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... spambots tend to hit us in August, which means this one is about ten days early. Or there's a time warp.

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Oh joy. — Neshomeh, Thu Jul 21 18:23

I wondered if this was coming. Does this strike anybody else as reeking of a deliberate disruption? Three years with this is pretty ridiculous. Did we piss somebody off during the summer at some... more
- I don't think so? — Sedri, Thu Jul 21 19:27
  
  Annual spam attacks are a strange thing, though. Maybe... maybe, and this is a long shot, it has something to do with schools in the northern hemisphere finishing for the summer, and the... more
- Fifty-fifty and pick 'em? — gaijinguy, Thu Jul 21 19:06
  
  On one hand, both boards looks like deliberate disruption. On the other, if that's what they were going for, why limit themselves to once a year?
It starts Late July, Early August. — JulyFlame, Thu Jul 21 15:49

Tis the season. And then we should expect it to continue on and off until the end of September.
- There or here? — gaijinguy, Thu Jul 21 17:21
  
  So do we hang out on the board until it passes, or just weather it?
- - Generally we'll stick around here- — JulyFlame, Thu Jul 21 17:35
    
    -until it is completely weathered out.
- I wonder why we seem to get hit more at this time? (nm) — Fish Custard, Thu Jul 21 15:53
- - Something about... — JulyFlame, Thu Jul 21 15:58
    
    The migration patterns and breeding sites of the wild spambot, I suspect.
  - - So this happens every year? — Will-o-wisp, Thu Jul 21 16:49
      
      This could be my obsession with naming things speaking out again, but if this happens every year, it ought to have a name. :D
    - - And a biological classification! — Sedri, Thu Jul 21 19:28
        
        I'll see if Trojie can break out her spiffy knowledge of all things scientific for us. Maybe we should try to bribe it with its favourite food, then trap it in a cage to experiment on it?

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