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December 21, 2009, 10:14 amPatHMV says:
Is this some version of the Turing Test? I wonder if it’s possible to consistently determine which of such comments were left: 1) by a computer system stocked with such phrases (with perhaps some variables), pre-written by a native English speaker, 2) by a computer system stocked with such phrases, pre-written by a native of Asia, or 3) by someone in Asia making $.20 to $.50 per hour to surf the net and type in such things live.
December 21, 2009, 10:26 amPatHMV says:
Oh, and I’m kind of curious to know what’s at mature.com… but not nearly enough to actually click on it, and certainly not from work! Scared what I might find.
December 21, 2009, 10:27 amDaniel Charlies says:
Drink it in, baby!
December 21, 2009, 10:28 amSara says:
“thirstily look forward”
Such, blindingly good taste!
December 21, 2009, 10:43 amDave N. says:
Hey, that’s nothing. I regularly get e-mails from people telling me that, out of the blue, I have won $10,000,000 in lotteries I do not remember entering but that to collect my prize I must send a $500 processing fee first.
Between those and my Nigerian inheritances that I am waiting on, I figure I am set for life.
December 21, 2009, 10:45 amLarryA says:
I’d also worry about what I might catch.
December 21, 2009, 10:57 amarch1 says:
Any theory about how comments such as this originate has to account for the relationship between Aamos’s and mature com’s comments. Which one is the precursor? Are there missing links? Etc.:-)
December 21, 2009, 11:09 amBT says:
What no penis enlargement offers? Man, unlike DaveN, that is all I get. I do wonder who keeps telling them?
December 21, 2009, 11:15 amPatHMV says:
arch, they’re using the same program is all, I think.
I read an article once about glitches with software that posted automated “WFM” ads in the Craigslist personals (companies try to sucker guys into signing up for some paid service to webcam with the woman who supposedly posted the ad). Anyway, some of the ads would get placed despite program glitches, which led to the variable name being posted, rather than the actual variable itself. So the ad would read: “Hi! I’m a [$FemAdjective1] girl looking for a really [$MaleAdjective1] like you to really [$Female2] me!”
December 21, 2009, 11:22 amPatHMV says:
BT… perhaps they are missing because the spammers know what a big swinging [penis] the VC is in the blogosphere; it would just be a waste of time to send those kinds of ads this way. ;-)
December 21, 2009, 12:13 pmChris Travers says:
Probably Cheap Air Jordan Shoes…..
December 21, 2009, 12:38 pmChris Travers says:
Also I would add my voice here and say “thanks and keep up the good work.”
There is a reason why those of us who are here keep coming back. The combination of (with a few exceptions) very high quality content and (with a few exceptions) intelligent and thoughtful commenters from across the political spectrum means I always have something interesting to think about every day.
December 21, 2009, 12:40 pmJK says:
I feel a bit out of it, what’s the up side for these spammers? That you click on the link to their site? That seems pretty thin.
December 21, 2009, 12:53 pmtheobromophile says:
Why does mature.com make “grab your rss feed” sound like a euphemism for something?
Could it also have something to do with the lack of intimate region enhancement offers?
December 21, 2009, 12:59 pmGallileo says:
JK,
The advantage is googly. The links from the comments of a highly-rated blog to their commerce site will bump them up in the rankings. They don’t care a bit about any of us clicking on their links.
G
December 21, 2009, 1:49 pmVader says:
I have to admit that the thought of an anonymous stranger on the Internet being eager to grab my rss is disquieting.
December 21, 2009, 1:51 pmBZ says:
I did want to comment only on the “Marmot girls” one:
it’s my understanding that marmots (a form of groundhog) hibernate five months out of the year.
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December 21, 2009, 2:59 pmJK says:
Thanks Gallileo, now it makes some sense. No wonder I’ve found Google to be become less effective over time. I’ve heard there’s a lot of gaming of the google system, but I don’t really know much about the mechanics of it.
December 21, 2009, 3:49 pmMark N. says:
That’s no doubt the motivation, but I believe it no longer works. Most blogs, including VC, now put a “rel=nofollow” tag on the links back to posters’ websites, which tells search engines not to follow or count the links for indexing purposes. (More on that at Wikipedia.)
December 21, 2009, 6:25 pmChrisTS says:
Vader wins the thread!
December 21, 2009, 7:01 pmChrisTS says:
I get those, plus ‘increase your sperm’ ones. I forward them to my husband.
December 21, 2009, 7:06 pmNickM says:
Please send me your god prices. I want to collect the whole set.
Nick
December 21, 2009, 7:07 pmAssistant Village Idiot says:
Darn. Those were the only nice comments I ever got on my blog…
December 22, 2009, 9:58 amArchitect says:
Marmot is also a brand of high quality hiking/backpacking expedition gear.
Perhaps the name speaks more to there activity rather than inactivity
December 22, 2009, 12:05 pmpenile secrets says:
i agree wholeheartedly with you on this matter. if only more people would as well..
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