I need help with solving this mystery...

[zeus777]

So this morning I wake up, I've received several new messages.
Most of them were asking for a quote.

But ONE message stood out, it said

Hlo.
 

Put on your thinking hats, what is this mysterious message trying to tell me?  🤪

[vickiespencer]

I think your sender meant to say one of the following: Hello, Hola, Hell No!

 

 

 

 

[cartoon_avatar]

30 minutes ago, zeus777 said:

t said

Hlo.
 

Put on your thinking hats, what is this mysterious message trying to tell me?  

He/she meant Hello. I've seen some people saying hello this way.

[zeus777]

18 minutes ago, vickiespencer said:

Hell No!

I vote for this one, I kinda like it!! 🤣🤣

 

11 minutes ago, cartoon_avatar said:

I've seen some people saying hello this way.

Is that an actual thing?? Dang! 
(I mean, I knew it was trying to say hello, I just thought it was funny that 1, it's a strange typo, and 2, that's all it said)

[miiila]

3 hours ago, zeus777 said:

Is that an actual thing?? Dang! 

Yes, getting this, too, very often. I think the real mystery is why you just got it for the the first time. ラッキー!* 😉 

 

* Lucky (you)!

[zeus777]

Wow I actually AM lucky!
I got all the hi, hey, hello, help messages, but never a hlo.

BTW I did ask back if he/she had any questions, but so far no reply. I'm feeling so sad.

[miiila]

52 minutes ago, zeus777 said:

I got all the hi, hey, hello, help messages, but never a hlo.

I hope you also got the hy ones, at least, else, your collection is lacking even with the hlo one. 😄

[favourik]

It's a code word! There's in containment breach in Area 51 and your experience is needed to catch the alien... Thingy.😂

 

[breals]

9 hours ago, zeus777 said:

So this morning I wake up, I've received several new messages.
Most of them were asking for a quote.

But ONE message stood out, it said

Hlo.
 

Put on your thinking hats, what is this mysterious message trying to tell me?  🤪

It's from someone who is active online 24/7  

They lose the ability to speak or form a constructive sentence.  Let that be a lesson for anyone that follows this advice.  😀

[katakatica]

6 hours ago, miiila said:

I hope you also got the hy ones, at least, else, your collection is lacking even with the hlo one. 😄

hy is very common, hlo I think I've gotten before. Maybe even 'h'? 

The most common seems to be just 'give me money' though but oh well!

(that being said, I HAVE had 'hy' being a typo and gotten an order out of it before I think. )

 

THAT  aside I wonder if all these forms of 'hi' are because they know that 'hello' often gets marked as spam right away, so they outsmart the spam filter? Or... am I thinking too much into it?

[webgaragepro]

4 hours ago, katakatica said:

THAT  aside I wonder if all these forms of 'hi' are because they know that 'hello' often gets marked as spam right away, so they outsmart the spam filter? Or... am I thinking too much into it?

Hello is not restricted word on fiverr!

[katakatica]

4 minutes ago, webgaragepro said:

Hello is not restricted word on fiverr!

In itself it isn't - but I think you missed the point of my post. 

People who spam other sellers for work mindlessly often type 'hello' or 'hi' to start with (and nothing else). My theory is that mixing up the greeting makes it harder for the spam filter to catch on. (As I'm assuming these people are spamming several accounts at the same time.)

[webgaragepro]

2 minutes ago, katakatica said:

but I think you missed the point of my post

Maybe I missed! or not.

[vickiespencer]

8 hours ago, katakatica said:

eople who spam other sellers for work mindlessly often type 'hello' or 'hi' to start with (and nothing else).

Yep, that is the point. Spammers do not want to waste their time typing too much.

[ozan_erdi]

On 10/16/2022 at 5:32 AM, zeus777 said:

Hlo.

Hyperconductive lineer obersavtions.

Obviously.

[asifkhan328]

Hello, wants to explore your services 😄 

[kabirbd66]

hlo. vlo. 

[miiila]

So... does this prove that it's saving time/laziness or that they don't know how to write hello, I mean, it could also be a typo of 'Hlo', so both is possible. ...

 

 

And how about this? Saving time/laziness – then why not go all the way and write "Snd m rdr pls" (anyone used to getting spam here, would be perfectly able to understand it, after all ;))...

 

And why the effort of using the shift key, or did they copy-paste that as templates that someone did in Word where the first letter auto-changed to upper case? Mystery over mystery.

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by miiila

[shalock]

Maybe is a relative of Jlo? 🤔

[zeus777]

7 hours ago, miiila said:

does this prove that it's saving time/laziness

Wow, that is just... I mean, there is a FINE line between those two, but... wow, I mean...
OK, I get it, we are all busy, but WOW. I know I need to come up with something else besides just "wow," but I'm typing what I'm feeling!

BTW earlier today I got a "Hello" message, so I replied asking if they had any questions.
The reply to that was:
Ys
Yess
Yes

Yup, I got 3 one-word messages. I'm guessing that the first two was simply a typo and the person wanted to say "yes" correctly and I appreciate that.
He didn't need to try that hard saying "yes" though...

[melanielm]

I once got a 'o7' in my Inbox. I'm not down with all the online emoji speak stuff, so it took me a while to figure out what that meant. I sent my usual auto-response (Do you need writing done, etc?) and got 'for smart fourm post -- o7' back. Marked it as spam and did some research. Apparently o7 is a little person saluting (the 7 is their arm)

I've never had a hi, hello, hlo, yo message go anywhere good. I wonder what goes through their minds. I understand language difficulties, but there's simply no reason so send something like that if you don't follow it up with anything.

Edited October 20, 2022 by melanielm

[zeus777]

On 10/21/2022 at 3:31 AM, melanielm said:

Apparently o7 is a little person saluting (the 7 is their arm)

OHHHHHHHHHHHH ahhhhhh, I see I see. Never would have guessed that!!
If it was me though, I'd just say something like "Hi, I'm not trying to send you spam but just wanted to say that I enjoy your smarts posts, that's it.
Have a good day!" 
But then, all I have to do is just post it here in the forum, so...

I guess there are many bored people out there with tons of free time..

 

[refanulislam088]

He wanted to say hello