Comments, spam and etiquette
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So, here’s an odd duck of a question about comments, spam and etiquette.
Our newish blog gets comments like, “This really essentially a lovely stuff. An doc something like this provides precisely how deep the concept is actually realized by publisher.” It just seems like the person who wrote it either isn’t a native English speaker/writer, or just had their own unique sense of sentence structure. It ends up in the spam folder, and then I’m not sure what to do with it.
On the one hand, I can approve the comment, but I might be giving the green light to everyone all over the world who sends spam comments that say, “like ur blog, give ice cream sunset tickle agate” with a link to an ad for male enhancement products.
Or, I can delete the comment, which seems rude, just because the commenter has an unorthodox sense of sentence structure. Seeing as a large portion of our blog is about poetry, rock and roll, and booze, it doesn’t seem right to dismiss someone just because they don’t follow traditional rules of grammar.The sender’s e-mail address also seems odd, with too many dots and numbers to be something easily trackable and usable. which makes me think it’s a spammer.
Thoughts? Comments? Anecdotes?
Thanks in advance,
Lindsay
http://theabsinthedrinkers.wordpress.com/The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi. Since the topic was recently discussed, I’ll let you read first:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/spamming-1?replies=8A fellow volunteer also gives some usual elements that should raise a red flag whenever you see them:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-you-turn-off-the-spam-filter?replies=22#post-525880If you have additional questions, feel free to ask :-)
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Thank you! I did read the first link you suggested. The second post was one I hadn’t seen. I appreciate you taking the time to help out.
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