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October 03, 2005
Spammers and shameless self promoters beware!
Has anyone else noticed the new kind of spam comment that seems to be springing up over the blogosphere? First we had the obvious left by those with such names as ‘Online Poker’ or ‘Payday Loans’ these get deleted straight away. Now it seems they are becoming a little more crafty, over the weekend I received several like those in reply to this post which began something like this;
‘Awesome blog here! I really enjoyed the topic you chose to write about.’
Nice and vague there, that should just about cover every post written on every blog in the past year and beyond.
It of course goes on to say,
‘ I have a make a money tree site. It pretty much covers make a money tree related stuff. Come and check it out if you get time :-)’(links deleted)
Ah yes, money trees! Aren’t they those nauseating schemes where you plague the desperate with tales of their last tenner in the world turning into thousands? Been there done that and lost cash in the process.
Even more insulting is the ‘Christian weight loss program’ comment to the same post. Anyone who has taken the time to read more than one and a half posts on Purple Elephant’s Corner will know exactly how I feel about anyone making money out of the insecurities of others. I strongly believe that the only healthy and effective way to lose weight is to EAT LESS and EXERCISE MORE but alas there is no money to be made from that knowledge I’m afraid. More to the point what is it exactly that makes this program ‘Christian’? Which flavour SlimFast did Jesus prefer then? Tell me, I’m dying to know.
Ditto to ‘male enhancement’ we are happy just the way we are thank you very much.
And finally I’m not so sure I fancy eating a ‘green jimmy world’ whatever that may be, even if it does help me to lose weight.
These comments will be left for your amusement for a couple of days and then they will be deleted. From now on all comments adhering to this formula will not be approved and/or deleted. Obviously it goes without saying that genuine commenters should not have any problems and I hope I haven’t scared anyone off with this post. If you have something to contribute and if you provide a link that is valid or interesting then of course it is going to stay. To avoid confusion if you are a new commenter then I will end up returning your visit and checking out your blog at some point anyway so there is no need to ask me to do so. If you still feel I have deleted or not approved your comment unfairly then feel free to email me and let me know, it will probably be a case of me having ticked the wrong boxes or something. (It has been known)
I apologise for my sudden officious arseyness, normal ranting will resume tomorrow!
Posted by purple elephant at October 3, 2005 04:36 PM