http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/fivedigitnumbers Questions tagged with 'fivedigitnumbers' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:01:27 -0800 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:01:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/41177/Blog%2Dcomment%2Dspam%2Dpuzzler I am getting some odd blog comment spam. Does anyone know what this is about? I moderate comments on a few blogs and have recently seen a new trend in blog comment spam. There are comments left with no apparent spam links - simply short text messages that involve numbers, and if a link is included, it is simply to google.com. A google search on either <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22I+live+at%22+%22Commonwealth+in+Seattle.++Been+up+here+before%3F%22&btnG=Search">the message</a> or the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=+%22I+live+at%22+%22Mike+Flacklestein%22&btnG=Search">the poster's name</a> shows the exact same message on thousands of blogs with only the numeral in the message changing. This has whetted my curiousity about why someone would comment spam without trying to hype a link - could it be a code of some sort, and if so, what? This is not of any earth-shattering urgency, it's just a puzzler to me that I thought one of you smart folks might be able to figure out. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41177 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:01:27 -0800 blogging blogs fivedigitnumbers five-digit-spammers spam madamjujujive http://ask.metafilter.com/27500/fivedigit%2Dspam Does anybody have any idea what's going on with this kind of comment spam? I'm getting scads of it, with no URLs but always a mention of a five-figure number. "I've managed to save up roughly $55085 in my bank account, but I'm not sure if I should buy a house or not. Do you think the market is stable or do you think that home prices will decrease by a lot?" tag:ask.metafilter.com,2005:site.27500 Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:50:12 -0800 fivedigitnumbers spam languagehat