The real facts of these "Facts" posts. The OP has started adding malicious links in the album.

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So I noticed that every day now there is a Unethical or Interesting Facts post and it's gotten to the point where you guys should know what this guy is doing and needs to be exposed.

Whois information on myweeklyfacts.com

As you see here folks, a brand spanking new website that is designed to grab some easy ad revenue from taking the unethical/fact posts from other websites and posting it there and imgur. It isn't hard to make a wordpress site and monetize it with Google.

No frontpage? Delete album, try again.

As you can see here folks, User joined in November and started his/her campaign of daily posts from the newly created "myweeklyfacts" website. If his facts post do not reach the front page, he will delete the album and repost the same post the very next day.

"Original Unethical Lifehack Fuckery"

So all of the Unethical lifehacks OP posts are just revised ones. Here is OP's reworded version with his website stamped on in: http://i.imgur.com/dCfC3qu.jpg

Referral Links to an App that will scam the shit out of you.

Seriously dude, fucking stop trying to scam people. Not only are you whoring out for ad revenue but now you are scamming people into clicking referrals for an app that acts like a virus to someone's bank account. http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.uber.com

Hit the Front Page? Initiate SEO LINKBAIT!!!

Here he is doing what a lot of imgur users are guilty of once they hit the FP, editing the album and adding more CLICK HERE FOR MOAR! In this case, it's a strategic use for generating more revenue on his unoriginal website that takes from Kickassfacts.com and unethicallifehacks.com

The clickbait endgame....

So he wants to bring you here where all the revenue comes streaming in from mastering his SEO in hopes that his reposts generate income! Brilliant marketing by going viral on Imgur and gaining profit simply from using Gimp or Photoshop to reword everything from various websites! NO SOUP FOR YOU, I USE ADBLOCK.

Fuck you for using Imgur for SEO tactics with reposts and adding malicious links.

In the end, he will probably constantly get to the front page over and over unless people start to notice what he is doing and downvote it so it doesn't hit the front page. DON'T LET PEOPLE FALL VICTIM TO HIS MONEY MAKING SCHEME.

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inspiring

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Scattmann

he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling op

12 years ago |

retrohellix

Your account looks like someone else's ghost account though. So what's the story, the other guy posted something you already did?

syrinissa

Commendable detective work

PuppyDontCare

TIL people still read and upvote facts posts

mechanimated

Here's an interesting fact: My stanky pits smell delicious and I don't know what's up with that. Animal musk, perhaps. Mmmm.

Moorglademover

I think the general rule of thumb on Imgur is, just don't click on spurious links.

BarbarianBunny

I went through and added the tag "myweeklyfacts scam" to his posts as well as downvoted.

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VolzRocksti

Just wanted to phone in from the professional seo sphere - this black hat seo tactic shit is lame and the rest of us play by the rules!

ThanksForTheFeels

I love the time and energy you put into this post.

backtobackpanicattack

Huh, hey @wordstorm,

CrazyCatLazyLady

Now it's http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

Cheers for that. Hey @grandfloridian1293,

ilikebreakfastfoodandprettybrownhairedwomen

All i learned here is that i can use imgur to mage money somehow. But i am waay to lazy.

spacerocks

User's newest username: http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

TranceMan

He's a quick one

Drachiel

Tip : add http://myweeklyfacts.com to adblock (or/and to the "block site" plugin, better to block a whole website).

SendMeOttersandCorgis

AdBlock FTW. I leave it enabled and only disable on websites that deserve my revenue, like Imgur.

IalwaysDOWNvoteSTUPID

Well shit...

abbiapocalypse

This took some serious time and effort. +1

veggielasagna

Yes - I love this! Imgur is so good a checks and balances. Every now and then we need a flushing of what is being flooded through here

Ratchetguns

We need the world to be like this.

johncandy12

checks and balances?

milkgum

this is kinda disgusting.. assholes these days.

bolson7117

So up vote or down vote I'm not sure what to do?

Kiiri

http://yourewastingyouretime.imgur.com/ That guy is seriously butthurt.

I say we never let him get away with this again.

Skelleton

I will down vote that scum to the grave!

IOnceAteASandwichAndTurnedIntoACanadian

Renamed account - http://imgur.com/user/wordstorm

erikoftheloin

http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

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12 years ago (deleted Dec 9, 2014 7:26 PM) |

InboxMeYourBeards

changed again but I don't know it

TheOneAndOnlyZeke

I...ahhh never upvote fact posts....and never click on the links. I just read them and move on. Didn't know I was doing a service. Awesome!

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gzeroea

I do the same

liveelaaughloove

If I find something interesting, I google it myself, and just read wiki for a quick explanation.

Krystal

This. If the fact is in fact a fact it'll appear in more than just did you know facts.

DarthTurducken

And I also noticed the 'hot chick' trick. At least two of the ones I've seen had Jessica Alba as the first pic

MajorAnubis

Funny, I had just thought about this not 2 days ago too, that first image was always hot chick fact to get hot chick preview to get clicks.

Sad thing is, it worked on me :(

HappyCakeDay

Shady people always trying to find a way to scam people. Good job OP for pointing this a-hole out.

CherubCow

I don't even read them anymore. I've been downvoting them on sight for weeks.

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rob0237

try not to lie to get people to like you.

hideakikarate

I think I'll start now, knowing this post.

IveSeenEnoughWeirdShitToday

I never read them to begin with, they're stupid. It's like taking the annoying stuff from Facebook and putting it here.

ghmp

I've never found them very entertaining...besides, this is an image sharing site, not a text block sharing site.

TheNamesTalcJamesTalcSpecialAntiCakedayAgent

If I want crude facts, I go to Cracked.

drfsupercenter

I dunno, I quite enjoy the tumblr text post compilations, those are quite funny

sipeycup

yes people NEVER click on links unless you are sure about where they go. easiest way to fuck your computer and possibly more.

ComptrollerGeneral

There are TENS of us...TENS!

imnotthedoctor

They're all stolen from /r/todayilearned anyway, and whenever you say so you get downvoted to hell

MrPredator

Yup. I'll read the posts, but I never click on the links. I've started using the source code viewer + google search on links.

dorenavant

Agreed. And if I'm more interested in a fact, I tend to google it separately or look it up on Wikipedia. :)

canadianbunnyeh

I don't even read them. They are rather boring.

TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube

Now downvote them.

omnipie

I try to keep them in usersub but there are not enough people down voting bad stuff.

Thephedora

Same here. I also have trouble believein they are real facts without source material. If it's true cool if not cool.

Icantbebothered

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBcqraQ3uWY&list=UUPcFg7aBbaVzXoIKSNqwaww It's called "Boobs in the Thumbnail"

brownsugarbk

i do this too, sweet (high five)

Maaaaaaate

I never saw the point of actually going to that site. I always figured "great, all the info is here in the picture, I can just move on now".

CoolSnackChris

As much of a prat this guy is, I can't help but be somewhat impressed by his efforts. An impressive prat.

IbAng4Change

It's pretty goddamn impressive

I admire the viral marketing skills he has as well but he fucked up when he started pushing more than his website down our throats.

Agreed. there is no call for advertising malware, that's beyond okay. I shall send him a message saying "NO". Well done detective

ZombieEinstein

Unless I'm mistaken, him linking to the Uber app is not *too* bad. It is a legitimate On-demand car service. Very popular in Boston.

That said, I don't care for him hocking it. The only people it can help are those in cities with Uber service, and they know of it already.

But it's not a "virus" on your bank account. They offer a real product, and you can use Google Wallet as a middleman if concerned about it.

notbakachan

People actually go to the websites? I'm already ON imgur and reading the images they posted HERE. Fuck 'em. I'm too lazy to fall for it.

Candymostdandy

I have noticed that sometimes the same album is posted two days in a row and when I pointed it out I gots the downvoties, yes I did.

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AlShockley

An upvote for your troubles. Instant karmic reversal.

LemonFanta

Sorry precious.

atownmanx

I shall never forget the limerick game you started. Made my day. Candymostdandy is my hero

piklikl

aww poor poooor baby, I gives you the upvotsies to make you feel better.

soywhiterussians

lol at downvoties +1

KaedeArasuji

Irrelevant: my posts get down voted all the time... I think it just plain sucks -I'm ready to be down voted >.<-

stillcleaning

Like a dreaded disease "I gots the downvotes"

Andrea527

I'll go up vote you every where to compensate for this. Today I got down voted so much for asking a question, I removed it it made me sad :(

wherearetheavos

What was the question? :)

shwibbityshwat

People who downvote others that are simply asking questions to learn about something are SCUM.

I get downvoties for asking questions as well, but I don't stop asking questions because how else are you supposed to learn? How?

RenoXIII

TIL to read the negative comment section because sometimes good information gets buried by the idiot shovel.

georgiaonmamind

you just asked a question!!! downvotes 4ever!!!! yeah i don't get it either. i've learned alot on this site by asking questions!

I got the answer, so I deleted it.. I just went and up voted the shit out of you, -- like if you needed it!!-- good job there!!!

Thanks, I have lots of points because I say inappropriate things that people seem to enjoy.

ThenIDefyYouStars

I feel like most of us aren't clicking his links, but maybe that's just me projecting my laziness upon the rest of imgur.

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Dumbstatz

I clicked one once :(

neliz

you are 100% correct, still, fuck that guy.

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missmaryMACKMACKMACK

TIL because i was duped. thanks.

qwicksilfer

Nope, I'm equally as lazy. As a public service, of course.

o11c

"most" is not enough. Do you realize how many people are on imgur?

IIRC such schemes are successful even at a rate of 1 / 100,000

maybeaforestheartambassador

think about how lazi we are, that we don't even click the links xD

Meck

i came to a point where i was even too lazy to read those posts... just too much text :D

embernator

Same thing. As soon as I see it I'm on to the next image

HelpfulCorn

You da real MVP

Just doing this as public service to prevent some of those who aren't registered imgurians that could fall victim.

magesinger

Appreciate it.

Polismack

Damn good job on the delivery of information. I think it's a safe bet to just downvote any "Interesting Facts" post I see.

Thanks.

agonarch

Whats the username of this person? I don't see it anywhere (did I miss it?)

http://imgur.com/user/tomatopotatoes (I updated it and posted as a comment) For some reason imgur wouldnt allow me to put it in the album.

UsePNGnotJPEG

New one is http://imgur.com/user/wordstorm

MlCHAEL

I almost never click links that take me away from imgur. Mostly since I'm lazy.

Forgot to post the user: http://imgur.com/user/tomatopotatoes

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CaptainFlint1

A lot of people find his posts interesting so why should we be annoyed about what hes doing?

Conradian

A lot of people like that government gives them benefits so why should we be annoyed about the invasion of privacy? OWTTE

Rockageddon

You fight the good fight, and now is the time to stand. But the people wont unite, and all will turn to shadows and dust. adds everywhere

And silver glass, yea, all will turn to silver glass too.

ihavealteredmyusernameagainprayidontalteritanyfurther

You realize he'll just create a new user account and adjust his tactics now...

nevermind he already has.

subbacultcha

sadly that is, criminals always one step ahead of us :(

CatWithHands

So..He's using an unethical life hack to make money by using unethical life hacks as his posts?

NotSoSmartAlek

as well as other unethical things.

HailSatinDarkClothMaster

That asstwat has sent me links to that site before. Didn't realize he was the original nutbag

YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance

Probably will also try to sell the website later based on the fact it got thousands of "visits"

trekedmyself

oh man, look at him go, by my estimation he's changed his username three times now.

voidf1sh

At least. it was tomato potato then wordstorm then grandfloridian1293

zenule

this is so much fun!

New Name http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

swaggerzord

Oh the irony

BootsNCatsNBootsNCatsN

bbbbut where'd they go? is it a gggggggghost!? Zoinks!

doihearanamen

Nov 24th: http://imgur.com/user/yourewastingyouretime

antiparticle

Good job OP

vinylstorm

Can I just say +1,000,000 for your user name. Loved the s/t album since highschool and cannot wait for the new one coming out soon.

Crosses,Deftones,Palms project, Team Sleep..I fucking love Chino.

Yes! Deftones is a huge inspiration for my music and the Crosses LP has been on repeat as of late. Monica. ♥

RicanHavoc

I'm fucking turned on by how ingenious my fellow imgurians have evidenced this fool.

SashaTheGray

We should start downvoting his images too

ZoranKnight

I was just about to say that too. I did, but I think it would be really cool if we took a front page post to negative points

Vercci

it's happened before. There was the guy who was glorious and insulted people for having cancer. Backlash lead to his account deletion.

His name was completely removed. Either he deleted or Imgur deleted?

silphco

Fuck this guy

Americanjedi2099

He is now the user wordstorm.

MinecraftingVW

Changed his name again: http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

Changed again, not sure what it is now.

TheSleepEffect

( ﾟДﾟ) My name is relevant to yours. I have found you brother

TJmuthafuckinDetweilers

ahhh custard. Zoinked.

KyokiPotato

Guy's givin' potatoes a bad name...

Also, some other guy named tomtato does these as well. The similarity of the names suggests they are related.

jsd3306

Or that tomatopotato was chosen to sound like tomtato. So far his don't seem to be clickbait

LtShed

Also all of the facts are normally like 2days old from r/TIL

RELOAD THE PITCHFORKS! RELEASE THE TORCHES!

IconicNebula

Ive noticed he has had multiple, similar accounts. "tomtatoes" "tomatopotatoes" and others

Clouder

If you're talking about tomtato, that user gives non-clickbait sources instead, so it's not the same person.

No, theres a tomtatoes also.

11 years ago |

He deleted the account.

otherhalfofclyde

Thanks for doing this, OP! :)

http://yourewastingyouretime.imgur.com/ His newest one.

MellowButDramatic

and he's moved again.

Justice mother-fucking served...again. Hot damn you guys are fast.

Renamed account - http://imgur.com/user/wordstorm/

AJILIVIZION

Good work, folks! Stay vigilant!

ninmonkey

note: downvotes don't do much. You have to click 'report'.

nuclearwaffle121

rerenamed http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

12 years ago (deleted Nov 25, 2014 8:09 AM) |

This account doesn't have the same posts as the previous one, it's either an alt account or someone unrelated.

MLGsandwichmaker

deleted or rererenamed

12 years ago (deleted Dec 9, 2014 7:27 PM) |

umuziki

Renamed again, don't know what it is now.

bwk2421

Maybe I'm just dense, but what's so wrong here? Millions of websites try to drive traffic to themselves to increase ad revenue.

ZedaZ80

Because it is imgur and unethical for this site.

As well, it apparently used virus-like software to infect people's devices

They've deleted their account! Now go support an honest daily fact person like @tomtato!

Seems legit.

spoodermon

plot twist: Tomato is his 2nd acc :o

khaleesimarie

That profile has been deleted

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biotiq

he's on the run! :D stubborn bastard though... but its over, he's exposed now. Everyone here just needs to keep calling him out on posts! :)

shrivelledjohnson

http://imgur.com/user/wordstorm

? that's nothing either lol

gudemonster

Cut so fast not even his momma had time to say goodbye

see other comment - just changed name

Changed name is no more

It's here now http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

Wow, he must have changed his name pretty fast or Imgur team got on it.

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12 years ago (deleted Nov 25, 2014 12:07 AM) |

It's not about the reposts, it's about the referral links to what he is selling and advertising his site for monetary gain.

12 years ago (deleted Nov 25, 2014 12:03 AM) |

MyPalmsSpaghettiKneesWeakArmsSpaghettiTheresVomitOnMySpaghetti

Guys, if you discover his new username, don't freaking tag him. That alerts him and makes him change it. Simply type it without the "@"

hezor

YOU'RE TIME? Jesus, that is a monster that has to be stopped. Also dead link.

12 years ago (deleted Oct 21, 2024 11:44 PM) |

cxrinx

Someone is getting a visit from the downvote fairy tonight.

LaBanana

Yup, he changed his name as you predicted. New username is 'wordstorm'.

Idk why he keeps making new profiles. Imgurians will find him.

Just changed again, its http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293 now

MOTHERFUCKINGODIN

Not anymore.

ButIBuildAThousandBridges

He's changed it twice since I started down voting all his photos (my poor fingers). Nom du jour- foridasomething.

Username does not exist anymore

Fyba

yup, he cut ties and started over with a new account surely

noahsghost

This new wordstorm profile was getting downvoted and looks like it's gone also.

Changed name again. elfoe above got it: http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

AdorableEvil

New username http://imgur.com/user/lasvegasbaby124

MOTHERFUCKINGALLAH

New name http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

Beepity

Heh. They are now http://yourewastingyouretime.imgur.com/

RodolfoBelehGarciaHerrera

IMGURITES! ATTACK!

ZukoTheFeebleTurtleDuck

Aaannnddd now he's http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

TheRicM

Lol

Good work. FUCK YEAH TEAM EFFORT! Now we just need Imgur to make a system to prevent referal/phishing links.

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freebird627

Upvote for awareness!!

Changed to: http://imgur.com/user/yourewastingyouretime

getthismanabeer

augh and he has horrid grammar

IcameHeretoChewBubblegumAndGiveDownvotesAndImAllOutofBubblegum

What he's done is super simple. There are a lot more that pass through that are a lot more creative and make big $. You only hurt an amatuer

Seems like the "posted by" is gone now but the album is still there. Weird...

verisimilitude

Imgur cares about malvertising about as much as Facebook cares about sockpuppet accounts.

Welcome. Great job on this post, seriously. I didn't even catch that, agreed, needs a system to stop these types of things. +1 and many more

NEW USERNAME: http://imgur.com/user/grandfloridian1293

NinjaAndyIsNaked

This one is deleted as well

no comments and no images.. they ded.

ImNachoGuy

@sarah i guess...

Nize426

"I mark these as spam over and over, but I can't help if they keep getting upvoted to the front page :(" -sarah from a diff comment

oh... dayum

WilhelmvonSchlapphand

@sarah we actually have concern that isn't a loading gif, we promise!

apparently if you say @ sarah you get a lot of points :P

actualbeauquet

yea help.. pls @sarah

sparklypinkplatypus

Post deleted.

I checked and it's giving an error.

Word up

This has been deleted.

Now it's grandfloridian1293

Don't forget to downvote the posts, too!

That doesn't work anymore, it's someone else.

marcusucram

let the downvoting shitstorm begin?

Downvote the sucker to death!

12 years ago (deleted Nov 30, 2014 10:30 AM) |

thatsnotaknifethisisaknife

nice

JakePeralta

Used it to upvote all your posts:)

Looks like he deleted all those shitty links, but whatever floats your boat haha

SlothKingdom

press f12 and paste $('[title=dislike]').not('.pushed').click(); to downvote everything on a page

Urmomfails

or you could do f12 and paste $('[title=like]').not('.pushed').click(); to upvote everything

furcas00

abyzou

now it's http://imgur.com/user/yourewastingyouretime

Achordis

He used the wrong your

bigbosstussball

Target acquired.

dowahdiddydiddydumdiddydo

"You are wasting. You are time." Deep...

malosaires

It's gone again. He's a wriggly little bastard.

NoiceSmart

I know! I'm impressed with his ability to keep up.

SystemPeanut

You da real MVP.

Thx. As a person with a tad bit of SEO background, this sort of thing really ticks me off

This should tick everyone off. This guy's using imgur for money and scamming.

Same with me.

Yes, and also imgur has really been a haven for me this past year and I really like this community, I hate to see abuses like that