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TexasTowelie

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9. This thread is nothing compared to what the spam bots did on a thread I posted from Econ Lessons in this group last

Reply to niyad (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:15 AM

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night. It was being spammed so rapidly that I couldn't keep up with it by issuing alerts. I decided to self-delete the entire thread in an effort to remove a target from the bots. That effort stalled about five different bots.

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This thread is nothing compared to what the spam bots did on a thread I posted from Econ Lessons in this group last TexasTowelie Yesterday #9

Yikes! Sounds like we have a group targeting us? niyad 23 hrs ago #10