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Old 05-14-2008, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ZUB View Post
If someone is interested in answering my question, please, Google any of the usernames listed below

Zonzywza
ZerftgHyff
Yaqvdqsc
Xcfndoap
Amjnxwop

These usernames (and many others) are registered on 100's and 100's of forums (of numerous languages), all the registrations were actioned within a relatively short space of time, the member makes no posts, and does not revisit the forums again.
Those are automated registrations... those are bots... those are not humans who are viewing the page and then enter a random username by flicking their keyboards randomly... these are bots... there are not humans... these are programmed scripts that do a specific function.... these are not humans... these are bots...

p.s. these are not humans...

My apologies if I had to bludgeon you with the obvious Why are they the same? Coz they're using the same bot script - which obviously would generate the same "random" usernames ... if not, law of averages take over...

Why are they doing it? You mean, other than to spam the forum and generate hits? You got me there...

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Originally Posted by ZUB View Post
If anyone who reads this can succinctly answer my question as to why this happens, I would hugely appreciate it..
Are you looking for the correct explanation, or are you looking for an explanation that you can accept? Coz those are two different things... let us know what answer you want, and maybe one of us can humor you...

And by the way:
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Originally Posted by nexialys View Post
these are automated bots... these usernames are not from humans...

why is this so complicated to understand?
What I quoted is the correct answer... if it's not the answer you want, then stick around some more and someone just might come up with a conspiracy theory more to your liking

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