-How are you?
-Im good thanks, you?
-Im fine, thank you
etc.
-What did you do last weekend?
-Oh I went to the cinema
-Really? What did you see?
etc.
or pay them a compliment;
-I love your shirt, where did you get it?
-Thanks I got it on holiday in Thailand
-Thailand?! I've always wanted to go there.
-It's great really, you should come next time
Notice something interesting about them and mention it in a friendly way. Ask a question.
"Hey, that's a nice blog you have there, I like the picture of people standing in front of a police car. Why did you use that one?
Tito,
It's easy - just follow these instructions:
http://forum.freekeene.com/index.php?topic=1127.0
Until you do, your account will be restricted. Welcome to the forum!
That kinda seems like an autobot post. It's like it looked at the subject line and then grabbed something that came up from a Wikipedia search of that subject or something.
It hails from an Indian .in TLD.
Do you think it is trying to promote Thailand tourism? Strange for a bot to post without including a link.
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Strange for a bot to post without including a link.
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Yeah, I was wondering about that too.
That's how they get you. They fly under your radar, make some small talk, and then, just when you think you're making some real human connection…surprise, you've been botted!