Apparently when I update my LJ a bot messages the AIM screenname I had posted on my profile, and then does the same to someone else... It's really confusing. I'm posting to see if it happens again now that I am updating....
Okay so here's the story. Every time I would update my LJ I would get a weird IM from someone on aim. They'd say something completely random like "Have fun at the flame festival!" and the name was always ____Salmon... Like FangedSalmon, FlightySalmon, ElusiveSalmon... It got kind of annoying so the last time it happened I sat and spoke to this Salmon person, who turned out to not be "FangedSalmon" at all!
Apparently what was happening was a bot program seeks out recently updated LJ's and sends them a randomly generated message via the AIM screen name they have posted in their profile. So, two people who just updated their blogs get the same messaged from RandomSalmon and end up chatting through this bot network...
It's not harmful. There's no virus involved as it's not happening to just one type of OS. It's just a really annoying prank for us bloggers... So far I have removed my AIM contact from the provided field on LJ, then updated and no FuckingSalmon IMs! Yaaay!
I figure if you are having this issue or want to avoid it you should take your AIM contact out of the provided field and just put it in your bio. :)
Current Mood: 
annoyed