Azu Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 A bit of an odd topic, so I apologize in advance if this isn't even appropriate.Anyway, I don't think I'll put in the user's name, but a certain someone with a Yoshi avatar has been posting spam comments on hundreds upon hundreds of people's profiles all over FA since about a week or two ago in a stunt to gain watchers. He copies and pastes the same comment which reads "*leaves a Yoshi plush and Yoshi shape cake here for you with a smile*" - I've noticed that since he started, that he has gained around 70 or so new watchers through doing this. Not much, but it is something. I should note that I've seen it in a few other users before, and not just this one I'm referring to in the post.What do you guys think about this? Am I being too butt hurt? I just find it irritating, personally. He's shoehorning himself out there in an obnoxious way, and it just doesn't sit right with me. It just feels like a disingenuous method of gaining watchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolflich Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Spamming should be punishable by being made into actual spam. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlynnCoyote Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I don't see the problem. It sounds like he isn't pestering any one person specifically, just leaving one message on as many profiles as he finds. I'm not sure I would even call that spam because it doesn't really inconvenience anyone past a page shout.Honestly it isn't that different from generic advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valery91Thunder Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 If it's just one per user, he isn't specifically pestering them, but leaving a trace, much like when you go to thank for favs and watches in hope that more visitors will see your avatar/message and decide to click on your page: given it's FA were talking about, it's either this or the ads to expand your audience, and those are gradually getting inefficient. When you need to reach out to more people and the site doesn't give you good methods, you gotta work out some yourself.It's more or less working in the same way as the Llama badges on DA, except maybe those are more "discreet" and can be seen only by the one who's recieving them. Granted though, not everyone tolerates random badges/shouts: a valid alternative solution to this er... "shout-wave" would actually be active on the site, fav things you like, and always remember to say "thanks" and "no prob" via shout; your avatar will be visible to others anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmomma Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 If it's just one per user, he isn't specifically pestering them, but leaving a trace, much like when you go to thank for favs and watches in hope that more visitors will see your avatar/message and decide to click on your page: given it's FA were talking about, it's either this or the ads to expand your audience, and those are gradually getting inefficient. When you need to reach out to more people and the site doesn't give you good methods, you gotta work out some yourself.It's more or less working in the same way as the Llama badges on DA, except maybe those are more "discreet" and can be seen only by the one who's recieving them. Granted though, not everyone tolerates random badges/shouts: a valid alternative solution to this er... "shout-wave" would actually be active on the site, fav things you like, and always remember to say "thanks" and "no prob" via shout; your avatar will be visible to others anyway.looooool, gradually inefficient? They've been near useless since the IMVU ad wave. YA WANT A 1 DOLLA IPHONE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxx-Returns Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 For all the effort they're going to, they could do some art and get watchers =V 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troj Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) As spamming goes, that's pretty benign, but it's still spamming.Ideally, you should gain votes/likes/watches because you're doing something people enjoy, and not because you've rigged the system.Hell, I even feel uncomfortable when friends say "vote for my poetry!" or "vote me the best barber in Poodlepunk County!" when I haven't observed their work myself, because you should win that kind of contest because you were the best, and not because you had more friends than the other contestants. Edited November 5, 2015 by Troj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Kinda reminds me of people who spam others with llama badges on DeviantART. They're clearly only doing it so that people will check out their profile. I get pissed off when I receive a llama and the person expects to get one back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valery91Thunder Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 looooool, gradually inefficient? They've been near useless since the IMVU ad wave. YA WANT A 1 DOLLA IPHONE?You're right, should've fixed my post xP I was still thinking of the pre-IMVU period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilishlyHandsome49 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Waaaaiit a minute...a yoshie plushie...Is it that Yoshimaster guy who was obsessed with vore? :V 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbra.Exe Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Â 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaer Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) Yoshimaster **shudder**That guy. Edited November 5, 2015 by Vaer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Waaaaiit a minute...a yoshie plushie...Is it that Yoshimaster guy who was obsessed with vore? :VI was literally thinking the same thing. He's on DA. Mini Yoshi avatar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilishlyHandsome49 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I was literally thinking the same thing. He's on DA. Mini Yoshi avatar?I think so. Drew a lot of pictures of yoshi with a big belly. http://yoshimaster96smwc.deviantart.com/ <this the guy you saw on DA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) Yup. EDIT: Goddamn, that boy is infamous. lmao Edited November 5, 2015 by XoPachi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilishlyHandsome49 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Yup. EDIT: Goddamn, that boy is infamous. lmaoOh hell, he better not get on my page... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuujou Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 He followed me for a while. He's harmless. On DA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailmon1 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 A bit of an odd topic, so I apologize in advance if this isn't even appropriate.Anyway, I don't think I'll put in the user's name, but a certain someone with a Yoshi avatar has been posting spam comments on hundreds upon hundreds of people's profiles all over FA since about a week or two ago in a stunt to gain watchers. He copies and pastes the same comment which reads "*leaves a Yoshi plush and Yoshi shape cake here for you with a smile*" - I've noticed that since he started, that he has gained around 70 or so new watchers through doing this. Not much, but it is something. I should note that I've seen it in a few other users before, and not just this one I'm referring to in the post.What do you guys think about this? Am I being too butt hurt? I just find it irritating, personally. He's shoehorning himself out there in an obnoxious way, and it just doesn't sit right with me. It just feels like a disingenuous method of gaining watchers.I would be putting a boot up the spammer's rear off of the site.... Nuff said.http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H448_uw0YTU/TlRJqJqhfQI/AAAAAAAAL5Y/k6CmMCgLq9c/s1600/kick+obama+out%2C+totus.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaer Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) Yup. EDIT: Goddamn, that boy is infamous. lmao  Oh hell, he better not get on my page...But seriously...he was (maybe still) SOOO annoying! Harmless. Yes. But obnoxious? OFF THE CHARTS!I remember back on FAF when he'd get mad when people attempted to help him improve his art. All his responses were so....UGHHH. Insulting people left and right.I just wanted to: Edited November 5, 2015 by Vaer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTDragon Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I really wouldn't feel alright with that especially if it was spamming with emails. Considering most spam tactics are really useless these days considering people can tell easily from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolflich Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Kinda reminds me of people who spam others with llama badges on DeviantART. They're clearly only doing it so that people will check out their profile. I get pissed off when I receive a llama and the person expects to get one back.I turned off the badge notifications on DA long ago. They're shit anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sar Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 It's about the same level of annoyance as people writing "FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XDXDDXXDDXDXXD" in journals and artworks. Just tell them to fuck off, life goes on and the world keeps turning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azu Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) Well, uh. I can't say I've ever heard of this Yoshimaster guy before.... Kinda think I should keep it that way thoughOh, yeah. The dude posted a journal today acting surprised and thanking people for reaching over 600 watchers. Gee, I wonder how that happened. :v Edited November 5, 2015 by Azurex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vae Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Wouldn't really care, as long as it was limited to a single shout / profile comment, and not every fucking submission and stuff. (That would earn someone a block real damn quick.)Or multiple on the same gallery.I find it kind of... annoyingly childish,but it's pretty harmless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Ahh yoshimaster,wasnt he the prick who doesnt wanted to take our advice and insulted us because he felt like we were rude to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmomma Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 You're right, should've fixed my post xP I was still thinking of the pre-IMVU period.In the before times, in the long, long ago...Now everyone has adblock on :'D I have Ghostery, ABP, Adguard, and AVG do not track ALWAYS ON for FA, because fuck their malicious ads. When their ads wiggle around my ABP, Adguard usually nips them in the bud, if Ghostery and AVG didn't already before that. It's about the same level of annoyance as people writing "FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XDXDDXXDDXDXXD" in journals and artworks. Just tell them to fuck off, life goes on and the world keeps turning.WHY DON'T YOU JUST FUCK ON..to my lap.OHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHIT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewalk Surfboard Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 In the before times, in the long, long ago...Now everyone has adblock on :'D I have Ghostery, ABP, Adguard, and AVG do not track ALWAYS ON for FA, because fuck their malicious ads. When their ads wiggle around my ABP, Adguard usually nips them in the bud, if Ghostery and AVG didn't already before that.It's seriously stupid to NOT have Adblock nowadays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmomma Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 It's seriously stupid to NOT have Adblock nowadays.That's wildly true. There's a very small handful of sites I whitelist and that's it...but FA is fuckin' boldface blacklist and i BLOCK ITÂ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vae Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 In the before times, in the long, long ago...Now everyone has adblock on :'D I have Ghostery, ABP, Adguard, and AVG do not track ALWAYS ON for FA, because fuck their malicious ads. When their ads wiggle around my ABP, Adguard usually nips them in the bud, if Ghostery and AVG didn't already before that.Noscript (or whatever its Chrome counterpart is) is also something useful to have,since it stops a lot of the background processes that deliver those ads and try to infect your browser / computer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sar Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Â WHY DON'T YOU JUST FUCK ON..to my lap.Don't mind if I do, Rat moms are in my comfort pallete~ Edited November 6, 2015 by Sar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azu Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Why is this thread still active. I made this when I was in a bad mood, so I'm not proud of it. Hurry up and get buried ;_; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Why is this thread still active. I made this when I was in a bad mood, so I'm not proud of it. Hurry up and get buried ;_;Nothing here truly dies, it just takes a dirt nap before the spirit of the Beagle stirs it up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmomma Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I say let FA infect you, get proof of it, and sue Dragoneer and IMVU's ass into the ground for criminal negligence, trespass to chattels, and then some.You are a beautiful creature and your mind should be worshipped by the masses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troj Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) Yeah, I used another browser the other day, and was horrified by the number of ads over the entire goddamn page.It was like Times Square threw up on the Internet. Edited November 8, 2015 by Troj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmomma Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Don't mind if I do, Rat moms are in my comfort pallete~Oh maiiiiiiii Noscript (or whatever its Chrome counterpart is) is also something useful to have,since it stops a lot of the background processes that deliver those ads and try to infect your browser / computer.I had that on my Macbook...I knew I was forgetting an extension. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmomma Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Yea, guess what just happened in response to that? FA INFECTED YOUR MACHINES AND NOW A LOLSUIT WILL ENSUE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmomma Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 No, you got me to change my sig. :3I have been honored by the creature of beauty :'D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Boo get a room you two boooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginpanther Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Okay, meanwhile, you grab the camera, a tripod, and some lube!What sort of fool do you take me for? I had the crew mount the PTZ cameras an hour ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeitzbach Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 There are two types of watchers.One that just watch you out of impression but never really care afterward.And another that continue to follow what you upload.You can be desperate all you want but a good and stable fanbase is much better than the one that is made up of a bunch of people who might end up harming you and your art in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDingo Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Eh. It's only FA. It's a shit place to start with.I don't think it matters. Being a teenage attention whore =/= making money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sar Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Being a teenage attention whore =/= making moneyTrue, unless you're a twitch streamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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