminds me that I want to thank you, Marley23, for all your hard work. It occurs to me that that a dedicated, energetic person such as yourself would do very well if presented with a multi-level marketing opportunity. PM me for details.