Strange F5 etc Threads?

[Marc Radle]

Along with all the odd Asian character threads that pop at night, there are also those strange F5 etc threads that pop up, often with just that thread title and no content.

What the heck are these and what can the reason for them possibly be??

 

[Ancalagon]

No idea, some kind of scam?

 

[Mad_Jack]

Maybe someone's trying to teach an AI to become an internet spammer.

 

[Charlaquin]

Spam bots, most likely.

 

[darjr]

It's the spam threads, they post that because first posting the spam content gets them flagged and blocked by the software.

So they post what little they have to, the bot posts, and it's those strange posts you see, and then wait. Then the bot comes back and updates those posts to spam posts later.

Sometimes those get caught and stopped.

 

[DeviousQuail]

When I see those I just click the name and select ignore. Refresh the page and the post(s) will be gone.

 

[Dausuul]

When I see those I just click the name and select ignore. Refresh the page and the post(s) will be gone.

I generally report one of the posts first, then put it on ignore.

 

[Umbran]

Moving this to the appropriate forum.

 

[Marc Radle]

Moving this to the appropriate forum.

Thank you!

 

[Marc Radle]

When I see those I just click the name and select ignore. Refresh the page and the post(s) will be gone.

Totally - I know what to do about them, my question is specifically what are they? I mean, I get that they are some sort of spam, but since there is no actual spam message, just the odd title, what is the actual reason a spammer would go to the trouble?