In Soviet Russia...

[greatbear]

I don't get these random, Russian-language LJers that "friend" me for a period of several weeks to a few months, then take off. Some seem to be ostensibly "valid" bloggers with actual content (at least after being parsed through Babelfish into English) though a few have been filled with what looks like news feeds or something similar to make them appear to be anything but a bot. What purpose do they serve? And are the "mutual" friend-of blogs real, or just a network of bots as well? I don't get it. I get hit with them a lot. I never reciprocate.

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[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean! I've had three of those friend me in the past few months.

They always turn out to be just ads for acne cream, clothes, appliances, etc, when I check them out.. so, I ban them.

That might sound severe.. if they were actual bloggers like us, but they are just out to cash in on LJ users.