Time for a new thread!

Wouldn't it make more sense to collect the profiles of spammers in a WikiThing article, instead of posting them in conversation threads that 1) are difficult to scan through, 2) eventually get outdated so they can no longer be viewed, 3) cannot be "cleaned up" for duplicates, since people can only delete their own replies?

2>

eventually get outdated so they can no longer be viewed

Er, what? All threads can still be viewed, responded to, etc. They just get shuffled down to the bottom of the list.

Sorry, I should have been more precise: they get outdated so that they are difficult to view and scroll out of the area where people actually pay attention.

Despite that technical correction, my original question still stands.

Wouldn't it make more sense to collect links to profiles of spammers in a WikiThing article?

If you still want the "publicity" of a topic thread, one could still post conversations about the WikiThing page on here. But as a WikiThing page, you could actually make the information MORE accessible, by (for example) linking to it in your profile, or whereever else, too.

For some of us 'talk' is very easy, but we aren't comfortable with WikiThing. If a WikiThing page is set up, some of us will either just keep on listing things we find in 'talk' or stop bothering to list them at all.

5: Well, that's fair enough.

I wish I had the time to be the guy who volunteers to transcribe all of the links in these conversations into a wikithing page. Regrettably, I am not that guy.

Unsure if this should count as spam, but the account has no books, and seems to be a representative for a used-book dealer.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/BWB_...

7>

It looks like BWB_Aaron joined to be able to post a response to a specific question about Better World Books (the OP asked: Does anyone at a small library have experience with Better World Books or similar organization? Could you share your experiences with me?):

http://www.librarything.com/topic/69412#...

I'd keep an eye on the account, of course, to make sure it doesn't start getting used to sell books and that the owner doesn't start spamming, but so far they seem to be okay.

8> Makes sense. Thanks.

Real estate agent spammer:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/hang...

Seen in action here:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/69658#...

(The post is typical spammer blog-comment behavior, a superficially relevant sentence just designed as a vehicle for the link to her site.)

User spamming groups??

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Juli...

eg here (hopefully)

http://www.librarything.com/topic/70114#...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, ag. 11, 2009, 9:51am.

Satellite Broadcasting
http://www.librarything.com/groups/satel...

by user Multimedia1

CPA spam group
http://www.librarything.com/groups/irsre...

Loan spam group
http://www.librarything.com/groups/bookm...

Contracting spam group
http://www.librarything.com/groups/hmaco...

Also, what's the official take on users creating multiple nearly identical groups?

These groups-
http://www.librarything.com/groups/anyon...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/whati...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/whati...

And these-
http://www.librarything.com/groups/steav...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/greas...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/johnt...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/johnt...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/johnt...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/johnt...

They're back.....

http://www.librarything.com/topic/70046
http://www.librarything.com/profile/book...

Running Giraffe Environmental Boutique
http://www.librarything.com/groups/runni...

By lexseo (a removed user who still manages to make spam groups)

spam post

http://www.librarything.com/topic/70918#

by new spammer

http://www.librarything.com/profile/lani...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, ag. 13, 2009, 10:25pm.

This spammer:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/link...

See here for example:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/57820#...

(The content of the post other than the link is just a cut-and-paste of an earlier post in the thread.)

This person

http://www.librarything.com/profile/jane...

Group:

Elegant web design services, web development services, web design
http://www.librarything.com/groups/elega...

by the user: infodesign

I don't usually post spam authors so I don't know whether this is a repeat:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Duch...

I don't want her ousted; I want her co-opted.

Robert

Limos for hire?

http://www.librarything.com/groups/limoh...

and DVD's for sale

http://www.librarything.com/groups/deanm...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, ag. 18, 2009, 5:12pm.

another ***123 account http://www.librarything.com/profile/riza..., spamming talk (http://www.librarything.com/topic/71324#)

Travel Spam http://www.librarything.com/topic/71414#

from this person http://www.librarything.com/profile/Pete...

dermatology in New York : http://www.librarything.com/work/book/49...

Sacramento Heating and Air Services | Park Mechanical:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/sacra...

by user lexseo (who supposedly is removed, but manages to create spam groups anyway)

User juergenshrank is spamming all over (I saw twelve groups in a quick glance at All groups) to advertise his new book. He's been a member since July, with no books, and today he added his own book (and no others) and started in with the spam.

Sample post is here:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/71466

They're not terribly offensive as these things go, it's the sheer volume and posting in entirely irrelevant groups rather than the content of the post that makes this one stand out.

Edit: Oops, lorax's post was already there after I clicked "Submit." I too had noticed the proliferation of promotional posts by juergenschrenk.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, ag. 20, 2009, 6:39pm.

Laser Guide
http://www.librarything.com/groups/laser...

Laserlipo Guide
http://www.librarything.com/groups/laser...

Laser Lipo Guide
http://www.librarything.com/groups/laser...
by laserlipo

all by the member laserlipo

----

web designing services
http://www.librarything.com/groups/webde...

by the (removed) member destinypath

T shirts Custom Digitize
http://www.librarything.com/groups/tshir...

by user Tshirtcustom1

http://www.librarything.com/profile/smal...

has just started
http://www.librarything.com/groups/small...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/small...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/small...

New user http://www.librarything.com/profile/JOSE... spams various groups:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/71835

Ongoing right now, 5-6 groups hit until now:

Finance / Investment : Murder of Lehman Brothers 1 ungelesen / 1 JOSEPHTIBMAN, Heute 10:47am

Oh the irony. Spam in Site Talk, only a few threads from where this one is right now.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/71949

AJAX Development

by user webxmaster15

Attorney service:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/welco...
posted by spam user who's been removed (lexseo)

Storage service:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/redli...
posted by this spam user: http://www.librarything.com/profile/Shan...

I know I and others have asked it before, but why is it that most of the time there's no flag option for these groups, yet there is occasionally a flag option for perfectly legitimate groups?

Please remove the following groups:

www.librarything.com/groups/personalizedbabygift

www.librarything.com/groups/hillcountryaccomoda

www.librarything.com/groups/carloansaustralia

www.librarything.com/groups/staginglighting

www.librarything.com/groups/redlinesstorageservi

www.librarything.com/groups/welcometorosenburgsp

www.librarything.com/groups/infoprovtestone

www.librarything.com/groups/infoprovtestonesquir

www.librarything.com/groups/fajuniorsarethebest

www.librarything.com/groups/junenewacquisitions

www.librarything.com/groups/juniorsreadthebest

www.librarything.com/groups/fareadersjuniors

www.librarything.com/groups/fareadersjuniors1

www.librarything.com/groups/fareadersjuniors20111

www.librarything.com/groups/fareaders2011

www.librarything.com/groups/fa2011

www.librarything.com/groups/ourladtofgoodcounsel

www.librarything.com/groups/stevenson11

www.librarything.com/groups/tstscclib

www.librarything.com/groups/lavitahouseinternati

www.librarything.com/groups/tjugotresaker

www.librarything.com/groups/galicia

www.librarything.com/groups/ahabsbibliothek

www.librarything.com/groups/bilgersbibliothek

Most of these are spam or nonsense groups, along with those which have no topic or message entered.

Perhaps you should be reviewing the new 'Junk' groups as a regular practice. These groups are just cluttering up an already busy website. If you chose not to, perhaps I could bring them to the attention of the membership with a new Group called 'Junk Groups not being Screened by the Administrators' just to get your attention. If you must ignore the Junk, should the rest of us do likewise?

last post in this thread...

user has no books & seems to be hawking jewelry (or jewelry making)

http://www.librarything.com/topic/71689#...

Offering apartments in Spain (also in "book talk"): http://www.librarything.com/profile/jave...

How does the user lexseo keep making group after group after group, even though s/he has been "removed" for ages? Seriously.

Environmental Clean Up - Cleaning Service | Ziron
by lexseo

DicTran | Professional Digital Recorders
by lexseo

Photo Scanning
by user Britepix

http://www.librarything.com/profile/clas...

Spam link, posted in Book Talk too

Highly suspect

http://www.librarything.com/topic/72454#...

Bhangra.

by removed user limohire

found this book under recently posted:

http://www.librarything.com/work/book/50...

user:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Glba...

all 'works' seem to be spam

http://www.librarything.com/topic/73185

New member no books
http://www.librarything.com/profile/cmel...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, set. 15, 2009, 3:20am.

This might be a bit pre-emptive since I've only seen one post and it wasn't spam, but this user looks like setting up for spam

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Ambe...

Well, her one "book" sure looks like spam to me.

http://www.librarything.com/work/8964843...

The review certainly is.

This user has begun spamming numerous threads in the Historical Fiction group.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/SHAU...

Kill this one: http://www.librarything.com/profile/Game...

v

I had already sent this one to Abby, but just for record-keeping sakes:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/rcma...

Either a test account or someone who might be planning to do something nasty in the future. Hopefully the former.

Another for the chop: http://www.librarything.com/profile/rodi...

v

User spamming via profile comments:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/wert...

Talk spammer: http://www.librarything.com/profile/asdx...

v

Idiot spamming his hotel in Belgium on talk: http://www.librarything.com/profile/mich...

Probably a nice hotel too :(

v

Piece of author sockpuppetry nicely exposed by Detective Chief Inspector MrAndrew: http://www.librarything.com/topic/73761

v

Bad Credit Instant Cash Loans

by user eugeniaeula

(Although it may be tempting to get "instant cash" loans so as to buy more books, it is not advisable. ;) Neither is spam.)

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Them...
The above account (containing no books) has posted multiple duplicate Comments, most of them obscene, on bluetyson's page: http://www.librarything.com/profile/blue...

http://www.librarything.com/groups/newbi...

Biomedical spam

http://www.librarything.com/profile/joha...

Posted a spam link (that doesn't work) in Spanish (bedroom furniture) in booktalk thread.

v

rcmacbookpro is posting junk again:

http://www.librarything.com/venue/34993/...

This girl has been putting false entries into LT-Local (as she admits here). I would just erase them, but if this is just the beginning, someone might want to intervene.

I get the impression that Late Rose is not a spammer but a malicious entity deliberately intending to harm the site.

This user seems to me like a pretty blatant ToS violation, but they've been around for years; have they just slid under the radar, or did they get some sort of exemption?

http://www.librarything.com/profile/barb...

Book Talk search optimisation spammer

v

http://www.librarything.com/profile/jenn...

Spamming Book Talk with off-topic "I'm bored" threads.

edit:

And will anything EVER be done about all the students who are "sent here by their teacher" or whatever but who have no interest in books whatsoever (ie, have catalogued nothing, haven't even TALKED about a book in their spammy-posts)...

I know, I know, "benefit of the doubt". But Tim, TIM I'm calling you here! It's reducious that this crap is still going on. That kids that obviously have no interest in books, that FILL up these groups with SPAM messages, are just free to do so! An admin should, at the VERY least, talk to the teacher, set up a private group for them, something!

*end rant*

The most recent of which: http://www.librarything.com/topic/74120#

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, set. 30, 2009, 12:09am.

1) Bravo, bravisimo for #66

2) My schoolboy French dribbled out one ear when I was learning Chinese, but I feel that this
http://www.librarything.com/topic/74198#...
by
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Tran...
looks more like a press release than anything else. Please just ignore 2) if I'm wrong.

But 1) stands. I stand. Bravis! Bravisimo!

http://www.librarything.com/profile/kgoy...
Coupon spammer

send it to me

Two creepy stalker-ish new groups:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/horse...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/horse...

I know that the "random and duplicative groups" aspect isn't really enforced anymore, but this is just super-creepy.

70: ugh. And it looks like they're minicking someone else's username too.

I noticed that one user has been leaving comments for a lot of people asking if they'd be willing to review his e-book. This is someone who's been around a little while, and he's also offering the book on Member Giveaways. Judging from the comments on his profile, most people he's been contacting don't seem to mind being asked. Is this crossing the advertising/promotion line or just making book-related connections on LT? The generally favorable responses are what give me pause.

>72 He deletes all negative comments.

I suspect the unfavourable comments probably get deleted or hidden.

I've seen some of his comments too. My feeling is that it's a bit blatant and someone official should speak to him about it.

He deleted my negative comment.

72-76: I reported this recently (either upthread or in a previous thread). I have a feeling that Abby has had a word with him about it.

v

This person http://www.librarything.com/profile/Nikk... is also this person http://www.librarything.com/profile/nold...

and she is spamming her book, which is one of only two books in her catalog.

Example of spamming, this thread, posts 67-69:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/2791

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 3, 2009, 8:45am.

72-77 Just joined a Book Blog site. He spams there, too. Guess he's doing his authorial legwork.

79: I think it's pretty sad that authors feel the need to spam websites now in order to get people to read there book. Whatever happened to honest book promotions and stuff?

..... Oh God, I'm only 22 and I'm talking about "good old days". Yikes.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/bfie... trying to sell books http://www.librarything.com/topic/74496

v

this looks like a copyright violation to me:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/74576#

I don't think so. She gave proper credit, and quoting is allowed use, I believe.

> 83

Quoting short bits perhaps, but is it allowed use to reproduce the entire poem without permission??

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 6, 2009, 12:57pm.

User Hirelimos mistook LibraryThing for LimousineThing, and created these spam groups:

Limo Hire in Manchester UK

Cheap Limo Hire UK

Student Prom Car Hire

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 6, 2009, 1:14pm.

83, 84: I tend to agree with sqdancer, though I'm very far from being an expert. Information on publication (book title, page number, etc.) would be desirable, and linking to it somewhere would be better. If it were my poem I wouldn't be particularly happy.

83>

Um, no, giving credit means it's not plagiarism. It doesn't mean it's not a copyright violation. And reproducing the entirety of a poem would be unlikely to fall under fair use. I've only reviewed one book of poetry on LT, but I didn't dare quote more than a couple lines.

I believe US copyright law explicitly excludes quoting an entire work from "fair use."

http://www.librarything.com/topic/74615#

French-Canadian spam.

v

eta (later on): he's still at it: http://www.librarything.com/topic/74679#

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 7, 2009, 7:24pm.

I'm assuming this is spam. Tech support/call center company in India.

Bpo company india

by user ankur01 (free account, 0 books)

Strange one this 2 types of spam from the same person.

This in talk http://www.librarything.com/topic/74699

(pregnancy spam)

from this member

http://www.librarything.com/profile/nene...

(property spam)

I guess that if you get pregnant, you need a new villa?

http://www.librarything.com/groups/rocks... Some kind of business spam.

This person http://www.librarything.com/profile/sher... seems to have joined LT purely in order to promote her own books. Perhaps I'm just a stroppy cow, but I don't like it and I don't want to see more of it on LT.

v

This person
http://www.librarything.com/profile/worl...

spamming talk, e.g., here:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/72430#...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 11, 2009, 8:33am.

The OP here is thought to have some devious purpose.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/74922&...

k4k

No books, links to business web sites:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/edmo...
http://www.librarything.com/profile/edmo...
http://www.librarything.com/profile/edmo...

Um, yikes?

http://www.librarything.com/profile/puto...

The guy definitely has issues. The review for his only "book" was, uh, interesting.

98>

Wow.

Apparently offering free membership and then charging to enter unlimited books is the worst abuse since the industrial revolution.

He also left snarling messages on tim's and felius' profile pages.

ETA: Actually, he has attacked everybody on the masthead individually.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 13, 2009, 1:52pm.

A bit nuts, if you ask me. But he did pay for a lifetime account, strangely enough.

Sounds like Tim should give him his money back.

I don't think I said anything here to make him mad. . .

Spam groups:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/hcgdi...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/hcgdi...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/where...

Started by

http://www.librarything.com/profile/roll...

98+ Darn, looks like I missed all the fun! His messages on Tim's and others' profiles are a bit cryptic. Exactly what is LT alleged to be stealing, or whom is LT putting to work without pay, and how?

If I understand correctly - an iffy prospect at best - he thinks that all of us that make contributions to this site are being robbed of rightful compensation for our labors. Tim is fattening his bank account on the backs of the downtrodden members.

Or something.

I do really need to take more exercise so that I can be less of a downtrodden mass.

I take it putosquealy or whatever has never heard of the concept of volunteerism.

He doesn't think we donate our labors quite happily? Has he never heard of hobbies? Social cataloging, generally? Collaborative media? Wikipedia? And the architecture to allow us to create catalogs of our books - that's not worth anything?

I get the impression that it's the combination of users doing volunteer "work" with Tim running a business that's so galling to him. But that's just my interpretation. Ah, whatever...

Is it even legal for Tim to accept our labor without at least paying us the minimum wage? I'm calling OSHA!

Good for you! ;-)

So I just looked for the guy's message on Tim's profile page and part of it is, "You are worse that OCLC, and Amazon, they don't pretend to be working for humankind."

Of course, this suggests a new slogan:

LIBRARYTHING
Working for humankind

Ref: PequeñoPazzo - or whatever his name is.

It is very simple: Tim is enabling our/my addiction to books & my 'volunteering' feeds my addiction/OCD to keeping things orderly & correct.

The fact that I have paid a piddly amount to feed said addiction is my business, not "pequenowhatsis".

Tim provides a service to book addicts everywhere!!

If I don't want to use his service, I don't have to stay.

And I'm not going to any 12-step program to rid myself of said addiction... I can stop whenever I want!!

right.

I take exception to putoelquelee's claim that Amazon isn't working for humankind. Do you have any idea how difficult it would be to find things like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog or The Guild or any number of other obscure books, DVDs, and CDs if Amazon wasn't around?

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 14, 2009, 12:15pm.

This appears to be a bookstore listing their inventory; I think that's permitted, but I'm not quite sure where the line is. Are they allowed to list their website on their profile, or to have a normal account rather than an organizational one? Gotta love the name, which is advertising in itself: snagadeal.
http://www.librarything.com/profile/snag...
This one may have been noted before. Is it perhaps the latest incarnation of that bargain books member, with a changed username? At any rate, it's the top listing in Zeitgeist, and if it's an organization, it probably shouldn't be, right?

#117: former name was something like discountbooksmoviesmusic or similar....

yeah, store inventory... yuckos

but how is that any different from a bookmoocher listing their inventory here, too? even under a tag or collection? ok, snaggletooth's entire inventory is listed & a bookmoocher has their own books, plus their library...

but still, it's a conundrum.

Spam groups:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/multi...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/ukbha...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/addic...
http://www.librarything.com/groups/egold...

And their corresponding spammer members:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Mult...
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Bhan...
http://www.librarything.com/profile/affo...
(egoldclick member already deleted)

Why do spam groups stay around after the spammers are deleted? And, again, what happened to group flagging? (Sorry, I pop in and out of this group; maybe this has been clarified already?)

I'm sure this one's been reported already. Anyway, he's still spamming political stuff in talk (in French): http://www.librarything.com/profile/bent...

v

Why is this person allowed to keep spamming about his blog? From what I can tell, he does it regularly and nothing's been done about it. Yeah, he has books in his inventory and such, but that doesn't stop SPAM from being SPAM.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/book...

This person is a regular spammer of Ugg boots: http://www.librarything.com/profile/Abig...

v

Broken your iPod?

http://www.librarything.com/groups/ipodr...

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Ipod...

Hewlett Packard seems to be using LT to advertise.

http://www.librarything.com/groups/hplin...

Group created in 2006 and so far not one thread or post.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 20, 2009, 5:03pm.

I spotted and flagged a guy who was blatantly just advertising his book in Book Talk but i seem to have lost the thread or accidentally ignored it so i can't dredge up a link. He was using the very subtle placement of a very favorable review of his book off amazon to prove to people why it was worth buying.
I'm going to look again and see if i can find it.

Edit Nope can't find it, I think that rule where if enough people flag the post to make it disappear without adding a post in reply then the whole thread disappears has been put to good use. Gah and i was feeling *So* useful until then!

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 20, 2009, 5:07pm.

Here's a spammer:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/love...

who has posted this spam:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75448

A flag is raised in my mind by this one:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75454

The profile: http://www.librarything.com/profile/abou...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 21, 2009, 9:21pm.

#127: I don't think so. About50ayear has posted many threads since she joined (some of them quite fun), and none of the others are spammy. She has also chatted on other threads that she didn't start. If she's a spammer, then she's a startlingly crafty one.

Agree with Medellia. Pity "About50ayear" hasn't catalogued any books (yet), but she's making a real contribution to the social aspect of LT in talk.

(not that I particularly like the specific thread you're referring to either, but that's an entirely different thing, isn't it?)

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 22, 2009, 5:05am.

Daily contact lenses: http://www.librarything.com/work/book/52...

>128, 129
Okay. I wasn't aware of that.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 22, 2009, 8:12am.

That's okay. That's why it's a good thing to notice these things here, where other people can comment.

Rubber for playground safety :

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75507#

This person is hawking rubber mulch:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75507#

And this is their profile:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Rubb...

Which has one book, about rubber mulch, and a single review, that is a bunch of links to articles about rubber mulch.

Spamming this group, no less:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75509#

And here is SuperFinePrinting's bookless profile that seems to exist only to post spammy messages:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Supe...

The spammers are out today! This topic

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75511#

from this member http://www.librarything.com/profile/Rest...

This chap has just spammed Book talk about restaurant supplies
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75511#

here's his profile
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Rest...

Dang it Calm beat me to it how eerie...

These spammers coming out today have to be related. The spamming member profiles were created on the same day, at least two of them share striking similarities (a single "book" that consists of e-articles, and a review of that book that consists of a bunch of advertorial links), and they jumped out spamming talk groups all on the same day.

127-132: I had also thought About50ayear to be generally posting in good faith but this thread makes me begin to wonder http://www.librarything.com/topic/75554

v

132>

You may want to reconsider your defense of "about50ayear":

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75554#

"about50" gets abusive when it is politely suggested that Book Talk might not be the best place for off-topic chatter. So much for "Assume good faith". (And those assumptions of good faith, which have created all the off-topic thread, gets used as ammunition in favor of even more off-topic crap on Book Talk.)

About50 claims to have "no time for catalogs", which makes you wonder why LT rather than Facebook or some other purely-social site.

> 143: Yeah, I was surprised to read that thread.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 22, 2009, 7:16pm.

>143 Wow I was pretty shocked at how much About50 reacted to WHL just simply stating that book talk wasn't the place for all the off-topic threads they were posting. They seemed alright until then.

Does this qualify as spam?

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75608

The user, "coldcaser" has a profile, created today, with exactly one book in their library, the book being touted.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 23, 2009, 2:30pm.

145: I agree - way out of line. about50 seems to be on the wrong site, imho.

146: Looks like spam to me.

I think this qualifies:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/weddi...

And these:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/limoh...

http://www.librarything.com/groups/melan...

Prolific carpet cleaning spammer: http://www.librarything.com/profile/terr...

v

carpet cleaning spam

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75653#

from

http://www.librarything.com/profile/terr...

ETA - vaneska beat me to it.

but noticing the time of post he is very prolific!

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, oct. 24, 2009, 5:22am.

Saw this in Talk:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75749

Author spamming book talk: http://www.librarything.com/profile/Keta...

v

153: also with spammy reviews and ratings on all her own books.

154: It appears that several of her reviews have been flagged and are now hidden.

handyman services spam:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75840#

canadian merchant spam

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75843

The handyman appears to be at it again:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75844#

More 123 spam http://www.librarything.com/topic/73296#...

v

spamming one-book author
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75901#

Was this reported yet?

Diabetic Shoes:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75907

Why people would want them, I don't know. You probably have to feed them a special diet.

sugar-free chocolate pudding.

Get this India!

http://www.librarything.com/profile/tour...

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75918

Author joined today, spamming his/her book:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75922#

Another new spammer
http://www.librarything.com/profile/stev...
posting here
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75984

The spammers are out in force just now. Here's another: http://www.librarything.com/profile/ipho...

v

They sure are! Pink Hummer Limos anyone?

http://www.librarything.com/groups/limom...

http://www.librarything.com/profile/limo...

He's back again :( http://www.librarything.com/topic/76029#

v

And another one: http://www.librarything.com/topic/76037#

171: UGH.

THIS is where the whole "assume good faith" thing of Tim's really frustrates me. Okay, we assume good faith the first time, even the second time, that this guy spams us with his book. This is like the BAJILLIONTH time, he keeps making new accounts and spamming, he KNOWS what he's doing..... Why hasn't his ISP been blocked by now??

Nonsense group
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76150
http://www.librarything.com/groups/f43#f...

by

http://www.librarything.com/profile/der7...

iPhone spam group
http://www.librarything.com/groups/unloc...

by

http://www.librarything.com/profile/prof...

Publishing spam??
http://www.librarything.com/groups/oreil...

by

http://www.librarything.com/profile/sara...

Online publishing spam
http://www.librarything.com/groups/sprin...

by

http://www.librarything.com/profile/JEtr...

Spooky spamming of his own book:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76217
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76218

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 1, 2009, 8:23pm.

ipod repairs:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/ipodr...

Author spamming: http://www.librarything.com/topic/76315#

v

I'm cynically starting to think that anyone who has a username ending in a series of three or more consecutive digits and either no books or books by only one author in their catalog should just be barred from posting. There are a few legit *123 members, but it's not the way to bet, and the "has books" qualification would let them in.

Edited to clarify: I'm not actually serious. That shouldn't need to be said, but given the way "Assume good faith" is used to mean "Assume the worst of long-time members", it may be necessary.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 3, 2009, 2:39pm.

Here's traumatic brain injury dude agaaaaaaaain http://www.librarything.com/topic/76377.....

This member http://www.librarything.com/profile/alin...

spamming in an existing talk thread

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76301

I haven't been here for a while, but had to out someone bringing dishonour to my country. Car insurance spammer:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/kidc...

Strangely posting extremely polite messages without the usual links to the spam website.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/75880#...

Either stupid, or else being very subtle and knowing that people can find the spam website link through the profile, without blatantly posting the website link each post. I'm going for "stupid".

so, suspected sockpuppet accounts... should they be reported here also?

You betcha, MrA!

thanks MrCastle!

Well, these two users could probably stand some checking out by tPtB, using their highly-soffisticated sockpuppetry-sniffing diagnostical tools (like checking IP addresses, waving rubber chickens, whatever it is they do).

http://www.librarything.com/profile/kevi...
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Thir...

The suspicions of sockpuppetry come from this thread, among others:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76366

body type spam

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76464

by this spammer

http://www.librarything.com/profile/isaa...

sock puppetry by the brain injury guy:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76029#...

limo hire spammer:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Bren...

air fare spammer:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/and7...

spammer of various things:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/john...

188: I just had a very interesting time reading that thread. Do these spammers/puppeters really think we are that stupid? Gosh.

re the brain injury guy: AGAIN I SAY, can't this person be IP-banned?! He's done this waaaaaaay too many times, it's waaaaaaaay past "good faith" now, he needs to be dealt with for good! This is just ridiculous that it's been allowed to go on this long.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 5, 2009, 7:58pm.

>#192 re #188: yes, it was somewhat entertaining. Not spammers though, and maybe i'm stupid/gullible but i'm still not sure about the sock puppetry - really, you can only ever suspect that, only an admin can say for certain. I only listed it here because some of the posts from those users were a bit abusive, and Tim specifically posted recently that sock puppetry for such nefarious purposes was verboten.

I would like to point out that IP addresses are handled differently in different parts of the world. My ISP assignes one of its IP addresses to me each time I go on-line. But it is not necessarily the same one I had last time, and the number I have today will have been used by others at other times. This is normal here. Banning an IP that is moved around in an ISP would not be a good idea.

Just spotted this prednisone spam it's own group no less!
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76535#

here's the group
http://www.librarything.com/groups/predn...
aand here's the spammer's profile
http://www.librarything.com/profile/jhsm...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 6, 2009, 8:49am.

http://www.librarything.com/groups/getap...

by:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/geta...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 6, 2009, 2:35pm.

a whole nest of spammers, which perhaps have also taken over some real books:

http://www.librarything.com/work/7474425...

197>

That looks like one of the spam-catching works that combiners put together to lump all the crap in one place. Since the staff doesn't delete spam works anymore, if they ever did, this is sort of a next best thing. What looks like a real book in there to you? I just did a cursory look but I didn't see anything.

What seemed odd was when I looked at conversations about the "book" - I know about the combining, but there seemed to be some real conversations attached to it. Otherwise it's a big bunch of spam "member" names.

Some people don't notice when they've created incorrect touchstones (and some notice but leave them anyway); that might be why some of the the conversations are "off".

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 6, 2009, 8:14pm.

Another new spamming author, who oddly enough is described as an organization on her profile page...

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Trac...

spam post

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76609

by http://www.librarything.com/profile/yjae...

Mortgage spam

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76301#...

originating from this profile:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/alin...

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 7, 2009, 9:50pm.

Incredibly crass blog spammer:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/wong...
who has spammed here:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/75896#...
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76329#...

Wiki spam for essay-writing service. I just removed:

http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.p...

from user Sophiegreen101

Anyone need a wedding dress?

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76673

Interested in "Swift, low cost car finance solutions in Australia"? No? Me either. Spam group getapproved, by spam user getapproved02.

Not the first time this person http://www.librarything.com/profile/susa... has spammed the board. 3 posts on book talk this morning:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76756
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76755
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76754

A quick google of author name soon removes any impression of sanity.

v

Hmm, cheap loans. GFC anyone?

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76761#
in RSI, too. Cheek!
by

http://www.librarything.com/profile/neel...

More from the persistent limousine spammers.

limousinehire group from user Hirelimo.

#201, soliciting reviews for her book here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/76594#

Found another spam group this time to do with Private label rights (or whatever the hell that is)

Group page
http://www.librarything.com/groups/priva...
Topic in question
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76832#
And profile of spammer
http://www.librarything.com/profile/thep...

It's a campaign for the rights to label your privates as you wish. A very worthy cause.

Solid Wood Flooring group
by the spammer Realoakfloors

Edited to fix tag.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 11, 2009, 1:10pm.

John DeTitta is not a very creative spammer!

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76906#

http://www.librarything.com/profile/john...

Nor this outfit, spamming bug collectors: http://www.librarything.com/profile/webr...

v

http://www.librarything.com/topic/76907#

by

http://www.librarything.com/profile/webr...

Feeling fashionable? Chilly weather got you down?

Fur Hats | Imported Fur Hats | Faux Fur Hats - The Russian Store group

by the spammer FurHats

Interesting 'phone spam
Upcoming event here http://www.librarything.com/venue/45187/...
Posted by http://www.librarything.com/author/hello...
who wrote http://www.librarything.com/work/9190323

Dave

Need a prom or wedding dress?
http://www.librarything.com/topic/76963
Lost the link to the wedding dress...

by this person:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/isaa...

you people sound like you have already been assimilated.

http://www.librarything.com/work/book/53...

> 222: Resistance is futile.

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 13, 2009, 5:40am.

Spam cleans your colon! (Who knew?)

colon cleansing products group

by the spammer calvina1

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Apri..., spamming RSI, at the least.

v

Want some sort of limo or rickshaw? (really?)

http://www.librarything.com/groups/limou...

ETA: Ack, spammers everywhere!

http://www.librarything.com/groups/furha...

http://www.librarything.com/groups/solid... by this spammer http://www.librarything.com/profile/Real...

http://www.librarything.com/groups/ipodr... by this spammer: http://www.librarything.com/profile/Ipod

http://www.librarything.com/groups/limom... spam by http://www.librarything.com/profile/limo...

Spam event added to this local page: http://www.librarything.com/venue/45187/... (I can't believe they would only have added it here - there must be more)

v

is this spam?
http://www.librarything.com/author/kelvi...

Author spam: http://www.librarything.com/topic/77200#

v

Since this group is about more than just Spam Groups, perhaps it should get a new name on its next incarnation (which should be soon).

THE END IS HERE!!!

The start is here:
http://www.librarything.com/topic/77209#

Hey, Where'd everybody go? *Looks up* Wait for me! I'm right behind you.

228: can't any of us just delete a spam event? The user is gone now.

User http://www.librarything.com/profile/jerr...

spamming here

http://www.librarything.com/topic/77325

Matt. Sit. Stay. Look at #232/233. Good boy.

Ack, sorry. * Offers paw. *

This thread has been closed. See msgs 232 and 233.

Closed

But continued here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/77209

Missatge modificat pel seu autor, nov. 20, 2009, 1:46pm.