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October 19, 2011
11:23 • 1 year ago

A follow-up to our Tumblr likespam post from last night: One of the things pointed out to us by one of our readers, Paulo Ordoveza, is that the blank profiles also have a payload, although it’s not obvious (we initially said the blank profiles were merely holding spots for future backlinking). We just did a check of the source code on one, and here’s what we found. Click with care, guys.

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  3. kateoplis said: so should I block every last one of them until/IF Tumblr gets it under control? do they in any way harm my traffic?
  4. brownpau reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    Tipped off shortformblog today...recent strategies in the world of
  5. mauricecherry reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    definitely needs to curtail...spam profiles, although it seems not
  6. classysushi reblogged this from lalondes
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  8. holzhuter said: Thanks for the info!
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  11. skinny-cat reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    links takes you to kotaku.jp...to this post for some reason
  12. coveryourload reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    Tumblr Police when you need them???
  13. joshsternberg said: I spend way more time reporting spam and don’t see any improvements. So either Tumblr isn’t doing anything to protect or there’s too much spam.
  14. braiker reblogged this from shortformblog and added:
    I’m getting likespammed...these fuckers like whoa. Every morning contains
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