Like most blogs and sites, this blog gets a lot of spam. Layers and layers of it. I’ve noticed that spammers have been making an effort to try to get their links through. It’s gotten to the point where I just want to shake them by the shoulders and say, look, you’re spam. Man up! Don’t hide behind false flattery or pretend questions or facetious advice. Just. Admit. It.
I offer you some examples:
1. The Pretend Question:
I’d like to know where I could get good ringtones for the iphone other than creating them on itunes. Is it possible to get them directly from AT&T like you can with any other phone? Is there a 3rd party website where you can get them from at good quality? The problem is that i’m having trouble with the itunes “create a ringtone” feature so I’d like to find another alternative. Please help!
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Okay, this sounds like a legitimate question, but not if you already have the handy dandy answer at the very end of your comment! And definitely not if your email is a nonsensical combination of letters and numbers.
2. Attempt at humor:
have a nice joke. Why do bicycles fall over? Because they are two-tired.
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Ah hahahaha. Because you are so hilarious I am going to let you spam my site. Wait, no. (Although, I like corny jokes, so, um, I might bust this one out sometime).
3. The Flattery Angle:
Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.
Wow! I’m excited a reader thinks so highly of my writing… but.. wait a minute! I see your website. Spammer!
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i’m not opposed to editing out the links from otherwise good comments
This cracked me up. I’ve gotten a few spam emails lately, from people offering to write guest posts on my blog. Uh-uh, spammer! I can tell your email address is wacko. And yes, I will judge you on your poorly-written spam-sounding email.
Hahaha.. I’m so stealing that joke.
I’ve gotten a couple of spams where they actually ask real, relevant advice on my posts, and/or have read my posts and have made some pretty good comments!
Unfortunately, I had to spam them.
You really are a good writer though.
And I am about to tell my boss, friends, and quite possibly the world that joke. I wish my spammers were funny. They don’t even have coherent sentences. It’s usually along the lines of: asdifhaidhfasdhfaui;afdial
Maybe it’s a hidden joke…
I haven’t had a spammer yet, In fact, I didn’t realize blogs got spammed. That’s not good.
I have the same issues as well. It is really annoying.
I get a lot of spam that looks like legitimate comments except for all the random links… so I take the links out. Why not?