Blog Catalog Discussion: A Note to Comment Spammers

timethief on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

timethief — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:58:06 -0500

No sh*t. I'm up for it if you are.

Epicharis on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

Epicharis — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:34:24 -0500

haha! I think we should! It'll really freak out the human spammers when we start asking when we can move in together!

timethief on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

timethief — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:32:47 -0500

Hey, let's form a scam the spammers group. I'd love to work a few of them over. ;)

Epicharis on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

Epicharis — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:30:06 -0500

I think I'm going to start stalking spammers who comment in my shoutbox...start acting really clingy and angry with them when they don't reply to my shouts...I think it'll be fun!

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:41:10 -0500

Melinda - ah, but are there enough therapists to handle that level of demand? :)

melindaville on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

melindaville — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:33:25 -0500

Believe me, GC--if everyone who should get therapy did get therapy, then the world would be a far better place.

IMNSHO, of course.

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:29:59 -0500

Melinda - it's all about validation, really. If one needs to be validated by someone who is openly exploitative, well, therein lies a case for therapy. ;)

melindaville on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

melindaville — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:28:19 -0500

That's true. There are stupid responders as well as stupid spammers.

But then, some people just love attention so much that they actually like talking to telemarketers. Go figure, GC! :)

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:26:18 -0500

Karenne - thank you. I believe that it's going to take an out and out rebellion against these folk, a revolution in disgust and disdain, which is going to make them stop.

KalinagoEnglish on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

KalinagoEnglish — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:24:39 -0500

Green.

Thank you. Such a pleasure to have accidentally found this posting as I was clicking out of yet another no-brainer "friending" me for dollars.

YES - these idget commenters are hated - the dingbells who think that popping over to my page in here and telling me that they have clicked sm$$les - or ki$$es, whatever it is that they write.

DUMB and STUPID. I'm blogging - I don't give a crap about their ads.

I would like to have a sign I could put up on my page that says "Don't freaking hound me in here and make me waste time finding out if you are a real person that I want to network with."

If you are real, write me a real message.

Karenne

Jeez...

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:23:11 -0500

Melinda - what bothers me is that there must be some people who actually respond to spam, otherwise it would cease to exist. Unless, of course, some things are simply too stupid to die.

melindaville on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

melindaville — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:20:20 -0500

LOL--too funny. Great post and I agree entirely but spammers are (among other things) too stupid to understand your point.

After all--they SPAM! Which doesn't take a whole lot of intelligence!

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:19:59 -0500

I don't believe that - spammers generally sell fraud and drugs.

rosie2305 on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

rosie2305 — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:18:14 -0500

I heard a comment the other day and it said "the only good thing about spammers is that they let you know what products are hot in the market" Good if you sell stuff I suppose?

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:08:05 -0500

Just so!

GusGITForestry on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

GusGITForestry — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:59:45 -0500

wagerwitch on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

wagerwitch — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:36:58 -0500

Me too -- mee toooooo! Except I peek in the windows every so often.

nothingprofound on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

nothingprofound — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:35:00 -0500

Wonderful, GC! Not only are you condemning the spammers to hell, but you're having me committed to an insane asylum! Is nobody safe in BC country any longer? (Actually none of it does bother me-I take it with a grain of salt. Just detached or amused, I guess.)

crpitt on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

crpitt — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:35:10 -0500

Excellent :)

IntoTheAzureSea on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

IntoTheAzureSea — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:15:56 -0500

Ok, so what I did a few minutes ago was that I removed alot of people on my BC friends list. I don't need "bots" or "people who have the personality of a Central Processing Unit" to flood my profile page.

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:00:30 -0500

If I didn't think you were joking, I'd be calling the mental health authorities on you now. No human being with any sensitivity, feeling or intellect can stand the repetitive nonsense of comment spammers without rising up in revolt.

Rivy on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

Rivy — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:32:12 -0500

I just did. I like your message. Left a post. (Smile)

timethief on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

timethief — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:34:02 -0500

Agreed! This is the link to TonyB's no link dropping thread
http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/no-link-dropping-at-the-end-of-posts-in-discussions

satijournal on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

satijournal — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:14:53 -0500

I agree.

Visit my blog and read my opinion on this and other topics!
http://drudgeretort.wordpress.com

IntoTheAzureSea on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

IntoTheAzureSea — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:09:32 -0500

I get some messages on BC from users I hardly know, asking me to comment on their blogs. Frankly speaking it feels awkward to be sent stuff like that.

RudrakshRudranjali on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

RudrakshRudranjali — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:08:33 -0500

yes you are right,

nothingprofound on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

nothingprofound — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:02:55 -0500

Sorry, I do not concur with any of the above. Very harsh. God bless all spammers and comment-junkies, and good health to them all!

RudrakshRudranjali on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

RudrakshRudranjali — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:53:21 -0500

Ignore..........close the door [ know its difficult ] as nobody likes to knock on the closed doors

siralmo on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

siralmo — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:43:34 -0500

i agree

KPinski77 on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

KPinski77 — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:28:04 -0500

Haha, this was awesome. Well said!

MissSuzie on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

MissSuzie — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:27:46 -0500

Ralph, I don't consider you a spammer. Feel free to fill my shoutbox with whatever. After all, I am one of those ladies standing at your mailbox and screaming when you open the door. :P

legbamel on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

legbamel — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:24:49 -0500

Get to the naughty corner, AG!

Admin do a great job, but some days I swear that I spend as much time reporting as I do reading. That's the spammers' fault rather than anything admin is or isn't doing, but it does make it harder to enjoy the community.

Rivy on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

Rivy — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:24:44 -0500

Whew...Miss Suzie. Thank you, thank you very much for not giving ME that usual response. I would have gone into moody funk for a week! Reminds me, how lucky we sometimes are...and not even realize it. (big smile.)

acousticguitarist on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

acousticguitarist — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:19:34 -0500

I don't think this is new, in fact the admin guys are really onto it and have tried to prevent it as much as possible.

Would you like my link?

crpitt on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

crpitt — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:18:47 -0500

This should be a sticky post.

Rozie818 on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

Rozie818 — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:15:59 -0500

Two words for them
"Jock Itch"

MissSuzie on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

MissSuzie — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:14:27 -0500

You made this sound so much classier than my usual response of fcuk off! Well said!

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:40:37 -0500

I get ones like that - what I find curious is the blogs that are usually behind the spammer - like "Make money NOW through Google Adwords, a Dead Calf and a Wooden Spoon"

Sorry, that makes it sound more interesting than it actually is.

greencurmudgeon on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

greencurmudgeon — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:39:46 -0500

Obviously, you haven't received enough spam yet. Sweet reason only goes so far. Besides, I'm convinced many of them are bots, rather than human.

dosox on 'A Note to Comment Spammers'

dosox — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:39:20 -0500

LOL :D