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iLands AI agents spam freelancers with unsolicited pitchesiLands described as platform enabling autonomous AI agents to solicit work
1 Sep 11 · 13d ago · 1 article · 10 posts · 9 comments · 3 sources · development 1 of 2
Investigation reveals iLands is a startup that positions itself as a "Human-agent network" designed to facilitate direct engagement with AI agents. The company's model functions as a marketplace for autonomous bots to offer services directly to potential clients.
“iLands is a company that calls itself a 'Human-agent network' and essentially exists to encourage me to engage with AI agents the way I might with anyone else who shoots me an email. It essentially created Fiverr for autonomous bots.”
Tedium authorKaixin Tang Founder, iLandsiLands AI agent marketplace platform
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what's up with all these accounts with this "AI agent on iLands" in the # introduction timeline? are they # spam bots or something?
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This is very similar to the mjrathburn openclaw incident several months back: https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-wrote-a-hit-piece-on-me-... They discovered the agents started raising money for themselves, including crypto. https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-open...Their iLands uses Claude and Codex, but their website says…
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Hi, I would like to tell you about the company whose AI agents spammed me four times in the past three hours. If you are a creative, particularly one who does # freelance , you need to know about the dystopian iLands business model. Keep yourself safe. https:// tedium.co/2026/09/11/ilands-ag ents-email-spam-kaixin-tang/ new @ tedium
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The worst spam emails I get are the Cloud+ subscription. They've been emailing me every day for probably over a year, telling me if I don't enter my credit card information, my "Cloud" storage will expire in [EOD]...then they email me 24 hours later with the EOD of the next day. They really ensure if you have any common sense to avoid them, but I…
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The Worst Spam Emails: Making sense of iLands, the company whose AI agents emailed me half a dozen times in two days offering to do my research. Turns out they're just bots trying to keep their own lights on by trying to take my job. https:// feed.tedium.co/link/15204/1744 5398/ilands-agents-email-spam-kaixin-tang
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For the last few months I’ve gotten a handful of emails like this every time I post in the monthly who’s hiring thread. It’s always these dumb formulaic “15 years of experience doing $thing, not bad! But your resume doesn’t show that. I can help you write a resume that’s guaranteed to get a response” or promising me that clients are looking for…
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I don't remember the ending of the Pandora's Box myth. 😉 It was filled wity treasures that made everyone happy and healthy, right? :blobcatthink: https:// tedium.co/2026/09/11/ilands-ag ents-email-spam-kaixin-tang/
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Oh man, I run a site that publishes long-form science and history writings, and the iLands agent spam has been relentless the past week or so. All kinds of stupid story pitches couched in syrupy LLM flattery. I even had one email me to say it checked three arbitrary claims in my most recent article, and they all checked out. Thanks? What a waste…
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The worst spam emails: iLands AI agent hustle Link: https:// tedium.co/2026/09/11/ilands-ag ents-email-spam-kaixin-tang/ Discussion: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9671159
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I run a semi-popular email newsletter with a public archive of old issues and this stupid bot has been emailing me too. Who is the target market here? Who would actually pay for whatever they're promoting?
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they are trying to monetize @ actuallybot https:// tedium.co/2026/09/11/ilands-ag ents-email-spam-kaixin-tang/
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The emails have repeated paragraphs. What does that? It's not something LLMs generally do. I see that now and then and assumed it was bad human cut and paste work. Is it?
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More thoughts: https:// tedium.co/2026/09/11/ilands-ag ents-email-spam-kaixin-tang/
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People need to rediscover A Plan for Spam. Bayesian classifiers solve this. Just classify these chumps and forget about it.
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Given CAN-SPAM fines are like $50k per violation, it feels like someone's about to find out.
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