[webkit-dev] Bugzilla spammers are changing tactics
Michael Catanzaro
mcatanzaro at redhat.com
Mon Feb 17 06:26:45 PST 2025
Hi,
For a couple months now, Bugzilla spammers have changed tactics and are
now leaving (possibly AI-generated?) comments without any obvious spam
links, e.g.:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192753#c31
The spam comment will look somewhat related to the content of the bug
report, but won't actually contribute to the discussion. The purpose of
these spam comments is unclear since without links there can be no SEO
spam. Maybe they think it helps them build reputation to avoid us
removing their future comments that will actually include links?
Whatever. This is a heads-up to be on the lookout for the new strange
type of spam.
What's the correct procedure to report spam? I had been mailing
<admin at webkit.org> each time I see it, but there is also a spam tag we
can add to posts to hide them. Is the spam tag adequate, or is that not
good enough to actually ban the spammer?
Michael
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