We have had several over recent weeks and months.
Be especially mindful of any that post a link or links to guitars that the user claims to have read reviews for online.
The links have generally been to Amazon but that is by the by.
These are unwanted spam posts, perhaps bot generated.
We do not want them and wil delete the posts and ban the users.
Thanks.
Its hard to tell when there was a introduction post done before
Bots can do introduction posts now ? ^^”
Oh Deborah, you must realize by now that the bots know your favorite songs, bank account balance, where you last shopped and probably what color socks you are wearing. 
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Oh Deborah, you must realize by now that the bots know your favorite songs, bank account balance, where you last shopped and probably what color socks you are wearing.
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I hope that doesn’t come as too huge a shock!
I will never trust this world again
Hi @Richard_close2u ,
I think I read one yesterday matching your description. What is the trigger to tell this was a bot?
They have gotten pretty good at being sneaky!
they usually do not interact on the forum except for asking about “ the best guitar “
I was a police officer for 25 years. My biggest burden from that is that I tend to trust nothing! As we used to say, “if your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.”
Yesterday’s post has now gone.
It was sneaky.
That ‘user’ posted an introduction topic several days before.
Tell tale clues:
A new user asking for advice about a guitar purchase with a link in the post to a selling site (the most recent were Amazon links).
Writing that they have read reviews on one or named online sites.
Using phrases that seem AI or artificial about playability etc.
Not returning to their post to respond to comments or questions. For example - yesterday I immediately asked for location and budget and nothing came back from the ‘user’.
If in doubt, raise a flag and the moderators will monitor.
Not trying to be a luddite here, but that’s one more nail in the coffin of ai, if you ask me.
Thank you @Richard_close2u for the alert.
Thanks for the heads up. I usually reply to those to direct new people to low cost, but reasonable quality gear.
If you do make a reply, keep it simple.
Ask their budget and location.
Never click the link - even if it looks harmless. There will be a reason they have posted a link for sure.
Then bow out.
If a genuine poster returns with further conversation all should be good.