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Date: 2009-04-17 11:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] or-mabinogi.livejournal.com
It's not exactly a bot in the way I'm used to seeing them. The ones I usually see only have 1 to 3 entries and they simply contain linkspam to porn and pharmaceuticals.

But this is definitely unsolicited. There is no reason for an all-Russian journal to be friending you. The entries and bio appear to be nothing more than picspam. So instead of trying to get you to click a link from a long list they're just posting the pics right there. Also, 241 friends but only 5 of them friended back. Absolutely spambot.

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Date: 2009-04-17 01:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] switch842.livejournal.com
Okie dokie. It was weird cos it looks like an active journal. But not even babel fish could translate it. So, yeah. It's weird.

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Date: 2009-04-17 01:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] or-mabinogi.livejournal.com
I was looking at it closer. My Russian is so weak anymore the best I can do is sound out the words, but I still catch a little something every so often. The entries appear to be either gibberish or copy-pasted from other articles/blogs. One of them was definitely an article from Men's Magazine. I think the spambots are trying to make their journals look less like a spambot and counting on no one noticing due to language barrier. (But why would I want to be friends with a journal written in a language I don't understand?)

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Date: 2009-04-17 02:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] switch842.livejournal.com
Exactly. I did report it, so hopefully something will get taken care of.

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Date: 2009-04-17 05:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hatusu.livejournal.com
I've been friended by Russians etc. that spoke English even though I couldn't read their journals. What is the purpose of a Spambot?

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Date: 2009-04-18 03:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] switch842.livejournal.com
I think they try to like hack your journal? Or just be annoying? I don't know. They suck, though. LOL

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