Dear Mr. My Samsonite Luggage,
Thank you for showing me the importance of writing a comment policy. Your recent comments – all three of them – have bypassed Akismet only because you actually wrote them yourself and they fit the content of the blog post. Akismet may not be smart enough to mark them as what they truly are: SPAM. Yet that’s what they are.
Yes sir, not only automated messages are spam. Empty comments that pretend to be real comments are spam too, but to be fair: you had no way of knowing. I had not composed a comment policy yet, so I’m not angry with you. Only disappointed.
You see, both of us know that the only reason you commented on all three posts is not because you were compelled by the geniality of the posts themselves. Nor were you blown away by the likeability of my person, or the imaginative writing on my humble blog. No sir, what you were truly attracted to, were the follow links in my Top Commentators section in the sidebar. Three comments would bring you to the top, long enough for Google to notice.
And I can’t even blame you. I made that list a follow list. And then I cut back on my posting frequency, with a reduced reader engagement as a result. It’s up for grabs. I know. But you made that clear to me.
I’m quite fed up with you actually.
You and your fellow spammers.
You steal something that’s simply too precious to me. Time and attention. You don’t deserve it, yet you get it. You con me into giving it to you, and in my book that’s stealing.
So I’m closing the gates. The only mention you’ll get is in this post, as your comments have been deleted. The Top Commentators list is now a no-follow list and a comment policy is in place. I require real names now, not keyword heavy grey hat seo follow link names and other rules real people don’t mind (but I know you’ll hate).
Maybe that’ll reduce the amount of comments on this blog, but to be honest…I’d be glad to be rid of you. I prefer quality over quantity everyday.
And as far as Samsonite goes, I love that brand. Just know that I would never buy it through you, or give you the satisfaction that one of my readers would.
Now go on and create something of real value.
Bye now.
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Good on you! I’d had to deal with this before, and although I do feel a bit badly about it, I feel that some comments just aren’t worth sharing (hopefully this one is, haha). A comment policy is great, to make sure that comments stay relevant. Furthermore, a policy for many other things — like reviews — can be useful to show interested companies what to expect.
.-= Herbert´s last blog ..Preventative Action: When Carelessness is Fatal =-.
“Empty comments that pretend to be real comments are spam too, ”
- made me smile. for a while
you, your fellow spammers and your whole spamming clan. i know your type. you get together and plot your evil spammage, having meetings in tounges while you negotiate penis pill ads. i know your type you evil spammers you!!
“You steal something that’s simply too precious to me. Time and attention. You don’t deserve it, yet you get it. You con me into giving it to you, and in my book that’s stealing.”
- like the way you worded “you con me into giving it to you”
real value = king.
glorious
keep well and in touch
alex – unleash reality
I write this comment from the beautiful country of Nigeria. A year ago, my uncle died and left me an inheritance of $1,000,000, if you can help me get this money out of my country, for your services, I will pay you 20% of this amount… Just kidding, couldn’t resist
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I hear you, Lodewijk, spam seems to creep into everything on the web. First mail, then blogging and of course, now twitter
. Probably the best thing you can do is get a good spam filter and not mind if the odd one slips through!
Cheers,
Krishna
.-= Krishna´s last blog ..A common sense reason to try meditation =-.