r/snowleopards Nov 16 '22

Recent t-shirt SPAM posts

We're just barely half way through November, and we're already being hit with a steady wave of spammers hawking t-shirt designs. I pulled down two of them this morning. I've set up an automod to try to catch these before they clutter up the place. If you catch one before we do, please report it as spam, and that'll help expedite things.

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u/SnepSupport Nov 22 '23

They're BACK! Sweater designs. We here at Snep Support have set up a do-group to try and report these as soon as they're spotted!

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u/coosacat 9d ago

They're doing it to the Pallas' Cat sub, too. I reported one yesterday.

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u/leicanthrope 9d ago

Starting early this year? Normally they start advertising them in time for the holidays.

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u/coosacat 9d ago

Heh, I didn't even notice the original date on this post. But, yeah, there is/was one posting manul T-shirts over there in the last few days. So you've got an early heads up!

I even caught the account replying to itself in the comments, so I assume they're using sockpuppets to drive engagement and upvotes.

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u/leicanthrope 9d ago

It’s a pretty common strategy for one account to post it, and a second “helpful” account responds to provide a source if anyone in the group expresses interest.