MAGIC         PORK

I’ve been getting comment spam for a while now. It’s a little annoying but hasn’t been so bad that I’ve felt the need to do something about it, other than just moderating the comments. Those of you that haven’t posted a comment may be unaware of this, but every time you post a comment, it gets e-mailed to me and I have to approve it before it shows up on the site. So if you ever post a comment and it doesn’t show up on the site for a while, it’s either because I haven’t checked my e-mail since then or I didn’t like what you said! So far I’m glad to see that everyone has been on good behavior and the only posts that I’ve had to delete have been from spammers.

I’ve been tempted a couple of times to just let a spam comment go through, because I get a kick out of some of them. They’re the most favorable comments I get so if I just edit them to remove the links to whatever crap they’re selling, it would look like I have some huge fanbase out there. It’s amusing how they’ll word the comments in a generic way so that it could apply to almost any post. Amusing up to a point, but then I just get sick of it.

I sifted through my e-mail trash and found some spam comments that I’ve received. I’ll present them here for your enjoyment. I’m also doing it because I get a sort of twisted pleasure out of posting the spammer’s comments but stripping out the part that they really care about, the links.

From “Anny”:

Best site I see. Thanks.

You’re welcome, Anny.

From “John”:

Very good site. Thanks for author!

Glad you enjoy it. I’m thankful for the author too.

From “Kelly”:

It’s my first visit to your website. After just a quick browse, I’m really impressed!

Well come back for more, Kelly!

From “Edd”:

Hello admin, nice site you have!

Thanks Edd! But feel free to call me Kevin (that’s one ‘n’).

From “Shawn”:

Just whant to say HI! I love this place!

HI Shawn! I lhove this place TWO!

From “Lemat”:

Great website! Bookmarked! I am impressed at your work!

You ain’t seen nothin’ yet, Lemat! Keep reading!

And my favorite comment spam yet, from “jennifer”:

I really love this page. I also agree, hey I am upside down or even right side up :-). You made my day.Blog away!.

I shall, jennifer. I shall.

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