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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #60 on: June 04, 2025, 11:30:26 AM »

Page Three!
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« Reply #61 on: June 04, 2025, 11:59:19 AM »

Good afternoon!
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #62 on: June 04, 2025, 11:59:31 AM »

Wordle:  4/6
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #63 on: June 04, 2025, 12:30:37 PM »

Beautiful production, BK!   

And thank you for making the link possible.
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #64 on: June 04, 2025, 12:56:58 PM »

I sent PM to BK for the DL (Drat! link)
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #65 on: June 04, 2025, 12:58:02 PM »

I’d wager most of those views and visitors are indeed bots.
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #66 on: June 04, 2025, 01:02:22 PM »

Those numbers make no sense. To give you an example, we recently did a readers survey. We got very little response, which is normal, then one day the responses shot up. These responses involved answering questions on a survey. We were all debating what could have caused this. Maybe it was an Amazon gift card we offered. This and that. Boss, who is tech savvy, investigated: all bots.
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #67 on: June 04, 2025, 01:21:47 PM »

But why bots? What IS the point?
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« Reply #68 on: June 04, 2025, 01:38:13 PM »

This site is a well-maintained and mostly closed affair. But a lot are not. Bots are programmed to go to sites like this, and gather information. They can’t post here, they’d be easily identified if they tried to spam here, so we get a conflagration of them that aren’t really able to do anything, but if someone was to post useful personal info (and not our usual quips, discussions and merriment) they could perhaps do something with that. I think HHW is a bit of a dead end for them, knock on wood.
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« Reply #69 on: June 04, 2025, 01:38:25 PM »

Made it to Oakland. For the first time ever, I think, the gate I arrived at is the gate I leave from.
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« Reply #70 on: June 04, 2025, 01:38:43 PM »

Got the link. Will watch later hopefully.
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #71 on: June 04, 2025, 01:39:52 PM »

I don’t know from bots. But Botticelli …!
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #72 on: June 04, 2025, 01:40:25 PM »

But why bots? What IS the point?

Probably all out just phishing for phinancial inphormation. ;)
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« Reply #73 on: June 04, 2025, 01:40:59 PM »

This site is a well-maintained and mostly closed affair. But a lot are not. Bots are programmed to go to sites like this, and gather information. They can’t post here, they’d be easily identified if they tried to spam here, so we get a conflagration of them that aren’t really able to do anything, but if someone was to post useful personal info (and not our usual quips, discussions and merriment) they could perhaps do something with that. I think HHW is a bit of a dead end for them, knock on wood.

What he said. :)
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #74 on: June 04, 2025, 01:44:42 PM »

Made it to Oakland. For the first time ever, I think, the gate I arrived at is the gate I leave from.

Where's your destination, John G?
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #75 on: June 04, 2025, 01:55:11 PM »

Maui
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #76 on: June 04, 2025, 01:59:04 PM »

Maui

Sounds great!  Sending more travel vibes!
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #77 on: June 04, 2025, 02:21:52 PM »

And I'm on my way out to see Waitress. It's no Maui, but what can you do.
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #78 on: June 04, 2025, 02:35:03 PM »

Wordle 1,446 6/6

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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #79 on: June 04, 2025, 02:35:26 PM »

Need to get ready for the airport.

Safe travels!
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #80 on: June 04, 2025, 02:35:46 PM »

More health vibes for Jrand!

DITTO!
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #81 on: June 04, 2025, 02:36:26 PM »

We got a little bit of rain this morning. Very strange. We'll take it, though!

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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #82 on: June 04, 2025, 02:36:56 PM »

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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #83 on: June 04, 2025, 02:38:17 PM »

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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #84 on: June 04, 2025, 02:39:36 PM »

Made it to Oakland. For the first time ever, I think, the gate I arrived at is the gate I leave from.

If your departure gate doesn't change ;)
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #85 on: June 04, 2025, 02:40:04 PM »

Maui

Lovely.  Have a perfect vacation.
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #86 on: June 04, 2025, 02:40:27 PM »

And some pineapple upside down cake for me.
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« Reply #87 on: June 04, 2025, 02:47:51 PM »

Wordle 1,446 6/6

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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #88 on: June 04, 2025, 02:55:47 PM »

If bots, yeah, there's no real information they can get here - they can't see profiles, only posts and they can't respond without my approving them - we do get bots trying to join, but I never approve them. We're pretty safe here, although I have asked our host to make the site secure, just to have that extra protection.
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Re: SUBSTACK EXPLAINED
« Reply #89 on: June 04, 2025, 02:56:11 PM »

I brought home food from Popeye's and it was NOT a good batch, I'm afraid.
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