04-28-2011, 12:14 AM
Not a bot.
Actually more insidious than a bot, a person that mass joins forums for the sole reason of social engineering whether that be for marketing or in an attempt to gain personal information used for malicious purposes.
It's not that hard to notice the patterns: New user joins forums and posts random inane posts with little content or reason in an attempt to ingratiate to the forum users. Then after a little while the posts become more personal. IE "User Meetup!" The purpose is to get personal information from the forum users.
Actually more insidious than a bot, a person that mass joins forums for the sole reason of social engineering whether that be for marketing or in an attempt to gain personal information used for malicious purposes.
It's not that hard to notice the patterns: New user joins forums and posts random inane posts with little content or reason in an attempt to ingratiate to the forum users. Then after a little while the posts become more personal. IE "User Meetup!" The purpose is to get personal information from the forum users.