Spam. It used to be something gross in a can. I ate my share in college because it was cheap. Now, of course, spam is what comes through your email and in comments on blogs. Ours dwindled for awhile after we found a plugin for the check box that says, I am human. But now spammers simply check the box and paste in their message.
Over the nearly four years we’ve had this blog, the tone of the spam messages have changed from hostile to complimentary to quizzical. I’ve collected some of the most amusing.
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This spammer at least has a sense of humor: Hello, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar one and i was just curious if you get a lot of spam remarks? If so how do you prevent it, any plugin or anything you can recommend? I get so much lately it’s driving me insane so any support is very much appreciated.
This spammer apparently doesn’t realize that Howdy went out with John Wayne and those old westerns from the 1950s. Then again, wordpress must not know that, either. It’s the default for the greeting when you log in: Howdy! This post could not be written any better! Reading through this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Many thanks for sharing!
This guy needs some grammar lessons and you have to wonder about his “mission:” I am not sure where you’re getting your info, but good topic. I needs to spend some time learning much more or understanding more. Thanks for magnificent info I was looking for this info for my mission.
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Another prankster: Hello there! Do you know if they make any plugins to protect against hackers? I’m kinda paranoid about losing everything I’ve worked hard on. Any suggestions.
Ah! An ex-English teacher commenting about spelling issues: Obviously like your web-site however you have to take a look at the spelling on several of your posts. Several of them are rife with spelling issues and I in finding it very troublesome to tell the reality however I will definitely come again again.
This one came from a psychic website and was on a political post. Go figure: WOW just what I was looking for. Came here by searching for tarot readings
This person was advertising a treatment for panic attacks. I think he/she needs treatment for something. Hi! Quick question that’s entirely off topic. Do you know how to make your site mobile friendly? My blog looks weird when browsing from my apple iphone. I’m trying to find a theme or plugin that might be able to resolve this problem. If you have any recommendations, please share. With thanks!
OK, so who ARE these people? Rob thinks they get paid a fee for each spam they post. But if the spam is never posted, how can they prove they posted it so they can get paid? Could they be bots programmed to check the I am human box and paste in a message? Is there a programmer sitting in a dark room somewhere who hits a single button for, oh, say Ugg Boots, and the spam goes out to thousands of websites?
Sometimes, the tone of the spams are so similar I’m prompted to wonder if there’s a spam school these people attend, where spam teachers issue daily or weekly memos to guide their students. Be kind, be critical, be complimentary, let ‘em rip. I think there could be a novel somewhere in here.
I guess this story could be considered an unamusing spam story with a tragic ending –
https://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/nurse_for_kate_middleton_commits_u9flzr90oCKDXoPVI9jJEK
I’m ashamed to say that these DJs are from Australia
I saw that story earlier. Very strange and tragic.
As for SPAM,when I go grocery shopping with my wife I’m usually an isle or two in front of her with another trolley (we shop fortnightly so we need two trolleys) and I have more than once grabbed a can of SPAM and put it in the trolley,then waited for her to catch up.Then I pull the can out of the trolley,look at it annoyingly and say to her
“darn spammer’s you can’t even get away from them at the super markets” then I put the can back on the shelf and carry on shopping.-)
Funny, Daz!
Re:
“I have actually considered blocking anonymous comments, but there are a few people I would miss”
I don’t allow anonymous comments on my blog,because I feel if you don’t have the guts to at least identify yourself with an avatar,you don’t have a right to comment on my blog.The most gutless comments on the web come from haters too gutless to have anyone identify them.If they really value their own opinion they would make the effort to open some form of account to comment rather than hide behind the name anonymous.The only reason they don’t is that they are too scared to be linked to their own comments.Who really needs or wants anonymous commentators on their blog anyway? Not me!
Funny spams! I wonder about it as well. A “Spammers Convention”, now that would be funny to see………………what I hate even more are the phone calls on computers. I get several of the same “messages” every single day, for years. There’s nothing you can do about it.
I don’t really understand why they do it in a way……………everyone hates spam, and most people know that the links might be contaminated so they’re afraid to go to them anyway. What’s the point?
Please punch 8 to be removed from our list: right.
Question is will it be a novel that really tells a story,,, one that tells a real story,,, you know what it like to look into a pair of eyes “thousands” of days later and still see shell shocked…. and to relate so much……
I am just a bit curious did any one else notice the strange pattern with the solar event’s of this year… Hollywood (certin movie) showed me they had had it all calculated out long beforehand…. truth….
Which movie, Whoot?
that’s the thing Rob I’d love to tell you and it would might lead you on the trial and you might decipher the whole thing,,, FACT,, I’d be giving it AWAY,, but believe me I’d love to tell you,, bursting at the seems to do it…..
funny…in a comical way…i think i’ve had some of those same spammers hit me more than once or twice! language always the same – message the same – and then, there are those trying to sell viagra or other little “enhancers” – what a web we do weave – well, they do weave – now, about the proving i’m human thing – i always click that i am but i am sad to report that i’ve no real proof – i mean, after all……. 😉
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They are probably only of value to the spammer if they leave a link and that gets published. Lots of links into a website can help push it higher in Google’s algorithm for their search results (I think!).
Years ago, when I published a money making blog, firms paid me to include their links within my posts, sometimes up to $20 a time but normally $5 to $10. It all added up as at that time my aim was to make money from blogging -which it isn’t now.
The kind of links which, when you click it, turns out to be an ad?
I really AM human, and I find it kind of puzzling that spammers just keep coming up with these things. They must get something out of it, or why would they keep doing it? I use Blogger and it catches 98% of the spam. I have actually considered blocking anonymous comments, but there are a few people I would miss, who are real and use it. Sigh. The world we live in has changed so much.
I think there’s a private world where spammers convene and plot!