I hope you enjoy it.
I went through a short period where my reviewing website (www.iolagoulton.com) got a lot of spam comments. They don’t show up on the site—I have my site set up so I have to manually approve comments from first-time commenters. And I think most of these comments are from foreign bots.
I have no intention of approving any of the comments, because that will allow the commenters (or foreign bots) to continue to spam me. But some of the comments are (unintentionally) funny enough that they deserve a response. Here are my favourites.
All spelling and grammar is as submitted by the commenters.
I can help you write your collage essay.
Great, but I’m not in collage. Or college. And if I was ethically challenged enough that I’d pay someone to do my homework for me, I’d want someone who knows the difference between collage and college.
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I suspect that’s one of the many faults with Internet Explorer. Do people still use Internet Explorer? Anyway, I recommend you update to a more modern web browser. You know—one that’s been updated this century.
I am glad I noticed this website on Yahoo.
Yahoo still exists? Who knew. I hope you’re not using that with Internet Explorer.
I see that you don’t update your blog too often.
I think four or five times a week is plenty often.
Good blog! Do you have any tips or hints for aspiring writers?
As a matter of fact, I do. You can find them at my other website, www.christianediting.co.nz. Or at one of the websites I contribute to on a regular basis:
Incidentally, you might want to change your user name. A name like pay someone to do my assignment might give people the impression you’re looking to pay someone to write your collage essays rather than looking for actual writing advice.
What are your contact details?
You can contact me through my Contact page (who knew, right?). Oddly enough, I don’t want to publicize my email address. I don’t want more spam.
How lengthy have you been running a blog for?
According to my copyright statement, I’ve been running this blog since 2016. By the way, that should be “how long”.
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I don’t understand that either. But thanks for saying so.
Do you have a spam issue on this website.
Only from comments like yours.
Now I am going to do my breakfast.
I think you’re in the wrong place. Breakfast conversations and photos belong on Instagram or TikTok.
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Thank you?
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(on a post on major Christian fiction literary awards)
Really? Well, I guess that confirms that the good news of Jesus Christ is for everyone, and Jesus will meet you where you are.
I can not to find your e-mail subscription hyperlink oor e-newsletter service.
It’s that big blue box immediately to the right of the blog title.
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I use Yoast SEO. I’m sure there are others.
I’m ϲurious to find out what blog system you’re using?
WordPress. Like 27% of the internet.
I’m getting sick and tired of WordPress because I’ve had issues with hackers and I’m looking at alternatives for another platform.
Yes, WordPress can have problems with hackers if you haven’t set your site up properly, and don’t use a service like WordFence or Sucuri. WordPress also appears to have a problem with comment spam. Just like pretty much every other site that allows comments. Such is life.
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A lot of people enjoy that show. But I run a book review blog.
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I mean this in the nicest possible way, but you need to get off your computer and get a life. Or read a book. You know, like one of the hundreds I’ve reviewed on my site.
I remember as I spent my childhood years, I was flanked by new technology including Atari or even the Color Computer.
You’re showing your age.
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I’m lost for words. Or perhaps lost for paragraphs.
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Actually, this was me asking my readers a question.
So yes, the comments are spam. But many are unintentionally funny, and deserved a response.
Don’t listen to the spammers, Iola. You are indeed ‘smartly-preferred’. LOL Thanks for the smile.
Glad to know I’m smartly preferred! Glad you enjoyed it.
Not yet, but I’d better go check my settings so I approve comments before they are allowed from first time users! Thanks for the heads up and the fun.
Now you know why Australasian Christian Writers also insists on approving comments from first-time users 😉
Every day and often written in Cyrillic. Many are trying to sell me a something with offerings ranging from stylish sunglasses to young Russian women. These mostly come through comments at my Roman history site, which has worldwide non-Christian readership, hence the Cyrillic subject lines. But Cerrillo Press attracts unsolicited sales offers, too, often identical ones spamming in from several different email addresses. There are so many that comments redirecting to my gmail address automatically divert into the spam folder.
Because there are sometimes comments from real people who loved my books, I have to scan that folder at least once a week. It’s an irritating waste of my time.
But anyone who is trying to sell me something through my comment form will NEVER, EVER get me to buy anything from them. I HATE(!!) this approach to getting into my email inbox. But as far as I can tell, to get to the real comments, I have to deal with the trash.
The comments never appear at my website because I never approve them, but I get the emails because they aren’t from approved people. Because they always come from a “different” person with unique email addresses, there’s no easy way to block them.
Yes, the emails are a pain. I get a lot from people wondering if I’m interested in lovely women in Ukraine. I’d thought the lovely women of Ukraine had better things to do right now!
And why would you want women anyway. I get those too at my email address they get deleted. you would think they could work out Jenny or even ausjenny is a female. (more interesting are the male enhancement emails again I just delete)
I haven’t had any of the male enhancement ones in a long time … thankfully.
Thanks for the laughs, Iola! 🙂 Loved your comebacks. I have the same set up on mine and thankfully, not much comes through. Although, I do miss the good old fashioned ‘you’ve inherited 3 million dollars, please send me your account number so we can deposit it for you’ spam emails. Like you and everyone else, I just get spam today about my website or women in the Ukraine!
I’m still getting those, Leila. Want me to forward one to you so you can take advantage of that inheritance that I’m choosing to forgo?
Hahaha!! Love it, Carol!