I Am Both Educative and Amusing
I don’t understand spam. Well, that’s not strictly true, I understand the spam that says “click this link” and then destroys your computer with a nasty virus. I understand the spam that says “click this link” and then sells your data to the highest bidder. I understand the spam that says “click this link” and promises to make you more attractive to the ladies.
What I don’t understand is spam like this:
“I’m amazed, I have to admit. Rarely do I encounter a blog that’s both educative and amusing, and let me tell you, you’ve hit the nail on the head. The issue is something too few folks are speaking intelligently about. I’m very happy I found this during my search for something regarding this.”
This was taken from my website’s spam comments folder, and has no links to click, no products to promote, and seemingly no purpose. I know it’s spam because the exact same comment appears several times from several different email addresses. So why does it appear? Has someone started spamming positive messages to make the world a happier place? A trawl through the spam comments is always a fun five-minute procrastination tool. Here are some of my other recent favourites.
Oh the irony:
“of course like your web site however you need to test the spelling on quite a few of your posts. Many of them are rife with spelling issues and I to find it very troublesome to tell the reality however I’ll surely come back again.”
Taking the direct approach:
“buy birkenstocks online”
The public service announcement:
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How to get electricity in the event of the apocalypse?:
“Cut them to equal sizes then glue them to one of the ends of the tank. Attach the alligator clips to the ends of the wires coming out of the solar panel.”
And finally, I have no idea:
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Does anyone know what the point of these sort of spam comments are? I’d love to know.
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