Comments on: Confessions of a Comment Spammer

By: one hour payday loan

one hour payday loan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:12:32 +0000

That's cool that they actually stopped for you. Alot of spammers wouldn't stop for anything. Keep posting, I like this blog.

By: robertnfrancis

robertnfrancis — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:53:16 +0000

The most controversial part: the character of longtime bear buddy Christopher Robin will be banished from the Hundred Acre Wood and replaced by a six-year-old tomboyish girl. The kid-friendly cable network said they hope to attract an older audience by adding the unnamed tyke. The series also will change the look disney acting auditions of the rest of the gang, including Piglet, Rabbit and Eeyore, by using brighter colors and 3-D computer animation.

By: robertnfrancis

robertnfrancis — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:53:16 +0000

By: Greg Broadbent

Greg Broadbent — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:30:18 +0000

So what is this Bought and Sold program going to be about? Is it another copy of “flip this house”. I hope they at least have some value to the show.

Did they stop writing on everyone’s blog?

By: Athol Kay

Athol Kay — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:51:11 +0000

Actually the secret is that Jay just offered to nuke them. All it takes is one person marking you as spam and then the Spam Filter sends the message to the filter host and then the host updates all the other spam filters. Bingo! Thou Art Spam Everywhere.

Happened to me once.

Also I actually sent my HGTV spammers a copy of a blog post that I still have in my draft folder. It was called "HGTV Brought and Sold is Horrible" and the post laid out exactly that the constant spam advertising the show was offensive and if I hit the spam button it was actually going to spam slam http://www.hgtv.com itself as an URL because the spammers kept using it as the address on my blog.

I got no reply, but trust me on this, I never saw them anywhere ever again on anyones blog.

By: Kris Berg

Kris Berg — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:43:04 +0000

Jay – This is too funny! My spam count is up to about 1000 a day. Will you please write each of them a nice letter and ask them to stop? While you are at it, I have a particularly bothersome troll which could use some sweet talking.

By: Mark A.

Mark A. — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:09:21 +0000

It (the flowery speech thing) all started with the Nigerian 419 scams. Be polite, and prosper.

By: Jay - The Phoenix Re

Jay - The Phoenix Re — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:47:22 +0000

The intelligence of Einstein, the kindness of Mother Theresa, the maturity of …… Brittney? Paris? no wait, those two aren't exactly mature….

I don't know. Maybe I'm just gullible. But the HGTV comments appear to have stopped. Only time will tell if they have truly ceased. I tried to reply to this email twice, but interestingly, my ISP flagged it with a cryptic undeliverable message — something about a spam domain.

I did have to chuckle at the use of "ambassadors". What is up with all the funky names for employees? Disney has "Cast members", lots of places have "associates", apparently Marketingworks has "ambassadors". Personally, I prefer "minions" or "underlings". How come nobody uses those?

By: Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:17:47 +0000

I received some of the same stuff and just commented back with some tongue in cheek barbs. They stopped.

I like your way better.

By: Norm Fisher

Norm Fisher — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:16:09 +0000

Austin Realtor's Wife, I've met Jay in person. He's definitely intelligent, kind and mature but that doesn't necessarily mean he's not a sucker for a flowery speech. I guess it all depends on whether or not the spamming stopped.