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"Don’t want the so-called Like Spam? Choose the right tags"
I made a test in my other tumblr. Using less common tags will reduce (if not, eliminate), the “like spam”. I guess those people built bots that scans for content tagged like watch, iphone, etc…
Maybe leaving is a bit too harsh, but there are some more points about it. In the meanwhile, I am just blocking and reporting Just a heads up to anyone who’s following me here on Tumblr. I may be ditching my Tumblr account as a result of the massive, massive amount of “like” spam that I’m receiving here. We have no tools to counter the problem, and I’ve been reading complaints about the issue that dates back several…
I have some weird tumblr accounts doing “like” to a lot of my post (not this tumblr, another one)
At the beginning I was happy, after a while I started to have some doubts.
Basically, all these accounts have weird names such as genyvynaga.tumblr.com or other strange names.
All these accounts use the same theme and have two sets of Google Adsense unit (nothing wrong on having adsense… but please keep reading) and the tumblr blog title is always “Welcome to my home”.
My guess: this is just a stupid seo plan from the same guy. Doing a like means getting a link to his/her tumblr. However, for which keywords is s/he trying to rank, I don’t know.
Sometimes, a tumblr account does a straigh redirect to another website… so…
This is just my guess… but I might be well wrong. If so, please let me know.
As I am working on a new editorial product here on Tumblr, I am a bit annoyed of getting feedback from fake users but, at the end, the real damage is not so big.
