To 13 million people and counting, Pinterest is just a hot new social network for image sharing. But to spammers, the still-new site is an easy mark for exploitation—and easy money. But this program could change things, making bot accounts trickier to detect.

Spamming Pinterest for $$$ | The Daily Dot

This program games each part of the Pinterest process. Next, it automatically schedules pins and follows others by the seconds.

Wiithin minutes, a bot account could have thousands of pins and followers. A user named JackSparrow has developed a simple six-line script that bypasses the number of users one Pinterest profile can follow in a day.

Blogger Josh Davis , who tipped off the Daily Dot to these forum posts, said he warned Pinterest cofounder Ben Silbermann last month about the vulnerabilities these spammers are exploiting.

No matter how Pinterest chooses to combat spam, its abundant traffic will continue to make it a tantalizing target.

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When we reached out to Pinterest for a comment, a spokesperson told us that dealing with bots is a top priority:. However, it is a tremendous priority for us to address them quickly.

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Our engineers actively work to manage issues as they arise and are revisiting the nature of public feeds on the site to make it harder for fake or harmful content to get into them. Users from socially conservative countries are furious they can't use the rainbow reaction.

You may just see pretty pictures, but spammers see an easy mark. When we reached out to Pinterest for a comment, a spokesperson told us that dealing with bots is a top priority: Black Hat World Bots Botters Gimme4free Pinterest Spammers Botting.

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