So what's in it for the spammers?

[BGL]

The spam (I just cleaned some up a few minutes ago) is nonsensical gibberish. How could someone make money posting nonsense stuff on forums?

 

[Brent W]

There are a lot of idiots on the internet trying to get rich quick.

 

[Steve F]

Most of the ones on our site recently never posted but filled their profiles with links and gibberish.

 

[BGL]

There are a lot of idiots on the internet trying to get rich quick.

No. I mean it is gibberish, a meaningless word salad. Not like they are selling Ponzi schemes or Nigerian letters of credit, it is word jumbles. Who is paying them to post it?

 

[kprojects]

It could be that they're not sure how to use their new software yet.. give em time

 

[Brent W]

No. I mean it is gibberish, a meaningless word salad. Not like they are selling Ponzi schemes or Nigerian letters of credit, it is word jumbles. Who is paying them to post it?

That's why I used the term idiot