I recently went through the spam folder for our comments over on the Bobbledy Books blog. Our spam filter actually does quite a remarkable job keeping the baddies out.
I had to chuckle, though, at some of the robotic attempts to make the comments appear not to be spam:
OMG! They think I’m so cool!! And they think I’ve had “some original thoughts on this topic” – awesome! (Note that “this topic” is “Some Awfurs are Bad”. I’m not sure that anyone in the history of man before us has had any thoughts on this topic, so I suppose I have to concur with the assessment). I also appreciate the compliment (backhanded though it may be) that this website is “some thing which is needed on the web” (just “some thing” like a hat, or a boot, or a giant rock) – “an individual having a small originality.” Ah yes. But haven’t you heard that SIZE DOESN’T MATTER?!!
“Some Awfurs are Bad” really got people’s steam up, it seems. There was also this comment:
We’ve clearly got our hooks into the scientific community. Or, at least, into those scientists who happen to be looking for data regarding Awfurs (the Bad ones).
Most of the comments were like this. Generally complimentary, but clearly just a little bit off the mark.
Though this one seems friendly and generally supportive, the idea that there was “information” in this writing prompt post about my Bird and Triceratops painting is a bit of a stretch.
My favorite might be this charmer:
So positive! So complimentary! Such a friendly-seeming voice -HaHa! And, though I totally already recognize that I had put a new spin on a topic that’s been written about for years (yes, it seems like Phoebe has been getting an early start on lunch for like forEVER!) it’s really great to hear it from someone else out there in the blogosphere!
Sifting through the 87 spammed comments, there was only ONE that accidentally slipped through our spam filter that clearly wasn’t spam.
Wow. You said it, JJordansOutletforCheap! Well, I have to sign off now, and get back to my whining and searching for attention. It’s a tough tough job, but as they say – somebody’s gotta do it.
