- A
cancelbot is an
automated or semi-automated
process for
sending out third-party
cancel messages over Usenet,
commonly as a
stopgap measure to combat...
- (1993) Meow Wars (1996–1998)
Terminology Backbone cabal Breidbart Index Cancelbot Cleanfeed Crossposting Flaming Godwin's law
Kibology Kill file Otherkin...
- (1993) Meow Wars (1996–1998)
Terminology Backbone cabal Breidbart Index Cancelbot Cleanfeed Crossposting Flaming Godwin's law
Kibology Kill file Otherkin...
- (1993) Meow Wars (1996–1998)
Terminology Backbone cabal Breidbart Index Cancelbot Cleanfeed Crossposting Flaming Godwin's law
Kibology Kill file Otherkin...
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newsgroups in June 1994. This time, Arnt
Gulbrandsen put
together a
software "
cancelbot" to
trawl Usenet and kill
their messages within minutes.
Canter claimed...
- 1995,
large numbers of
rogue cancels were
posted to the
newsgroup by a
cancelbot dubbed "Cancelbunny",
mainly against critical articles containing portions...
-
Google would turn a
blind eye to spam in its
archive of
Usenet News.
Cancelbot Meow Wars
Sporgery Cleanfeed (Usenet spam filter) Templeton, Brad. "Origin...
- bot is
notable as one of the
first escalations in the spam arms race.
Cancelbot, a
process that
sends out
cancel messages Ohm, Paul K Skirvin, Tim Ohm...
-
volunteer anti-spam
efforts on
Usenet and
operated many bots,
including cancelbots, as part of
these efforts.
Journalists Wendy M.
Grossman and
Andrew Leonard...
- used.
Additional hierarchy specific rules (see
Breidbart Index)
allow cancelbots to send third-party
cancels to
remove spam.
Example Control: cancel...
