I wrote a post a few years ago about a new recipe my mother had come up with called Muffnuts, a muffin that was supposed to have the taste and consistency of a donut. They thought that the name they came up with was clever, and fortunately I didn't have to explain to them why it wasn't. At any rate, the post became one of my more popular, winding up on my sidebar as a "reader favorite".
Because of the prominent listing on the front page of my site, the post has been plagued by spam comments. I started off deleting them, but as my spare time became increasingly sparse, I've just let them be. A new crop of spam comments sprout up from time to time, most of them about personal trainers or online coupons or tree care. I suppose I could have turned CAPTCHA back on, but my hatred for CAPTCHA outweighs my hatred for blog comment spam.
Now, every comment on my blog makes its way to my inbox as a way of helping me keep up with the goings-on around here. Thus, I get to enjoy all the spam on top of my email spam. I delete most of them, but I got one recently that takes the cake.
First, in early April, I received this as a spam comment.
Par for the course in the world of spam, if you ask me. That is, until I got this one in the end of May.
Well, now. Looks like we've got a little debate on our hands over the contextual accuracy of spam comments. Talk about a can of worms.
I think I'll turn CAPTCHA back on before this gets out of hand.
12 Comments:
I never had a problem with Captcha until they started making it so hard that it takes me four or five times to GUESS what letters are being shown.
Fortunately I use Blogger and their spam filter is top notch, so much so I don't use Captcha anymore and I can't remember the last time a spam message got through.
P.S. It only took two attempts to publish the above comment. I'm not going to comment on how many times it took me to add this one.
Spam comments comes in waves for me. But sometimes they seem so sincere. I mean, come on -- that robot wrote it from the "bottom of his feeling." Does it still count as spam if it makes me feel special?
I read this post and went to the next blog on my list and saw a post about SPAM Poetry. You can read about it here at Book Patrol http://tinyurl.com/cdxhkuz
I think I like dueling spam better than spam poetry though.
I think you cannot turn away from this intriguing duel of idiots...at least i can't!
Please don't make me captcha!!! I can't ever read the words and I have to try like 5 times...then I just delete my comment. make it stop!!!
"Buy Medicine." lmfao
Though, I do think Captcha is annoying. That's why I use Disqus.
Ed: Yikes.
Didactic Pirate: From what I've heard, feelings can be pretty deep.
Amelia Rodriguez: Me, too.
Chuck: I'll be turning off Captcha soon.
Tom Badguy: Disqus has its own challenges, too.
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I think that you can't leave this interesting duel idiot... At least I can't!
Please don't let me verification code! !!I can't read the words, I must try to like 5 times... Then I will remove my comments. Make it stop! !!
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