Comments on: Comment spam http://numero57.net/2006/04/08/comment-spam/ a blog by Jim Bliss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:32:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JB http://numero57.net/2006/04/08/comment-spam/#comment-160 JB Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:58:14 +0000 http://numero57.net/?p=39#comment-160 I love the incompetent ones. My blog is nowhere near visited enough for this, thankfully, but I get some classic email spam. More recently this has included a peculiar name for the sender, which read something like "&fillinname&@aol.com"... As for that Nixon thing...that's just freaky. And an extremely annoying manipulation of your emotions and a waste of your time. I love the incompetent ones. My blog is nowhere near visited enough for this, thankfully, but I get some classic email spam. More recently this has included a peculiar name for the sender, which read something like “&fillinname&@aol.com”…

As for that Nixon thing…that’s just freaky. And an extremely annoying manipulation of your emotions and a waste of your time.

]]> By: Larry Teabag http://numero57.net/2006/04/08/comment-spam/#comment-159 Larry Teabag Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:58:27 +0000 http://numero57.net/?p=39#comment-159 Jeez. That is lowness of a level that Cillit Bang could only ever dream. I wonder what would have happened if you had called the police... Jeez. That is lowness of a level that Cillit Bang could only ever dream. I wonder what would have happened if you had called the police…

]]> By: Jim http://numero57.net/2006/04/08/comment-spam/#comment-158 Jim Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:02:35 +0000 http://numero57.net/?p=39#comment-158 <strong>Merrick</strong>, I don't see it as particularly labour-intensive. Think about it... contact a marketing agency; ask them to hire 20 people for a month long campaign; the contract stipulates that each of the 20 starts a blog which they must keep updated once every two days and a quota of 5 comments on other blogs every two days. Do you think you could find 20 people willing to do that for a month in exchange for - say - a thousand quid? That's 20 grand in total... a drop in the ocean of the marketing budget for a major film. I dunno how effective it is, whether it's worth 20 grand of publicity... but that kind of viral marketing is very big these days, so I assume someone's worked out that there is a payback. Merrick, I don’t see it as particularly labour-intensive. Think about it… contact a marketing agency; ask them to hire 20 people for a month long campaign; the contract stipulates that each of the 20 starts a blog which they must keep updated once every two days and a quota of 5 comments on other blogs every two days. Do you think you could find 20 people willing to do that for a month in exchange for – say – a thousand quid? That’s 20 grand in total… a drop in the ocean of the marketing budget for a major film.

I dunno how effective it is, whether it’s worth 20 grand of publicity… but that kind of viral marketing is very big these days, so I assume someone’s worked out that there is a payback.

]]> By: Merrick http://numero57.net/2006/04/08/comment-spam/#comment-157 Merrick Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:18:23 +0000 http://numero57.net/?p=39#comment-157 Sheesh, apart from the ethics, how labour-intensive the Assassination thing must've been! Whilst that's foul, there's worse: how about an email scam <a href="http://corporatewatchuk.blogspot.com/2006/04/spamwatch-for-ngos-just-noting-new-to.html" rel="nofollow">asking</a> NGOs - starting with African ones - to part with registration fees for conferences that don't exist. Sheesh, apart from the ethics, how labour-intensive the Assassination thing must’ve been!

Whilst that’s foul, there’s worse: how about an email scam asking NGOs – starting with African ones – to part with registration fees for conferences that don’t exist.

]]> By: Pisces Iscariot http://numero57.net/2006/04/08/comment-spam/#comment-156 Pisces Iscariot Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:05:04 +0000 http://numero57.net/?p=39#comment-156 That has got to be one of the most bizarre stories I've ever heard! I don't get the logic behind it - a renegade publicity agent? That has got to be one of the most bizarre stories I’ve ever heard! I don’t get the logic behind it – a renegade publicity agent?

]]> By: L http://numero57.net/2006/04/08/comment-spam/#comment-155 L Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:18:43 +0000 http://numero57.net/?p=39#comment-155 I almost didn't leave a comment, because now I feel dirty :) I almost didn’t leave a comment, because now I feel dirty
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