But users may not welcome a spambot suddenly weighing in on their dinner plans.

但用户也许并不喜欢突然出现的垃圾邮件打乱自己的计划。

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The volume of searches the site received tripped safety mechanisms and made the search engine think it was under attack from a spambot.

网站的访问量收到了绊倒安全机制，让人觉得这个搜索引擎在受到一个垃圾邮件程序的攻击。

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The spambot posing as me had reached over 1500 people during the two hours I spent watching my old movie.

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William Usher reminds us that EA has earned its reputation, whether or not the game publisher had a hand in the spambot affair.

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Whatever forces lurked behind the curious case of the EA spambot affair, one thing is certain: EA has a poor track record when it comes to building fan trust.

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