{"id":787,"date":"2009-12-18T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T17:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikew.ca\/wp\/?p=787"},"modified":"2025-01-13T12:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:39:33","slug":"spammer-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikew.ca\/blog\/?p=787","title":{"rendered":"Spammer creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was reviewing the comment spam for this blog, or rather I was reviewing the ones that didn’t get automatically caught — there’s always a couple. This time, there was one reply that genuinely looked like it could have been legitimate. The content was apropos of the original post, if not directly focused on it; it was clearly not machine generated (i.e. no “dissociated press<\/a>” style errors); and the tone was heartfelt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only things that seemed out of whack were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The text was written in a way that it could apply to a fairly wide range of original posts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. There was a website link attached to it that seemed a bit dubious.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I really couldn’t definitively cast it as spam. But, for those that don’t know, I loath<\/strong><\/em> spammers. To give you some idea of how much, on one of my other sites you can find this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \nI formally curse all spammers as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \nYour children will die of a disease that would have been curable, except that you put such a drain on the internet that the communication needed to discover the cure did not happen.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    You get the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In any case, this time the particular comment in question didn’t make it. So, if you’re out there thinking that you legitimately replied to this site, and you don’t see your response, and you’d like to have a discussion about it, feel free to send me a note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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