Comments on: Dear Comment Spammer http://www.onemanblogs.co.uk/index.php/archives/2009/12/04/dear-comment-spammer I am me. Who are you? Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anna http://www.onemanblogs.co.uk/index.php/archives/2009/12/04/dear-comment-spammer/comment-page-1#comment-13694 anna Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:27:43 +0000 http://www.onemanblogs.co.uk/?p=6695#comment-13694 Oh, my dear boy. Like they can read! In English! Your words are wasted upon them. Although they do remind me of a post on "great PR requests in blogland" I have been meaning to write. The ones where they email you, try to flatter you with mentioning something they've read in one of the top two posts on your blog, say they relate to it and then ask you to plug their product. One time, I got "I laughed myself silly at your post about woolly hats on little red boat! I wear hats, too!", which was fine, but... For my part, I'll never forget "Dear Anna, Aw! Sorry to hear your depression's been bad recently! I get sad too! I'm writing to you about our new continental lager, do you think you might..." Which basically ended my relationship with them lot forever. Oh, my dear boy.
Like they can read! In English!
Your words are wasted upon them.

Although they do remind me of a post on “great PR requests in blogland” I have been meaning to write. The ones where they email you, try to flatter you with mentioning something they’ve read in one of the top two posts on your blog, say they relate to it and then ask you to plug their product. One time, I got “I laughed myself silly at your post about woolly hats on little red boat! I wear hats, too!”, which was fine, but…

For my part, I’ll never forget “Dear Anna, Aw! Sorry to hear your depression’s been bad recently! I get sad too! I’m writing to you about our new continental lager, do you think you might…”

Which basically ended my relationship with them lot forever.

]]> By: graybo http://www.onemanblogs.co.uk/index.php/archives/2009/12/04/dear-comment-spammer/comment-page-1#comment-13693 graybo Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:14:00 +0000 http://www.onemanblogs.co.uk/?p=6695#comment-13693 You underestimate your readers. I'm actually very interested in spanners, butter knives, buy-to-let mortgages or whatever else they may be offering. This is because I am (a) an information sponge and (b) more interested in prevaricating than doing anything constructive. You underestimate your readers. I’m actually very interested in spanners, butter knives, buy-to-let mortgages or whatever else they may be offering. This is because I am (a) an information sponge and (b) more interested in prevaricating than doing anything constructive.

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