New Type of Spamming?

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  gardenfreshtomatoes · Member · Aug 22, 2011 at 2:13 pm

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  This morning I’ve got a lot more ‘likes’ than normal, on posts that aren’t showing up in the stats as having been read. Is this something to worry about? The ‘like-ers’ all seem to be from Germany or the Czech Republic, and only link is to a gravatar image…

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Aug 22, 2011 at 2:26 pm

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  Yes, it probably is a spammer or several:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-likes?replies=3
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spam-through-the-like-button?replies=12

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  gardenfreshtomatoes · Member · Aug 22, 2011 at 2:32 pm

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  Thanks, Tess. I just didn’t look in the right place for the answers!

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  justjennifer · Member · Aug 22, 2011 at 3:38 pm

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  Thanks for the reminder, 1tess! I’d forgotten about that previous thread. :)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Aug 22, 2011 at 5:46 pm

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  I forgot about it as well until the question came up again. I’ve had a couple of “likes” on my work blog that are ridiculous: an announcement that our phones were not working. Who likes that, I ask you?