The annual spam account thread
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@tseaver Jan 2022
New account found today:
- https://fawm.org/fawmers/ghostbookwriters/ -
@elesimo Jan 2022
If only they were a ghost(song)writing agency! :-P
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@helenseviltwin Jan 2022
Ta! Got 'em
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@carleybaer Jan 2022
I wish the spammers knew how high the bar was set with EasyShed. Gotta bring your A-game if you want to join the legends.
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@nancyrost Jan 2022
I'm hoping All Things Bunnies becomes this year's EasyShed.
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@fuzzy Jan 2022
"All Things Bunnies"??
Does that include chewed up furniture and mountains of poop everywhere? -
@zecoop Jan 2022
I'm Ghost-writing a ghost-song about ghost-books
Oh, I'm Ghost-writing a ghost-song about ghost-books
It is certainly no Easyshed... ;) -
@tseaver Jan 2022
"Ghost(book)writers in the sky," anyone?
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@kable Jan 2022
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@helenseviltwin Jan 2022
@kable - easyshed was a spam account a few years ago, that FAWMers decided they liked the look of, so wrote "collaborations" with.
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@tuneslayer Jan 2022
As long as my name doesn't appear as a spammer it's all good.
@kable @helenseviltwin I'm still inordinately proud of my collaboration, "Lots Of Things Are Easier Than EasyShed". Pity it's kind of a "you had to be there" event and I can't perform it without way too much pre-song exposition. -
@helenseviltwin Jan 2022
@tuneslayer, I feel similar about a song I wrote for the many many people who used to get me and @nancyrost mixed up called "I am not Nancy Rost". Doesn't work outside of fawm.
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@beat Jan 2022
@totopnews2 is spam
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@gardeningangel1 Jan 2022
@theredbarn looks like they're serving up spam.
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@fuzzy Jan 2022
@theredbarn looks like a nice place to eat, though.
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@gardeningangel1 Jan 2022
@fuzzy I wonder if they host open mics? Mmmm, spam jam.
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@gubna Jan 2022
@helenseviltwin How were the collabs written with the EasyShed spam account?
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@dragondreams Jan 2022
I still have the lovely email from the sales manager at Easy Shed when he heard about the spam and the songs we wrote... :-D
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@zecoop Jan 2022
I believe EasyShed account was not suspended because it was adopted. ;)
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@dragondreams Jan 2022
And in fairness, Easy Shed (an Australian company) didn't actually know anything about it. It was one of those robo-spam things. They were innocent.
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@tseaver Jan 2022
This one looks spammy: https://fawm.org/fawmers/fatboyfitman/ (no bio, the homepage link is for online / sketchy meds).
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@unpronounceable Jan 2022
I'm hoping for more spam-inspired songs this year <3
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@tseaver Jan 2022
@gubna When you upload a song, you can name another account as the collaborator: you don't actually have to have shared any files. We got @nicolascage over the line one year, too.
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@zecoop Jan 2022
Ugh! I can unsuspend! They didn’t do anything wrong yet (except to have a testosterone supplement website). ;)
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@headfirstonly Jan 2022
Having swatted an awful lot of spam accounts over the years, I suspect that a lot of the accounts here aren't even created by the companies concerned. Rather, my theory is that there's some clueless wazzock somewhere who teaches internet marketing and he gets his class to pick a random business and create a profile for it so they can create a web of backlinks—which is pretty pointless, as Google's algorithms are smart enough to figure that out these days.
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@dragondreams Jan 2022
@headfirstonly that's what happened to Easy Shed.
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@zecoop Jan 2022
*taking notes*
@headfirstonly - just ignore all the spam, er, legitimate accounts that lead to my Bandcamp page, ok? I'm just testing out backlinks. ;) -
@helenseviltwin Jan 2022
@guatecoop - I nearly zapped easy shed, but other mods suggested not doing so.
@headfirstonly - I suspect easy shed and others paid for cheap SEO services and spamming sites is the result, without them knowing it.
@gubna - not a clue. I largely ignored it, but was aware of it. -
@timfatchen Jan 2022
A lot of the shot-down spammers are downright depressing. I still watch in hope for the Next EasyShed, but no....
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@carleybaer Jan 2022
*starts singing "EasyShed" to the tune of "Edelweiss"*
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@pearlmanhattan Jan 2022
My EZShed song was called She She'd, about a husband who told his wife "Over my dead body" when she asked for a She She'd.
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@elesimo Jan 2022
@pearlmanhattan mine had a terrible pun that said "Love is easier shed than done"
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@timfatchen Jan 2022
@elesimo That's a GREAT pun and oh so true!
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@elesimo Jan 2022
Found a spammer in this thread: https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12195/
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@elesimo Jan 2022
gefojoxo is the username
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@robynmackenzie Jan 2022
@elesimo got ‘em.
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@carleybaer Jan 2022
@elesimo Was it @zecoop? It was @zecoop wasn’t it. :D
I took a screenshot of that lovely spam, just in case inspiration strikes. For my dissertation or whatever. -
@timfatchen Jan 2022
@elesimo It's getting quite irritating: a lot of newcomers don't enter anything in bios, so often there's no indication until they start spamming. One ends up with a huge watchlist...sigh...
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@helenseviltwin Jan 2022
Got it. No need to put spam threads here if they've also been reported. It's just if you find spammy user who hasn't posted yet
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@tseaver Jan 2022
This one, posing IP4-address based URLs:
https://fawm.org/fawmers/panjiitoto/ -
@tseaver Jan 2022
Sigh. And another: https://fawm.org/fawmers/projectarticle2/
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@robynmackenzie Jan 2022
@tseaver They've been zapped.
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@tseaver Jan 2022
Links a blog about the joys of hiring escorts: https://fawm.org/fawmers/fiufiu/
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@timfatchen Jan 2022
@tseaver Zapped. Thanks. missed it!
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@tseaver Jan 2022
Cleverer than usual: https://fawm.org/fawmers/redrhymes/
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@headfirstonly Jan 2022
Got 'em. Thanks, @tseaver
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@zecoop Feb 2022
The spammers are definitely slower this year... @headfirstonly has seen some semi-sentient AI Bots, which I am sure will give some inspiration for FAWM, but there haven't been any lately.
But if anyone is up for a spot of tea, this was here for a few minutes, before it was deleted.
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@dragondreams Feb 2022
Tea is only good for soaking one's feet in...
Okay - come at me with the flames!
#CoffeeOrNothing! -
@zecoop Feb 2022
@dragondreams - daaaaaannnnnnnggggggggg.... Game ON!
(and I don't like tea OR coffee) -
@zecoop Feb 2022
I have doomed the rest of my FAWM... All this company wanted to do was make people be nicer and make being a good person be cool again - in their luxurious sweatpants.
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@fuzzy Feb 2022
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@zecoop Feb 2022
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@carleybaer Feb 2022
I need to know what luxurious sweatpants sound like.
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@dragondreams Feb 2022
Rich in karma! :-D
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@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
Perfect for wearing on round-trips, because the pants that go around, come around.
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@carleybaer Feb 2022
Good luck finding something to rhyme with nqhqmlgaklelycy though
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@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
He set off, top half in a tux
And bottoms in sweatpants deluxe
Then found his well-cuffed boots on that same ground
Thus it would be no fallacy
For nq-hq-ml-gak-lel-y-cy
To claim what goes around does come around -
@dragondreams Feb 2022
@stephenwordsmith - You win today's Internet! :-D
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@carleybaer Feb 2022
@stephenwordsmith well dang, I stand corrected. Well done, sir!
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@zecoop Feb 2022
OK, who's taking that, because you know we all want to hear it vocally, haha Awesome job @stephenwordsmith
(ZeCoop takes one step back) ;) -
@darcistrutt Feb 2022
This thread was a trip down memory lane. I wrote a rather suggestive country song about the Shed that was "Easy" that year. I remember EasyShed had quite a few collabs. Good times in the FAWM playground. @stephenwordsmith you made me laugh!
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@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
GoOd LyRiC bUt ThIs CoUlD nEvEr Be A sOnG
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@headfirstonly Feb 2022
While it can be amusing to see examples of spammers, I would be wary of leaving the URLs visible in images. The numptys doing it might take that as sufficient validation to keep doing it.
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@zecoop Feb 2022
@headfirstonly - Good point... fixed!
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@tiller2 Feb 2022
Ah, I wrote a sincerely sad song called "Easy Shed My Tears" (sniff)
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@keithcuts Feb 2022
@stephenwordsmith you have earned your moniker this day !
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@sailingmagpie Feb 2022
Low key forum spam. Needs more effort. 4/10
https://fawm.org/forums/topic/12640/ -
@helenseviltwin Feb 2022
Deleted and suspended the user - ta
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@wobbiewobbit Feb 2022
spammer on the pink thread https://fawm.org/fawmers/loop15/
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@headfirstonly Feb 2022
Got 'em. Cheers @wobbiewobbit !
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@mishykatz Feb 2022
Got one here https://fawm.org/fawmers/carltonarris41/
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@audrey Feb 2022
Found one among the zongs https://fawm.org/songs/135273/
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@dragondreams Feb 2022
Just backing up @audrey
This one is the spammer:
https://fawm.org/fawmers/riocokidswear/ -
@zecoop Feb 2022
@dragondreams and @audrey - It has been.... eliminated. ;)
(the 'song' has as well) -
@prsongsmith Mar 2022
@guatecoop -- Good catch! (I do think "Spectrointelligence" could make a great skirmish song prompt, though. And it's pretty great band bane or album title too... :-)
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@guatecoop Mar 2022
@prsongsmith I was thinking that if it were during FAWM, I may suggest it to be another @easyshed challenge kind of thing.....but, it's not--SO SMASH IT
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@headfirstonly Mar 2022
Already suspended. Thanks all!
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@andygetch May 2022
and the beat goes on https://fawm.org/fawmers/sara167/
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@headfirstonly May 2022
Account suspended and posts removed. Thanks, Andy.