So, I haven’t written in a while. Sorry folks. I had some thoughts\u00a0 to share about my daughter’s just-past first birthday, so I came here ready to post.<\/p>\n
First, I stopped in the comments folder. Mostly it is spam, but I live for the responses from real reader. In the spam file, the first comment I found was this one, from a Carol Miller:<\/p>\n
Please don\u2019t take this the wrong way. I think your overall ideas are fine but you might want to put a little more thought into your next posts. I say this becuase it seems like your writing style has gone downhill a bit as opposed to your previous posts. – C.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Really, Carol? I wonder what she means. This comment is in response to this post<\/a>. You don’t need to follow the link. It’s a video of Veronica scooting.<\/p>\n
On further examination, Carol’s comment included a website link.<\/p>\n
So, the spammer are now using insults to capture our attention. Perhaps we are low-self-esteem, needy webbloggers and will respond more readily to criticism.<\/p>\n
Here’s another spam-sult:<\/p>\n
Really? Don\u2019t misunderstand what I\u2019m saying, I\u2019m in agreement with you partially, but when you say something like this you actually have to be prepared to back it up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Not all spammers are following this new trend. Here is an old-style compliment-spam from Walter T., purveyer of gardening tools:<\/p>\n
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I am tempted to buy some of his tools, just because the man knows how to construct some flattery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, I haven’t written in a while. Sorry folks. I had some thoughts\u00a0 to share about my daughter’s just-past first birthday, so I came here ready to post. First, I stopped in the comments folder. Mostly it is spam, but … Continue reading