Sep 21, 2026, 4:13 AMHuh I just got a sponsorship offer for my blog. Too bad I think advertising and affiliate marketing is a huge scam. They also obviously didn't read anything on there or they would've seen I think their whole industry (LLM whatever's) is a scourge.
Sep 21, 2026, 6:32 AM@zip I get these somewhat frequently. It's a scourge of online publishing.
I made a "sponsor policy" page, and I just reply to such emails with a link to https://soatok.blog/sponsor-policy these days.
To date, I've only pissed one person off who got so offended they called me slurs and accused me of being a zoophile (because furry). So I asked them how they could be so clueless about the furry fandom, given they live in Portland (and sent a photo of their apartment from google street view) so they responded with their alleged social security number to emphasize how little they care about data privacy. That was wild, considering their marketing outreach was for a security brand.
Sep 21, 2026, 7:08 AM@soatok
Lmao this story took several unexpected turns 😂 who thinks replying with an SSN proves ANYTHING??
Brb gotta cackle some more