[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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