I'm going to keep calling out companies that offer to pay me to repost stuff on my site. Especially the AI-backed ones, which seem unusually aggressive in this PR tactic. Who knows, maybe they'll stop sending them to me at least (not holding my breath).

@briankrebs At least they're in the right subject for your site.  I used to keep getting these "we sell pipes" or "office supplies" or some other junk messages, when I was running a music review site.

But, geez, that is quite low for your audience and engagement level.

@unattributed @briankrebs I just had two “electricity cost refund” salesmen before my door.

Now, after I shut the door on these two Jehovah witness look alike, I was rather not surprised that neither news sites nor the city's website, or anybody else knows anything about current “electricity cost refunds”.