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ClickAudit bot attack on Twitter from Ping.fm?
Is anyone else noticing that they get bombed by Clickaudit bots after they do a post on Twitter from Ping.fm?
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Inappropriate?Not sure what you're implying, or even experiencing. We have no affiliation with "Clickaudit" whatsoever, so my assumption would be that any coincidence with the bots or whatever is purely random. What exactly is a Clickaudit bot?
I’m confused
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Inappropriate?I wasn't sure what you meant at first, but it looks like it's just a twitter spam bot. They are in no way affiliated with us (whoever "they" are). I found a random twitter user saying to block EasyMoney2008 to stop it.
http://twitter.com/cdharrison/statuse...
This person uses twhirl, not ping... so the bot is probably just randomly worming through people to spam. here's a way to find more complaints about it: http://summize.com/search?q=clickaudit
I’m not clickaudit
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Inappropriate?There are hundreds of them. I've simply noticed that when I do a post using Ping.fm I will get one or two of them "following" me within about 5 minutes. This has been going on now for a couple weeks and is running about 80% of the time when using Ping. If I just post to Twitter, nadda.
I don't imply that you're affiliated. I am simply concerned that someone is abusing your service.
I have blocked easymoney2008 - believe me...that won't stop them.
Ask your users to see if anyone else is noticing this...I enjoy your service and use it a lot! I would hate to see this ruin a good thing for everyone because a fool abuses it. That's all.
I’m sad
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Inappropriate?The only way I could see there being more than coincidence is if they are using something like summize to find users, and "ping.fm" is in their search criteria. Summize won't show all posts "from ping.fm", but only if it is in the content of your message. I don't think the twitter api has a method to get people posting from a specific service.
clickaudit is really going to ruin their own reputation, and perhaps get into legal trouble if they keep it up. Hopefully the spam won't last long.
I’m hoping they get sued.
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Inappropriate?You might voice a concern to Twitter about the spam. Maybe even toss an e-mail to Clickaudit too.
Just be known that we have no control or affiliation with what their spam activities are concerned.
Spam isn't in our business model.
I’m eating spam
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