BS: freelance writer

Subject: BS: freelance writer
From: johncharles
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 07:36 AM

why do some threads which seem to have been inactive for a while suddenly start again with a guest name and the only message being "freelance writer"

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: johncharles
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 07:40 AM

p.s. the two I noticed today were
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Origins:Amelia Earhart's Last Flight(Dave McEnery)
john

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Monique
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 08:44 AM

Because they were spams and where deleted as such

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Monique
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 08:44 AM

Oops! *were*

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 09:49 AM

I don't see the point of the spam.

Do they think someone here is going to be inspired to hire a freelance writer because we have seen the words "freelance writer" incongruously added to a thread? Fat chance.

Maybe it's a secret plot to harm freelance writers and the people who hire them. I suppose it would frustrate people who use Google to search for "freelance writer" and end up at Mudcat.

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 09:59 AM

Who IS Lance Writer?

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 11:29 AM

OK, it just dawned on me what the point of the spam might be.

Ads on Mudcat pages—placed there by Google, I think—are frequently matched to the content.

So putting the words "freelance writer" in the text increases the chance that certain ads will appear.

Let's see what happens if I do this:

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Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Monique
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 11:32 AM

A mysterious knight arbitrarily jailed who gets support from hidden devotees.

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 11:34 AM

OK, I see an ad for "amazing joint relief." Is that related?

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: GUEST,999
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 11:57 AM

'OK, I see an ad for "amazing joint relief."'

Sounds like a good idea to me, but I always get the munchies, man.

Subject: RE: BS: freelance writer
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 06 Nov 11 - 12:14 PM

Looks like the 'cat is getting peppered. Stay cool, Bruce!

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