Comments on: del.icio.us Popular is spammed

By: scot hacker’s foobar blog » Botnets on the Rampage

scot hacker’s foobar blog » Botnets on the Rampage — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:35:55 +0000

[...] is having serious issues with spam, as is del.icio.us. Of course one would expect large services to be constantly hammered with spam, but if the largest [...]

By: maximize your roi with del.icio.us spam » mhinze.com

maximize your roi with del.icio.us spam » mhinze.com — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:25:01 +0000

[...] is exceptionally easy to game. after just a measly 10 or so posts, any url can make it to the [...]

By: Annegrete

Annegrete — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:41:16 +0000

For the blackhat spammers who play in competitive google SERPS, manipulating del.icio.us is just a walk in the park… …the method with social bookmarks is going on for

By: Brajesh

Brajesh — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:46:31 +0000

del.icio.us has been 'Nofollow'ing urls as well as putting meta noindex header tag on pages to make itself less useful for blackhat SEOs. Perhaps that has saved it so far. But even nofollowing comments on blogs doesn't seem to stop comment spam. CAPTCHAs could be annoyance but still effective.

By: Jackson West

Jackson West — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:50:40 +0000

There's all sorts of tag spamming hitting del.icio.us, and I'm worried that some of my topical RSS feeds are getting as blitzed as Technorati watchlists (which are near useless for popular topics now).

I'm starting to wonder if Silicon Valley's relationship to spammers isn't symbiotic. I know I've been suspicious of Microsoft for taking a publicly strong, but privately laissez-faire attitude toward the issue. It's obvious with DRM that companies are always willing to trade user experience for profit potential.

By: Bob Aman

Bob Aman — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:05:44 +0000

What Gopi said. Seriously, when Clay Shirky correctly defined social software as "Stuff that gets spammed," that probably should have been a wake-up call that these systems need to come equiped with spam protection from the get-go, not just an "ignore user" link.

By: Gopi

Gopi — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:30:49 +0000

For the blackhat spammers who play in competitive google SERPS, manipulating del.icio.us is just a walk in the park :)

By: CoryS

CoryS — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:26:50 +0000

Noticed an abuser/spammer on Friday that has been removed today on the system. I would have gladly submitted a suspect member/submission if they would allow that.

Frustrating.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:46:35 +0000

i just dropped them a note, and called the right people. hopefully the problem be fixed soon enough!

By: Om

Om — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:31:51 +0000

Hey scott, can you let these guys know as well. i did drop them a note.