SPAM with butter.
Unbelievable.
When I think about spam, words like “porn”, “casino”, and “penis enlargement” come to mind. For the most part, I’ve taken all the precautions for ensuring that these annoyances never reach my email inbox. But this blog, with its open comments feature, has left the door open for robots to invade me with these stupid messages. So what are they using - “XXX”, “girls”, “Viagra”?
How about flattery?
Yes, for the past week this blog has been spammed… with compliments! Scattered through out old posts I made in early May, these guys have been leaving random (and very generic) compliments about my site.
“Just stopped by to visit and got the crunch on your stuff in here - bravo!”
“So very glad I found this truly great site 
”
“I happened upon this site while following the links from another site. Your site is wonderful and i bookmarked it. Thank your for the hard work you must have put in to create this wonderful facility. Keep up the excellent work”
“Hello. May I rent your layout for my site? ”
What the hell? All they do is leave a comment, a fake email address (which wouldn’t even show up on the site), and no link to anything. And they do this a couple of times a day. What are they trying to gain from this? Stupid spammers…
So yeah, I just thought this was funny but very annoying at the same time. Has anyone else had this problem?
I actually got a weird comment about a hour ago saying something about Kermit the Frog and rap music when the comment it was posted in did not mention anything about those things.
Comment by Phoenix512 — August 11, 2005 @ 6:26 pm
From: douchebag102@aol.com
To: Scott’s Anime Almanac
Subject: Hi
Sent: 08/12/05 10:35PM
Hello, I stumbled across your website the other day when searching Google for information on how to resurrect dead cats. I must say it is a wonderful, informative with lots of information. Please keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more.
Comment by Alex — August 12, 2005 @ 9:35 pm
Who is that spammer? I bet he’s never watched anime. And he’s got the same name as me. Well, you know, “Alex” IS a very common name…
Comment by Alex — August 12, 2005 @ 9:37 pm
Ha, ha! You were sooooo busted, man!
Comment by Scott — August 13, 2005 @ 12:05 am
I only get the Viagra and penis enlargements…damn, those spammers should look wether they are spamming boys or girls *lol*
Comment by Mina — August 13, 2005 @ 9:35 am
I don’t know, Mina. Are you really confident about the size of your penis?
…
>_<
I’m so sorry! It’s such an old and stupid joke. I tried to hold myself back, but I just had to say it!
Comment by Scott — August 17, 2005 @ 10:51 am