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Things Which Will Make Me Think Your Account Is Spam
I’m not naive enough to think that I never follow spammers — it’s sadly inevitable.
But if something’s screaming ‘SPAM!’ at me, I’m not going to follow back.
So here’s a few things that make me think you might be a Medium spammer:
- Your titles are in SHOUTY CAPS — just… don’t.
- Your bio doesn’t match your content — you’re telling me you write fiction, but your stories are weight loss and politics. Or you claim to be a young woman… with stories about your experiences as a grandfather.
- Common spam themes — weight loss, bitcoin, fitness, streaming services, promises of young singles who can’t wait to meet me (sadly untrue)…
- Clearly scraped content — some things are not your writing. I’ve seen scraped Amazon product reviews, and that’s just lazy.
- Garbled nonsense — even the fangirlingest of fangirls won’t write kfngrohugtiwrbvl for every word. C’mon!
- You’re Justin Bieber — I’m sorry, Justin, I never followed you back. 😘
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June short form pieces: 26/30
