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I wonder why HN is a target for spam links like this? All URLs have nofollow so it's not for SEO. And most accounts that submit them are usually dead on arrival
by nathancahill 13y ago
I wonder why HN is a target for spam links like this? All URLs have nofollow so it's not for SEO. And most accounts that submit them are usually dead on arrival (or shortly after). So what's the upside here? People like you? Will you buy Nike shoes now?
- gk1 13y agoI don't think spammers think much before they act. Or they're just bots.
- nathancahill 13y agoSure, but even bots and spammers costs money. Seems like spamming HN is throwing money away.
- dangrossman 13y agoThe cost of running the bot ($0, since it's just desktop software you can run overnight while you sleep) is the same whether it automatically posts to 1,000 sites or 999. The bot itself [1] is also often free because, who'd've guessed it, people who spam links around the web indiscriminately have no problem with pirating software too. 1: http://www.botmasterlabs.net/ http://www.botmasterlabs.net/