The Spam Folder: December 2025
It's that time of year!
Please post any and all spam here.
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@ryanwaller needs to go; seems to have been associated with another account that was also posting Canadian real estate spam.
That one I could remove myself, but the first one is too old for me.
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@dadibrokeit, thank you for sharing! All taken care of :)
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Checked one deleted answer and banned the spammer, but going back through the history there have been a bunch of others, some of whom were banned and some weren't. Here's the ones that need to be gone that I can't erase.
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@dadibrokeit, all taken care of. Thank you :)
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@dadibrokeit, thank you! All done :)
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@dadibrokeit, what a haul! All taken care of. Thank you :)
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@krisrodriguez Well, its dec. 24th, but spammers are still active: 4632879, 4041792
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@vauweh, they certainly are! These are taken care of. Thank you :)
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https://www.ifixit.com/User/5123248/Veda...
Not spam, but undisclosed AI slop posting. And they've followed up on stuff I've answered and use it as a way to "find" posts to post it on en mass. Example post: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/9011...
I'm fine with AI, but I'm getting tired of the low effort AI slop posters like this. I'm not so much worried about my spot being taken over by AI slop as anyone can tell which is real vs AI generated, but it's not a great look for Answers in general.
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Given the guy posted 17 extensive answers over the span of 45 minutes, with many of them in a 10 minute time frame, there's absolutely no question these are low effort AI answers. I've gone through and added this comment to all of their posts.
To other users reading this: I want to caution you that this is obviously an AI-generated answer and as such you should take the advice with caution. While AI can be a useful tool, computers have no common sense and their answers must be evaluated for applicability and accuracy. We have no assurance that is the case here with this user posting multiple AI answers on a wide variety of subjects, who may or may not have any expertise in these areas.
@dadibrokeit I'm not worried about actual field knowledge vs AI slop since AI is such a mess when field experience always wins. Let them realize nobody takes it seriously.
@dadibrokeit, thank you for jumping in with the disclaimer. @nick, agreed, this is definitely not a good look. I've gone ahead and banned them. Thank you both for being so proactive with catching these accounts.
@krisrodriguez The reason I’m not worried about being at war with AI is that Hyundai question as an example. AI doesn’t know what codes to look for (B/C), what you need to find them or that 8/10 times it’s something like a slave mirror cal killing it all because they tied cruise control to the ADAS system.
Maybe at one point I was more forgiving of AI but I’m with the boomers — no. This is a nightmare with how it’s used. As a research tool yes it’s super helpful but as a replacement for your experience???
@nick You’re describing the exact gap we see, too.
AI can be useful for background research or summarizing known issues, but it doesn’t have judgment or hands-on repair experience. It doesn’t know which codes actually matter in practice, or when an unrelated-looking subsystem ends up being the real failure. That context comes from people who’ve done the repair.
That’s why we treat AI as a support tool, not a replacement. The value here is still human experience, pattern recognition, and knowing when the obvious answer is wrong.
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https://www.ifixit.com/User/5137156/Veda...
Another one posting AI slop
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@nick, thank you. All taken care of :)
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Heavy AI use by user Albert; six answers in 20 minutes, averaging 4 minutes per answer, including multiple trouble-shooting steps and many bullet points; most of the scream "AI" to me.
- My mi id is not working always says network error but the wifi is work - Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro - iFixit
- Any way to reset the password w/out losing data? - iPhone 4 Verizon - iFixit
- Charger doesn't work all the time. - Microsoft Surface Laptop - iFixit
- How to reinstall output and input audio device - Acer Aspire 5315 laptop - iFixit
- My laptop isnt turning on. - Lenovo Yoga 7 16ARP8 - iFixit
- Why is my microwave not powering on and not working - Samsung Microwave - iFixit
Oops, and another one just now; not quite as obviously AI though.
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@dadibrokeit, I can see it. But, they seem to be taking the time, to make it seem like they aren't using AI. Let's keep an eye on them. If they post something that is obviously copy/paste, we have more of a leg to stand on. Have you seen anything else since posting this?
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Is this discussion still open? And follow-up question, does discreetly advertising a repair business also qualify as spam? Because someone's been doing that. And follow-up follow-up question, is there a minimum reputation to report spam on this thread? Anyway, the user's name is FixNVibe (I don't actually know how to insert names in that manner, so please tell me if I did that wrong), and several of the posts have already been deleted, so I've gone ahead and put this here.
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@fixerofstuff, thanks for reporting this. And yes, the thread for spam is still open. We post a new thread each month. I found the user (FixNVibe), but don't see any of their contributions where they are promoting a business.
If you come across the post or have a link, please send it over to community@ifixit.com and I can take a closer look.
Well, I can't seem find that post anymore. I did find another bit of spam, though. Someone from Germany (presumably, based on the fact that it's all in German) is advertising "industrial chemicals". This time, the user is Lerochem. Both posts have already been deleted as spam- I found them both while looking through the moderation history (just for curiosity's sake). I don't know if you deal with spam that's already been deleted, but hey, spam is spam, so I'm putting this here too.