Well, I didn’t really think I had to make one of these, “this is how the comments works” posts, but apparently, I do.  My virgin blog eyes have been tainted by the ugly world of comment spam!

Holy Comment Spam!

Wow!

I’m going to share some of these lovely entries, since I spent the past hour sifting through them and visiting the sites of all entries that looked remotely human.  So, if your comment took some time to make it on the site, I apologize.  The spam filter caught you.

I have structured this blog to catch all the comments and wait for their approval by myself before publishing.  Once you have been approved, your future comments automatically post.  I’ve done this for several reasons.

1. I want to filter comments for obscenity, maliciousness and negativity.  There is a time and place for everything and this blog is not the place for the three things mentioned above.  That said, if I publish something controversial or political, I will allow opposing viewpoints, of course, in the spirit of debate.  But I won’t allow personal attacks towards other commenters or towards any future guest writers.
2. I want to be sure a human is on the other end of the comment.  As you’ll see below, there are some serious spammers out there.  I check every comment ( about 100 per week) by visiting the commenters’ link to their site and see if a human is on the other end.  Determining the humanesque quality is quite the challenge.  I just let a handful on the blog and I’m still not sure they are humans or are sincere in their comments.
3. I want to edit out obvious marketers.  If there’s a URL in your post- beyond providing outside information for people, you won’t make it on the blog.  Sorry.

So, here are some of my favorites left by spammers, crazies or people with too much free-time.  Please excuse the nasty one, I just had to show the diversity of writing here.

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“If we can recollect a previous news when US blamed Russia for the earthquake in Georgio. What do you guys think? Is it really possible to create an earthquake by humans?”

Seriously.  That’s real.  And I use a strong spam filter that makes people enter letters and numbers generated by the computer first.  So, someone, somewhere, took the time to register, log in, get approved and write this shit.  It baffles me.

So, bear with the comments on this site as I learn this side of the blogging world.  And if the comments continue in this manner, I may start a separate blog for all the best crazy comment spam.  Seriously.

But please, if you’re a human and want to share, don’t hesitate to comment! And I promise to get you out of the spam filter if that’s where you land.  Though, if you are human, I doubt you’ll find yourself with the bottom-feeders in the lowly spam folder- if you do end up with the bottom-feeders, maybe its time to change your approach.