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Has anyone else noticed the arrival of the three letter reviewers?
Wow, lots of new answerers! All with pretty wordy answers, and a variety of opinions. Did we get an influx of that many people with that much experience?
Well, copy some excerpts, paste into a Google search, and put quotation marks around it before clicking on the search. You will find that they are the user reviews of others.
What do you think?
I think they are the same spammer who on getting his multi-accounts level 2 will fill the answers with links to his referral pages.
Here is an example of a Google search
https://www.google.com/#q=%22Very+good+camera.+Fir...
Result brings up a Yahoo Answers question that is an example of what I mean, and also the Amazon user review that was copied.
I haven't started cleaning them out yet, as I wanted to leave it as examples for now.
Follow links for answers from the from the "Best" answerer for more examples.
Look at that account's answers that show large numbers of answers to the question.
How to wipe out these spam labyrinths? It takes some obsessive effort to comb through them. That is why I am hoping that more people than me will see and recognise their methods.
Interesting that the question seen in this example was badly worded (comparing the Nikon D3200 to the D3200 and then explaining that it was to compare the Nikon D3200 to the Canon D3200).
Every answerer except EDWIN and fhotoace seems oblivious to that. That is because they are the only two with genuine accounts trying to read the question and give a real answer.
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- selina_555Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Wow..... that is downright creepy http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201308...
But how do you report a page FULL of someone with multiple accounts, vs just reporting one post?
- Land-sharkLv 78 years ago
If you have sound reason to believe spamming in involved then reporting them is the way to go. You'll often find weird spam emails popping up as a result of Yahoo activity from what looks like spambots in the system. It's therefore wise to log out more often.
I'm sure most people are looking for advice from people with many, many years of expereince. Those seeking just to follow fashion usually tend to do so regardless.
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