Why are there so many comments on my blog that are not for me?

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  thatfunnyblogguy · Member · Jan 2, 2013 at 10:27 pm

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  recently I am seeing a ton of comments that are not for my blog entries. It’s probably just spam, but it seems odd to me–like the comments are from real people, but the where stuck to my blog by mistake. I put a bunch of them in the “trash” rather than marking them as spam. If you have access my trash, have a look…
  thanks,
  marcus

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jan 4, 2013 at 7:17 pm

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  Thanks for reporting this. I am going to ask our developers to have a look and see if they can get to the bottom of it. I’ll keep you posted here.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jan 4, 2013 at 7:30 pm

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  Just to verify, have you done a recent import of posts from another site?

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  thatfunnyblogguy · Member · Jan 4, 2013 at 11:31 pm

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  I have not. Ever, for that matter.
  Come on. I’m a wordpress only kind of guy.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jan 7, 2013 at 3:15 pm

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  Thanks for letting me know. We’re still investigating this and I’ll keep you posted.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jan 8, 2013 at 7:11 pm

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  I just wanted to follow up and let you know that our developers have had a look at the comments, and they do appear to be a type of spam. Feel free to mark them as spam when they come in, and over time the Askismet spam filter should begin do that automatically.

  We’re sorry for any inconvenience.