You may have noticed some spam comments on Turnipblog from time to time. I try to delete them all. Let me demonstrate with quotes from actual spam comments that I have deleted from Turnipblog.
Usually spam comments start out by kissing my butt:
"Very unique blog you have! I'm definitely going to bookmark you! ... "
Then they quickly try to sell something or promote a web site:
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"Great Blog you have here! I am going to bookmark this one.
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"Hey you've got a great blog here, the best I've seen so far, keep up the good job! A few days ago I was surfing the web and came across this cool site... "
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Then there are some spam comments that don't even try to trick me, like the one that was a link that only said:
"Outdoor Clock"
It is usually pretty easy to spot spam comments, but all that changed when I received the trickiest spam comment in blog history this week:
"All I can say is WOW Seed. The other half and I just got back from our friends house (well her friends house) and I needed a huge break. I am working on a project right now that is based on canada poker chips. I have literally been on-line for 2-3 hours doing research. Even though X-mas Card Photo Reject really isn’t on the same page as canada poker chips I am certainly glad I came across your blog. There are a ton of great view points on this blog. Well I think I can here the kids screaming in the background. I put you in my internet favorites and I will certainly come back and visit. If you want to take a peek at my site you can find me here at canada poker chips. I update my site very frequently. Again, great job blogging and I will be back again soon!"
Due to the trickiness of this comment, which I only spotted as spam because it was from "Discount Poker Chip Sets", I have enabled Comment Word Verification on Turnipblog, so that people leaving comments are required to complete a word verification step. What this does is to prevent automated systems from adding comments to Turnipblog, since it takes a human being to read the word and pass this step.
Despite the fact that I have made it more difficult to post comments, I am encouraging more comments. Please see the below post for more details.
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