New kind of spam

[Meifesto]

So recently i have seen these comments more and more with every single video.
Anyone else has the same experience?
They seem to find the video within the first hour it is live, which is quite interesting on its own.

 

[HippoDrone]

I think it is a bot, I've blocked them I think now.

 

[R-Rated]

I have seen that mess before on my channel.

Makes me think of some old pervert in van offering me candy to ride with them.

 

[Meifesto]

Bot or Asia/indian channel, as sub for sub is a big big thing there.

 

[WEB]

Yeah I told these bastards to piss off the first time I saw them, haven't bothered me since - Makes me think it's an actual person behind the scenes

 

[Pooley]

Something that has not affected myself but I will keep my eyes peeled for any odd activity..

 

[Meifesto]

Yeah I told these bastards to piss off the first time I saw them, haven't bothered me since - Makes me think it's an actual person behind the scenes

I just thank them and ignore the last question.
Can't even be friends on youtube xD

 

[WEB]

I just thank them and ignore the last question.
Can't even be friends on youtube xD

They piss me off, JP puts out a video commemorating a friend of his who lost his life and the comments are "Great video! Do you want to be friends?" - Fuck right off mate (Erm the bot, not you. Heh.)

 

[Meifesto]

They piss me off, JP puts out a video commemorating a friend of his who lost his life and the comments are "Great video! Do you want to be friends?" - Fuck right off mate (Erm the bot, not you. Heh.)

Yeah, that is the wrong side indeed.
Very wrong...

 

[WheelyPerd]

Flippin bots! Guys are running dozens to thousands of these types of accounts, all watching for newly uploaded videos.

Not sure there is much we can do except report the accounts. These types of accounts are easier to detect on YT internal side.

 

[SighBored]

Same, been getting comments like those.. I'm more curious as to what they mean by "YouTube friends" though. Haha!

 

[WheelyPerd]

Same, been getting comments like those.. I'm more curious as to what they mean by "YouTube friends" though. Haha!

I suspect its a translation error and is not made by a YT creator.

Twitter has been flooded with smarter bots in the last few years, pushing political agenda's etc.

 

[Meifesto]

So....

This makes it a bit more dangerous...
I'm going through my comments at the moment to see if there are any left that i hadn't removed yet..
Better be safe than sorry.


(Thanks to spicy who shared this to me).

 

[HippoDrone]

Aye, is a pretty scary prospect!

 

[Pooley]

Holy guacamole that plot twist!!!!

Users being manipulated by the bot, that actually made me feel sick

 

[Meifesto]

Yeah, and i know we talked about these channels in a topic (couldn't find it anymore, so hence the update here ).

But that is some scary stuff if that is real. Considering some youtube accounts have been removed...

 

[WaltInPA]

So....

This makes it a bit more dangerous...
I'm going through my comments at the moment to see if there are any left that i hadn't removed yet..
Better be safe than sorry.


(Thanks to spicy who shared this to me).

I watched the video and immediately thought about some of the spam comments I've been seeing - so I clicked through to see if there was an update since the original video. There has been and it looks like the spam bot and accounts being hijacked are two separate issues.

The video below is the update - its worth noting that at roughly the 5:45 mark the video shifts topics and the remainder is about rebranding his channel.

 

[Meifesto]

I watched the video and immediately thought about some of the spam comments I've been seeing - so I clicked through to see if there was an update since the original video. There has been and it looks like the spam bot and accounts being hijacked are two separate issues.

The video below is the update - its worth noting that at roughly the 5:45 mark the video shifts topics and the remainder is about rebranding his channel.

Good update

 

[MMVNJ]

I haven't gotten either of these, but this morning I did get the sexy teens linked comment. I knew there was no way I was getting a legit comment five minutes after an upload.

 

[HippoDrone]

Aye, have been reporting those ones when they come in too