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Sentient Spambots vs. Journalism

Posted on 2013.01.11 by Alan

As a blog owner, I get a lot of spam. Of course my automatic filters weed out the usual ads for anatomical enlargement, financial offers from alleged Nigerian clergy, and suggestions to earn advanced degrees from diploma mills, but in … Continue reading →

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Thanks for Noticing

Posted on 2012.08.01 by Alan

From the inbox: Your site looks great, but I noticed that you’ve only had three blog posts since Thursday, June 21. I’m sure you are just too busy to write blog posts every week! Luckily now you don’t have to! … Continue reading →

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Apparently a new generation of spambots is targeting blog comment forms, with emails that start “I found the information on your blog insightful…” If you’re an actual person who wants to get in touch with me, please don’t use that … Continue reading →

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From the Inbox: Journal Spam

Posted on 2010.09.15 by Alan

Dear Colleague, The Journal of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research (JCBBR) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published monthly by Academic Journals (www.academicjournals.org/JCBBR). JCBBR is dedicated to increasing the depth of research across all areas of this subject. Translation: we’re launching … Continue reading →

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From The Inbox

Posted on 2010.08.27 by Alan

Greetings, I read your publication on Nature and was very impressed! Assay Biotechnology would like to extend an exclusive antibody promotion for your lab. You can try any 5 (20ug each) of our 5000 antibodies (with the LARGEST selection of … Continue reading →

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