Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
In this case, it didn't seem to be a link.
However, I've noticed a bunch of other suspicious posts by some brand new members that seem to quote without attribution a line or so from another post above them in the thread and then show evidence that the post was edited by its author. I wonder whether the original post contained a link or picture which they then removed themselves. Maybe I'm naive here, but it's hard to see any motivation for doing this unless it's some bot trying to build a post count.
It is likely the same one I described in post #46:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/23748117-post46.html
At the end of the post is a 1x1 pixel image. Due to my proxy it always pops up as a broken img link, but otherwise you would not spot it. If you press the 'Quote' button on their post you will see it.
They always post 6 times (unless they're stopped), so they're not just building post count. The first post is edited to
add the [-IMG] tags with the image URL. I would guess perhaps FT (or one of the other boards they also spam) does not allow posting images in their first post.
Perhaps if possible FT should not allow new users to post an image for 24 hours from joining.
I don't know what their motive is either.
EDIT: They're back again with the same link.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/members/bsqnellsxde.html