[kwlug-disc] OT: wordpress.com email follower spam

[Paul Nijjar]

I help administrate a blog on wordpress.com . Over the past few weeks
I have been seeing a lot of follows by (very likely bogus) outlook.com
addresses: 

"sautermssonyad at outlook.com just followed (blog name)"

Since these are probably spammers I should not take this cavalierly.
But I am not sure I understand the business model here. What can
spammers do once they have followed a blog? Following a blog does not
influence their ability (or not) to leave comments.

- Paul


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