Spamity, Spam Spam
One of the annoying and/or interesting things about running a blog these days are spam comments that you get.
I don’t mean someone who calls me a jerk, a moron or worse, I always publish those, I certainly wouldn’t want to stop my family and friends from commenting.
Seriously, as long as it isn’t obscene and is relevant to my posts, I’ll allow comments. I read and approve every last one — unless you’ve already commented and been approved (then your stuff goes up automatically). Frankly, I wish there were more nasty, mean comments, as it would suggest that my commentary is getting to someone.
Of course, I also know many of my political rivals never got past the Crayola portion of their education and are largely unable to get much past playing Mine Sweeper on their computer, which cuts down on the mean comments, although I do miss the "your fat (sic)" letters that used to come in when I was running for State Representative. Thankfully, the state of Pennsylvania has a jobs program for such people called the Legislature, to keep them out of harm’s way.
But still, I do get a ton of comments, from people trying to promote their porn sites — and you just never think to combine fat, dwarf, MILF, Crisco and latex in one sentence, but these spammers manage to do so. Or try to sell me (and you, if I approved the comment) drugs for any all maladies, including some not yet discovered by medical science. Or promote worthless penny stocks, hoping the shares will go up if enough people take the message seriously.
Maybe even better: these spam messages might be coming from your computer. Bots, trojans, viruses and so on are the primary source for this junk — so it’s possible you’re the one sending me the comment on performance enhancing drugs.
Even so, the comments remain better written and more intelligent than the press releases I get from the Pennsylvania State Republican House Caucus. In fact, maybe they need the performance enhancing drugs, since it doesn’t seem like they’re giving the Democrats much in the way of stiff opposition.