Should I be flattered?

Is it a coded message?

Do the exclamation marks and marks and plus signs have a meaning?

Is Roman saying he wants to bang me? !!!

It’s a mysterious mystery, yes?
What do YOU think?
Rob Goldstein 2018
Rob Goldstein 2018
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I thought I was the only one! I’m so glad to know I haven’t just been targeted. I had hundreds of sexy.com but with tons of other letters.
And YES the trash button has been moved adn I have accidently removed a follower and a comment. So frustrating
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I will never understand the techies compulsion to fix what isn’t broken.
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Yes I got very many of these very same spammers on my comments and on my posts when I returned to my blog Robert.. Some were using real blog addresses that they have pasted, others made up. I was annoyed as I have my settings set to sign in .. I put them in spam.. then the rest just flew there. But it is annoying when they target your followers by pressing like their comment.. They changed their logo pictures too. But it seems quiet again now..
Thank you for sharing .. Sue
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I was glad to learn I wasn’t alone. I still have to wonder what they were trying to accomplish.
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I think because they can and they are sad people wanting attention.
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Or they’re just smut peddlers trying to earn a living. 🙂
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More likely.. 🙂
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Unbelievable what’s going on with fake bots in the fake world because of the fake president. It’s alarming. 😦
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If Democracy survives Trump, historians will note that in 2014 the Russian Federation weaponized cynicism and ignorance and successfully tricked Americans into voting for fascism.
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100% agreed!!!!
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It’s shocking, and now the RNC has launched a smear campaign against James Comey. I didn’t agree with some of his decisions but I know the difference between someone who tries to live with honor and a pathological liar. In bizarro America, 2016, the liars, cheats, hypocrites and traitors think they have the moral high ground.
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I’m with you (as usual). I listened to journalists all night dissecting the book. Sure, maybe he threw a few digs in there, but let us not forget how we was treated AND FIRED! Revenge is best served cold! 🙂
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I see the timing of the events of the past week as a counterintelligence effort.
If you want send a malignant narcissist off the rails you nip at them with the truth. This is a fascinating moment in World history. The outcome of this struggle with Vladimir Putin will set the tone for the rest of the first half of the 21st century.
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Absolutely in agreement with every word you said here!!! ‘Operation Divert’
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The past few days I’ve learned about how our nation gathers and uses intelligence. I’ve watched Comey in three interviews. Stephen Colbert grilled him about his decision to announce the Clinton emails and his answers were consistent. He may have made a mistake; he thought he was doing what was right in a toxic political environment. He accepts responsibility for his part in the outcome and it looks as if he wants to work on making things right. In other words, he’s an adult. In the meantime, Stormy Daniels has a brilliant lawyer.
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Michael Avanetti is brilliant, and now he is famed! Comey, I agree with you, I saw the interview. My take is that I think he released the book too early. What’s going on now with him in the center is not putting him in favor with many. And despite the respect he has from many, that announcement about Clinton was probably the worst thing that happened to America. I don’t think he’s getting the kudos he expected.
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Michael Avenneti is a smart and charismatic man. Everyone I know wants to marry him. Yes, Comey may be too early but he is right: Americans need to have a serious discussion about who we are as a people. Comey may not be getting any kudos but he’s introduced a new context for the way we discuss Trump and the Russian attack on the 2016 election: the mobster. When viewed from that perspective the criminality of the Trump campaign and presidency makes sense. I suspect Comey is laying the groundwork for what Mueller is yet to reveal.
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Agreed on all counts. And yes, I believe Comey is laying groundwork and he has to walk on egg shells how he projects it all because of the ongoing investigation. And sadly. naysayers will always be naysayers.
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And many of the naysayers are in it too deeply to be anything else.
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Right on!
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YES! I cleared out more than 20 of them yesterday! What is goin on?!? I didn’t write a single sexy post in the last month! lol
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I just realized that I no longer get Viagra ads. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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Haha! I think it’s good 🙂
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I think it means I’ve gotten younger. 😉
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I haven’t had a problem with this to date, Rob. I hope it stays that way.
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Me too. It seems to have stopped on my blog since publishing that post.
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Hi Rob, this is happening all over WordPress at the moment. They are aware of it. Most will go to spam, but I’ve seen a few appear on blog posts because the blogger has approved them. One blogger had their computer infected when they clicked on one of the links (so I read) so best to ignore them and continue to send them to spam if they manage to escape to your comment list waiting for approval.
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Thanks Hugh. I never click links unless I know who sent it. I’m glad WordPress is aware of it and I’m glad I made the post or I would not have known how widely this is affecting other users.
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Holy moly Hugh, I didn’t notice this. I thought I had enough with soldiers hitting on me on Google. 🙂
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So that explains why I’ve had a lot of referrals from Google+ recently, Debby. I thought it was a ghost town in there.
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Oh nooooo, Google is always leaving me messages that strange men want to chat with me. And don’t even get me started with Facebook! 🙂
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Dang! I feel so left out!
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Lollllllllllllllll
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Does the spam improve my stats?
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Sometimes, yes. It depends on how the spambot gets the comment onto the post. If it actually opens the post and posts it, then it will show as a hit in the stats.
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Well then, there’s a bright side. 🙂
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I had 121 spams in one day from different names but all using @ outlook.com
How can anyone be certain they are from Russia. The way hackers can reroute – it could be from anywhere.
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The .RU domain name appears in most of the spam coming my way. I’m not getting spam from Outlook. Those are going to my yahoo account.
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Only one answer to your question: NO it is silly idiots going over the top
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I’d have to agree with that.
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Since about two weeks such a stupid and annoying a**hole is spamming always the same post…
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It’s annoying, but fortunately our spam filters are working.
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They’ve “liked” a few of my posts. I have ignored them.
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Probably the best approach.
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I got a ton over a several day period. WP said lots of people were. Now they have disappeared. Creepy!
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Yes. Twice now. I only noticed them because Word Press sent them directly to the spam folder. I seldom ever get spam but saw there were “20” so I looked. Some of them have links to Word Press blogs as if to make them appear legit, but I didn’t visit. It might be time that we reported those blogs to Word Press.
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I think so. I know I will. Thanks!
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Thus far, I’ve been permanently deleting them, but if there is a next time and it gives a wordpress blog address, I’m saving it and will go to WP support
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Again, I’m glad I decided to make this post. I had no idea that it was so widespread. From what I’ve read, WordPress is aware of it. Thanks for leaving a comment.
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Yes! I’ve been getting between 20-25 of these a day for the last week. Grrr.😡
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This more or less links up with a post I wrote a few weeks ago about Vladimir Putin’s Stepford Trolls: https://wp.me/p47Ymh-7dR
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Thanks for the link Robert.😊
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You’re welcome. It’s a shame that we have to be alert to paid frauds who use the internet to subvert our use of the internet.
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Yes! I was wondering about those. Glad it’s not just me 🙂
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No–it seems to be happening to alot of us.
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Hello Rob! Yes, got also such spammings, but only as automated likes, and for the time of two days. Michael
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Thanks Michael! I’m glad it’s not just me! It’s weird stuff to get out of nowhere.
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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All I’m getting is car insurance. 😊
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LOL!!
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I know. Laughing here.
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Over three hundred of the things in one day, and a lot of ‘likes’ on the site too from them… and no idea how to stop them, other than hoping the spam filter and blacklist catch them.
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I’ve added .ru and Russia to my filters. They’re looking for a blog to hijack for free advertising.
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I hope they won’y get past my own filters.
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It looks like the stuff is being routed to spam for everyone who’s commented. It’s just another odd event at a time when odd events happen daily. I’m glad I asked.
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It seems so. For all the spam filters have their moments and throw the occasional friend into their dungeons, they are pretty good…I am glad they have caught these.
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It seems as if we in the States now spend much of our time fending off unwanted intrusions from Russia’s crime syndicates. To say that I’m angry about it is an understatement.
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I don’t think there is a great deal of difference between the States and the UK in that respect, sadly.
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As I understand it, the UK is under attack as well.
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It appears so.
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The UK is taking a stand. That’s a hopeful sign.
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I’d like to think so.
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It gave me hope. The most frustrating aspect of the past two years was the sense that no one was fighting back.
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There are limits, though sometimes I wonder if they are only reached when our politicians see personal benefit…
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It certainly looks that way in the States, especially with the GOP.
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Politicians…
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Their work is essential, which is why it’s so outrageous that the U.S. House and Senate GOP refuse to do their jobs.
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Same here, sadly. I wonder though if we would ever be satisfied with what they do? They are never going to be able to take the line everyone wants and will only agree with the few.
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My personal experience is that no government is perfect, no government will ever be perfect, and that well informed voters who understand the rule of law and show up at the polls are the best check on corruption.
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I agree. Sadly, very many voters do not show…on either side of the Pond.
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The most encouraging sight is that so many ordinary people are getting informed and active. According to a recent poll one in five Americans has recently participated in a political march or rally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/04/06/feature/in-reaction-to-trump-millions-of-americans-are-joining-protests-and-getting-political/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.850c12901783
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Now that is a good thing to hear.
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It is. Let’s hope this nightmare ends soon.
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Amen to that.
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I have no idea, but I like 20 of those things show up in my spam the other day. Delete, delete, delete…… 😏
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It looks like Russian pornbots are as unwanted as Russian trump trolls.
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Evidently. They’ve stopped after that one day. Annoying as hell. 😠
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All of it is. I get ick of logging into twitter and reading with the endlessly stupid tripe spread by Putin’s Web Brigades.
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Im not on twitter, Facebook, Instagram. None of it.
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I joined twitter as a way to connect with political activists but I dropped Facebook and haven’t bothered to join Instagram.
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Yes but most are spammed now I changed the blacklist
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I did as well, they want to hijack our blogs to spread porn and lies. It’s outrageous.
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I only get a few what I call weirdos…..and if they continue, I blacklist. It takes a couple of tries, but ends up working.
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Yes…I get propagandists who want to tell me what to think and why my life experience is all wrong.
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Me, all last night, I had 72 in my spam folder, plus some that had escaped
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Yow! That’s alot.
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I considered myself very loved 😉
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LOL. They seem to adore us.
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Its either the sex bot or some story about twins, that I only seem to get the same sentence
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Twin sex bots? 🙂
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LOL who knows, I want to know the end of the story
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They all blow up never to be seen again. 🙂
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probably, they seem to be doing something
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The sexy robots have a thing for my blog too… Do you think it is an invasion?? LOL
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With Russia’s abuse of IT and social media in the news it was weird to find these Russian porn sites spamming my wordpress account. I’m glad I’m not the only one. Thanks for leaving a comment. I wonder what the little symbols mean? Am I a plus plus or a minus minus?
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I seem to have a mountain of Ruski-Sex-Bot comments yup, though fortunately I turned off all email alerts and WP seems to be catching them at the moment…
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That’s a good idea too. On another whiny note, has anyone else noticed that WordPress placed the ‘trash’ button where the ‘like’ button used to be?
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