lanycwriter

Metafilter's latest spammer, lanycwriter, liked to write. So much so that she writes her own blog, which she decided to link to, ensuring her banning. Strangely, she didn't seem to like writing wordy comments. She didn't even like writing a lot of comments on Metafilter, writing only three before spamming the site. Here's what she wrote;

"That cat will kill you in your sleep, man."
(from the Pets for the rich FPP)

"I just think it's weird that she's getting so touchy that people think she's good looking. Won't there still be time for pole vaulting when she's past her prime modeling years? Just a thought."
(from the What it feels like for a girl. FPP)

"Jail is supposed to suck, right? That's why it's jail. That herpes things makes alot of sense, though...."
(from the That's Hot FPP)

Banning is supposed to suck. That's why it's called being banned. Spamming the site never makes sense though, as aptly proven by jessamyn when she pushed the Big Red Ban Button. Sionara, lanycwriter!

[Learn more about this spammer at the Deleted Thread Blog]

progressor

The spammer known as progressor decided that to progress his website, essentially a blog that claims to collect interesting stories for people to read, it would be best to contribute seven throwaway comments to the site (4 on MeFi, 3 on AskMe) and then spam the Metafilter front page. Let's review his comments now. Keep an eye out for the irony in one of his MeFi comments. Bonus points if you spot it!

Metafilter.

"I liked the Intelligence test..."
(from the Futility Closet FPP)

"100% accuracy. Of course, it helps to know something about breast augmentation."
(from the ...for players and plastic surgeons FPP)

"She's so YUMMY."
(from the Your weiner, your vageener, and your ovary FPP)

"Do they have Pepsi Blue T-Shirts?"
(from the Rumplo' and behold! FPP)

Ask Metafilter.

"I highly recommend FatWallet's "Which Credit Card Should I Get? FAQ"It is an up-to-date list of the top credit cards, sorted by how you'd expect to use them."
(from the Which Visa card is best Question)

"You should buy a low-end UPS (uninterruptible power supply) from, say, APC -- they should be ~$40 at an office supplies store. Almost any UPS should do a good job at smoothing out the power surges."
(from the Compact Florescent Lifespan Question)

"Usually, need to get a license from the City hall"
(from the Classical Underground Question)

Here at Musings of a Metafilter Spammer, we like to make fun of spammers who spam Metafiler. In this case, I think we'll leave it at simply pointing out the event. The records show that even jessamyn seemed unsure if this was a clear cut case of spamming, although the fact that progressor's account is now closed speaks words. Maybe next time progressor will progress further than seven comments, assuming the mistakes of the past aren't repeated.

[Learn more about this spammer at the Deleted Thread Blog]

born4thesurf

In the absence of any new spam-meat in the last few days on Metafilter (a good thing, I assure you) and the presence of an abundance of free time in my schedule (a rarity, I assure you), I've decided to do a few retro-posts. This latest one is from January 2008 and features the delights of the deceptively named born4thesurf. I say deceptively named because he was clearly born to spam Metafilter, rather than catch the latest wave from out beyond the break (or something). Let's review his three gnarly moves.

" Vinyl records are in the news at the moment. Just this morning I spotted on the London Stock Exchange website that old vinyl records are rapidly emerging as a high yielding alternative investment."
(from the (NSC) - RIP Ron Murphy, master vinyl cutter. FPP)

"Great Image. Yeah lightning will strike the tallest thing in the area, and this certainly qualifies. Very nice though."
(from the God messes with the Jesus FPP)

"Illegal movie downloads and music downloads is a big subject that hasn't gone way for as long as I can remember. Taxing customers via their ISP connection fee and then pass that money onto the various media sources is hugely complicated! In terms of movie download companies like Apple and Vizumi are doing their best to entice users to download legally but not sure how effective this will be in the long run. Apple certainly did well for music with itunes. Can they repeat the same success with imovies?"
(from the Illegal downloaders 'face UK ban' FPP)

This time it seems as though born4thesurf bit off a wave bigger than he could chew with jessamyn performing the kill. Whoa dude! Wiiiiiiiiipeout!!!!

[Learn more about this spammer at the Deleted Thread Blog]

inghamb87

Some of you might not know I'm an Australian and I live in the Australian state of Queensland. In this great state is a town call Ingham. I only mention that because inghamb87, the spammer who is the subject of our latest post here at 'Musings' has a name that is spelled virtually identically to this particular town. Beyond that I've got nothing else to say, except for sharing the three comments inghamb87 graced us with before losing his posting privileges.

"What's amazing is that Milton's work still resonates so well today. I saw the play version of paradise lost a few years ago and the reaction was incredible."
(from the Of Man's First Disobedience FPP)

"That's evil!"
(from the Never Gonna Make You Cry FPP)

"The moral of that story is...shit happens."
(from the Bono's Joshua Tree RIP FPP)

And the moral of this particular post is that spammers get banned, in this instance by mathowie, even if you're named after pleasant regional Queensland towns. Shit happens indeed.

[Learn more about this spammer at the Deleted Thread blog]

skalitenko

What is a skalitenko, you might very well ask? Not sure, I would answer. Except to say he's a spammer who posted just three comments about food and food preperation to Metafilter before doing the dirty deed. Here's what he said.

"In my opinion the important thing to remember is to cook beef properly."
(from the Where's The Beef? FPP)

"If you want to get rid of a problem -- look for the cause. Same can be applied for bad food. In my understanding there are 3 major types/causes of bad food:

1. Chemicals in our food, e.g. MSG -- monosodium glutamate.
2. Change in food form, e.g. flower: because of milling absorbtion surface goes up dramatically, resulting in abnormally high blood sugar, therefore too high insulin level, then too low blood sugar, causing food craving. Same applies to cookies!
3. Food we are not created to eat, e.g. milk or juices.

Bottom line: do not eat processed food!
Sergey Kalitenko. MD"
(from the Finish your plate please. FPP)

"Everything is good in moderation."
(from the Beery eyed FPP)

Two things to remember skalitenko. Spamming Metafilter is never good, even in moderation. And never provide a moderator with advice on how to ban your ass. mathowie looked for the cause of the problem... you... and banned you. Bottom line; do not spam Metafilter!

[More info on this spammer can be found at the Deleted Thread Blog]