The other day a suggested post for “Singles Events Melbourne” showed up in my Facebook timeline. Since I’m married, it isn’t exactly something I’m interested in.
Posts Tagged ‘spam’
East West Link and spam blogs
June 24th, 2014
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A few weeks ago in my Twitter feed I found somebody taking the piss of an news article, which described the proposed East West Link freeway as “replenish seductiveness”. Even the most simple minded freeway advocate would never write something so nonsensical, so I dug deeper into the linked article.
A tale of mistargeted Facebook advertising
August 20th, 2013
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The other day I was scrolling down my Facebook news feed, when I came across a “Suggested Post” for the ‘Village Sounds’ over 28s night at the Village Green Hotel. So how the hell did it get there?
Who’s behind WordPress comment spam?
September 5th, 2011
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I’ve discussed comment spamming previously – automatically generated comments that are posted to blogs in an attempt to game the Google search rankings. Now meet the person responsible for it.
How many Facebook apps do you block?
July 29th, 2011
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If you use Facebook you will know it is full of annoyances: one of them is all of the spam that apps place onto you news feed. The quickest solution is to hide the apps – but how long will your banlist get?
