Happy 10th birthday Stack Overflow!
In the past ten years Stack Overflow has grown from zero to a huge site, and it's currently the largest website for programming discussions.
Meanwhile, as Stack Overflow grows larger and larger, it has attracted more and more spam :) From initially those random links to random websites, Stack Overflow has collected a variety of spam. There are relevent spam like "Java training in $city" and affiliated blogs, or "Apple Customer Support Numbers" and "HP Printer Support Numbers"; there are blatant drug spam like (fake) weight loss pills and skin care serums; there are also amusing spam like priests, spell casters and even witches for "your lost love", as well as unwelcome loans and trades; there are attractive spam like tours and job offers; there are disgusting spam like escort services and call girls; there are illegal spam like passport and certificate forgery; there are bizarre spam like roof repair or pipe plumbers; there are plain ads like electric parts and PCB designers.
Beside spam, Stack Overflow has also survived from garbage. Be it random users answering asdfghjkl or zxcvbnm, or persistent trolls posting extremely long and repetitive text and ASCII arts, or legitimate users turning their questions and answers into deleted deleted deleted deleted deleted or just a page full of dots ....................................... they have never beaten Stack Overflow and its content quality!
Welcome to the Internet World of Spam and Congrats for your toughness and resistance against them! The more you get spammed, the larger you are it reflects. Happy spammy and trolly 10th birthday Stack Overflow!
Oh yeah, one last request: can you bring back the 404 polyglot for us? :)
