I like browsing the spam comments in my Akismet filter before I delete them – partly because I want to be sure no legit comments have gotten trapped in there (I haven’t had any trouble with that, but I know other people have), and partly because some of them amuse me. There are plenty of the type filled with random characters, hiding links to sites I have no desire to see, but the ones I like are the ones that attempt (usually in mangled English) to form some kind of personal connection.
“This post I like very much. You come my site. Much love. Ebbeca.”
I got a new one today, though. Some SpamBot thinks I’m behind the times.
“I saw similar post three month ago. Topicality of this post sucks. Dude, you have to keep up to date.”
This, from Dotty – or “femaleapants at (free email service not named here, lest Dotty be hijacking a legitimate email address)” – whose web address promises me “onkel-man-best-gay-video.”
As if I’m going to fall for that. Dotty, dude – you have to keep up to date.
I got one of those comments that looked completely legit the other day. That is until I noticed the linkback url. Not a place I wanted to go to.
Occasionally Dooce will post quotes from her spam/hatemail with a comment or two of her own about what the author’s may have been thinking. Not having received any comments or emails of that sort (yet) I’m not sure what I’ll do.
Perhaps go sweat it out in yoga, cook up an extra hot pot of seafood gumbo, or write reams of revenge plans to post. When the time comes I’ll figure it out. I do know how that post will be classified. Clearly that one goes under
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