SPAM = Some “Person” Adores Me?

I found something even better than search terms: spam comments!

WordPress is awesome in that it filters out spam comments. And lucky it does, or I might be tempted to think some of these are real. They’re just so flattering! How can I resist? What if this comment really is from a person, they just have a weird email? And they really do like me?

Well, I think I have to get over that.

I guess you know it’s spam when it’s a generic, complimentary statement, attached to a random person’s name, and then an overly complicated web address. For example, Thalia:

Thanks Thalia. But your URL and email suggest you don’t exist. Also, I think calling my blog “exiguous” (“excessively scanty”) is not a compliment.

Or take Michael, Pamelia, and Janessa’s comments:

A better product than what exactly, Michael? And Pamelia, I’m glad you are beginning to much like my post. Janessa, I appreciate you checking with me here. But I’m sorry to say, I think all three of you might be bots.

That one might have fooled me, if it wasn’t from someone named “Subscriptions.”

This one is suspiciously like what Michael had to say:

There’s P90X Home Fitness:

And then there’s…Christian Louboutin.

Jeez, relax, Christian.

So I accept that these are not real comments, and are tools (but to do what, exactly? I’m not sure I understand the point of any of this. Am I supposed to click on the addresses, and then they can advertise to me or something?) – but I might just save this one, because it’s nice and not too generic, and there aren’t any egregious misspellings so I can pretend it’s from a human being:

Thanks, Forex Investment!