getting rid of those weird Russian LJ "friends"

[realthog]

Huge thanks to quietselkie  for this:

Follow the link below to read how to report to LJ's Abuse Team the serial frienders and spam LJs so many of us have been plagued with of late.

http://nympholept.livejournal.com/tag/russian+bots

Comments

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Done.

I too have console saved. But for some reason last night I couldn't remember this very simple thing. LJ's instructions resemble palin-like gibberish to me. Though usually I figure it out. But last night, nope.

Again, thank you.

I think this one has squirmed its slimeyness on my flist earlier as well as yesterday.

Love, C.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Yes, but by going through the console you haven't in fact gotten rid of the unwanted link: you still appear on their friends list. The only way actually to get rid of these spammers is to report them according to the instructions I gave.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

I did report!

Reporting is essential, as you say.

Now that LJ has finally recognized that these slimeists are bots of No Good Intent.

Love, C.

[nympholept.livejournal.com]

Thankyou!

I get daily google alerts for my name, and I've been to 5 other journals today responding to people saying "well I ban_set them, so I'm safe" :/

[realthog.livejournal.com]

No, thank you. You've done us all a great service!