IM spam...

[author_by_night]

Lately, I've been getting AIM spam at least two times per IM session. I'm not quite sure what to do; do I change my SN? I know one way is to simply ignore the IM's, but the problem is that sometimes the names are like "Sara468", and as I know about ten Sara's, I figure someone got AIM or changed their SN. Or it'll be so distinct that I'll think it could be a spammer, but won't know for sure - after all, there have been two instances where I nearly ignored someone, assuming it was a spammer, and it ended up being a friend who simply chose a SN like "lovergirl54" without realizing that anyone they IMed would think they were a pornsite spammer.

Comments

[partly-bouncy.livejournal.com]

I tend to just read those messages and block... because you can't even chat with them. It was worse when I had AOL. I'd get 10, 15 of those a day.

[farting-nora.livejournal.com]

I've never gotten one of those. I guess just block them. If it keeps up and it really bugs you, just change your screenname.

[mbs-bookworm.livejournal.com]

Start asking people who you might be interested in chatting with, or who might be interested in chatting with you, to give you their SNs, and ignore most of the rest.

[jan-aq.livejournal.com]

why don't you just read the msgs and either ignore or block? When they don't get a response they usually go away...

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

I've been doing that, it hasn't worked well.

[auvergne.livejournal.com]

How did you know my screenname was lovergirl? Like, omg, that's me!

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Are you serious or joking?

[auvergne.livejournal.com]

joking

[auvergne.livejournal.com]

Are YOU serious? Isn't it somewhat obvious that I don't call myself lovergirl?

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Yeah, somewhat obvious. ;)