Competitors targeting newbies with spam.

[GlennBeforeTime]

During the course of my hosting career, many times I have found that other hosts or competitors target my site and other sites with obscene spamming and hide behind a proxy. In most cases I find them out and generally write down the offender for future reference.

What are your thoughts on competitors targeting other websites (Especially new sites) by the use of auto posters? Have you been targeted and what did you do about it?

[Dan]

If I knew who they were I would use one of those programs that auto generate posts on forums and attack their one with the same obscene, rude and child pornographic materials they used. See how they feckin like it.

[HostLatch]

If I knew who they were I would use one of those programs that auto generate posts on forums and attack their one with the same obscene, rude and child pornographic materials they used. See how they feckin like it.

Haha, yup, they should not be doing that, very unfair.

[engineerroy2008]

Glenn;1056586']
What are your thoughts on competitors targeting other websites (Especially new sites) by the use of auto posters? Have you been targeted and what did you do about it?

Yes it happens with many new companies, competitors trying their best to keep them in trouble, it is totally unprofessional. Also competitors are adopting lot of techniques to stop newbies posting in many forums with all best possible ways.

This will be done only by few not all, a healthy competition is required in the field also this hosting industry is highly saturated.

[stonerocket]

Its annoying I know, Unfortunetly theres not much you can do about it.

[Tracker]

If I knew who they were I would use one of those programs that auto generate posts on forums and attack their one with the same obscene, rude and child pornographic materials they used. See how they feckin like it.

See but that just makes you as bad as them ;)

[Dan]

See but that just makes you as bad as them ;)

Maybe so. But it also lets them see from the receiver's point of view, just how childish and vulgar they are. ;)

[Richard]

Maybe so. But it also lets them see from the receiver's point of view, just how childish and vulgar they are. ;)

But at the same time, it proves how childish and vulgar you are too.

I would just ignore it. Ask them to stop, email them proof.

[[JSH]John]

Or if you had enough proof, contact their upstream provider.

[TSO]

John;1056875']Or if you had enough proof, contact their upstream provider.

That is definitely the thing to do. Stop it at the source! :)

[ganesh.rao]

Glenn;1056586']During the course of my hosting career, many times I have found that other hosts or competitors target my site and other sites with obscene spamming and hide behind a proxy. In most cases I find them out and generally write down the offender for future reference.

What are your thoughts on competitors targeting other websites (Especially new sites) by the use of auto posters? Have you been targeted and what did you do about it?
WTF? I've never experienced such a thing. Granted I don't have a forum/blog community for my business, still.

I have no competitors?

[Richard]

WTF? I've never experienced such a thing. Granted I don't have a forum/blog community for my business, still.

I have no competitors?

Or no one sees you as a threat ;) I remember the good old days when you ripped website designs from other webhosts. But still you have come far, but still have far to go.

[Dan]

But at the same time, it proves how childish and vulgar you are too.

I would just ignore it. Ask them to stop, email them proof.

That's true. I guess most people like that get more pissed off when they are ignored. It hurts. :D

[Hosting4You]

How did you go about finding out who exactly did it if they where behind a proxy? It is a shame that other hosting companys have to go down to this level of spam also.

[GlennBeforeTime]

That's true. I guess most people like that get more pissed off when they are ignored. It hurts. :D
Never really noticed it. When I get ignored I just get worse lol.


How did you go about finding out who exactly did it if they where behind a proxy? It is a shame that other hosting companys have to go down to this level of spam also.

You can contact the proxy provider with time, date and whatever other details you can provide and they can send you the IP of the user for you to chase up. I've done it quite a few times and had some people's internet terminated.

[Dan]

Yeah I've done that in the past. Most proxy providers are not too keen on people who use their services to abuse other services.

At the end of the day, the spammers just show how childish and idiotic they are and how much of a boring life they live.

[Richard]

That's true. I guess most people like that get more pissed off when they are ignored. It hurts. :D

Exactly.

Whats fighting back going to prove? Just how much its pissing you off ;) Chances are, fighting back will just make them carry on at a greater level than before.

Ignore, correct & forget. Thats the best method.

[stonerocket]

Ignore, correct & forget. Thats the best method.

Yup, I totally agree! I find its mostly usually the newer providers who do the negative spamming trying to get a leg up in the market, the longer their services have been running they tend to grow out of it.