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This looks slightly suspicious, though probably not worth raising an alarm over yet. Still, keep an eye on it.

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https://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=45725&page=0#444492

He'd like to give you a tattoo.

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I admit to some morbid curiosity of where this is going. But I won't indulge it.

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10-18-2022 at 07:15 PM
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This is obvious. But maybe before deleting it, copy it so that someone might try to see if it's some sort of code. Might be worth translating.

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I don't know what to make of this, since it actually looks to be a genuine conversation. But I can't deny that it's in the wrong place.

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Yeah, me too. The names also look AI-generated rather than realistic.

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One who has posted on general, and another likely one.

Maybe we could not let people post if their signature is that weird phrase that all the spammers seem to have. (Assuming that is even possible.)

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I assume necrobumping a 14 years old post is enough to prove someone's a spammer?

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https://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=1089&page=0#445395

Is it a spammer? A short answer would be a big yes
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One here: https://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=45831&page=0#445427

You almost have to admire the brazeness of literally copying a post directly from the thread.

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poitoy's post here strikes me as suspiciously... misinformed. As if made by a bot that picked up a few buzzwords of the forum's lingo, but doesn't know how to use them.

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Why do you say "Spammer"? I just asked a question concerning a Hold.

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Because you replied to a thread that was not about a hold by asking about a hold with the name of the thread, and not actually commenting on anything that was posted.

It's the equivalent of posting in this thread to ask where you can find the "Looks like we have another spammer" hold.
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Exactly this. Maybe he's just a newbie, but cause he used "hold" in a way that most people who read the forum, even newcomers, would never use it in, people were suspicious that he was a spambot who used the word "hold" as something to generically copy-paste without understanding.

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wait, what? "Hold" was used appropriately, in DROD context. Doesn't make any sense using any other definition. Plus, there was a contest mentioned in the initial post, it's not unreasonable to assume it might have been an architecture contest.

Also, they'd made two earlier posts which indicate that they've been playing the game (asking relevant question about a specific room), and responding appropriately to what people are telling them (reposting question in correct place), neither of which spammers tend to do.
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The thing is, the post contains no information which indicates that it was posted by someone who had read anything in the thread. It could plausibly have been generated by a bot copying an old post and replacing a quoted string with the thread title.

Yes, it could also have been made by a human who just didn't think to ask whether a hold existed before asking where to find it, and at this point I think it probably was, but its disconnect from the rest of the thread makes it seem like a possible bot post.

Edit: in fact, looking again, it's "where can I find "Name of Thread" hold"? which if made by a bot, just requires it to be able to toss the word "hold" onto the end of a sentence.

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any disagreements about this one? it could be a cat, or base64 encryption. Or a base64 encrypted cat

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Feature Request: All new accounts must solve a simple DROD room online before they are able to post.

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These look spammy.

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Sig appears to be spam.

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https://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=44248&page=0#445833

This post strikes me as being possibly AI-generated, and the avatar links to naaaaa.com which I assume is likely some kind of traffic monitoring site and probably a bad idea to actually visit.

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Both of the posts in this thread look spammy.
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