If everyone would keep an eye out for "stealth" link spammers, that would be good. It's a relatively new tactic, where they quote someone, but the giveaway is they underline some or all of the quote, and then hide a link to their site among the underlined words.
They may type a sentence or two that marginally (or usually not) contributes to the thread they're in.
Essentially they're trying to hi-jack EM's good name & reputation. Links from EM to their sites help drive traffic and (mostly) improve their search engine rankings.
Here's an example of what you may see:
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If everyone would keep an eye out for "stealth" link spammers, that would be good. It's a relatively new tactic, where they quote someone, but the giveaway is they underline some or all of the quote, and then hide a link to their site among the underlined words.
They may type a sentence or two that marginally (or usually not) contributes forkenswift to the thread they're in.
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Note the sneaky forkenswift link in the last sentence. Oh, so sneaky!
I've banned a couple of spammers this week, but sometimes they fly below my radar and I may not catch them all.
Thanks!