What do you make of this?
As I do from time to time, I’ve just been looking at the spam folder for this blog, since occasionally genuine posts get diverted there erroneously. And then I sometimes stay to marvel at some of the spam stuff that people have tried to post.
But here’s one that I cannot work out at all. The spammer says: ‘Hey, this is a great blog, I enjoy it a lot and will come back often. It engages me in much the same way as a live birth video.’
What am I to make of that?
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January 12, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Having seen neither a live birth nor a video of it, its hard for me to tell but I would take it as a compliment.
Perhaps in much the same as I regard the various Russian women wanting to marry me: Извините девочки, что я женат.
January 12, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Well, it’s certainly memorable. And it gave you some copy…
[Kevin; your Russian is coming along very nicely… just don’t send any money.]
January 13, 2010 at 12:05 am
“Google translate” makes polyglots of us all.
January 13, 2010 at 2:40 am
Google rankings. If Google indexes your comments and that spammer’s link gets associated with the phrase, they will show up in listings for it.
Apparently there’s a market for this:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=RZt&q=%22live+birth+video%22&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=
January 14, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I never understood why you marked my comment as spam, I really do admire the way your blog gives us a graphic insight into the “birth” of DCU as a top flight third-level institution, we almost feel we are watching it on screen.
January 14, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Aoife, I never mark any comment as spam – the system does that automatically, based on certain assumptions about content. Every so often I check the spam folder and release those that are not spam at all – which would include anything you write! Is there still one of yours that has been blocked as spam? If so, I missed it, apologies! And many thanks for your kind comment!!