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Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.

by thunderbird
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As soon as I see a comment like that on my blogs, alarm bells go off. I just don't trust flattery. And, just as I suspected, the exact same praise, word for word, appears on a hundred other blogs.
#journalist #professional #write
  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    I suppose you can no follow their links, especially if that IP address has not made any other worthwhile comments.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikestenger
    98% of the time I see comments like that, it's spam where they throw their link in with what "copy & paste" they have to say and/or in the name field it's "How To Make Money With Google" or whatever.

    I use Akismet for spam and it works like a charm.
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    -Mike

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    • Profile picture of the author loopylove
      you have to admire their creativity though

      On my blog, it tickles me when they post stuff like Does anyone know the best way to make the most of {insert your own product here} ?

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  • Profile picture of the author TerrieS
    I have one blog where I allow comments just to see what people write. It's how I keep my finger on the pulse of the commenting community!
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      I always enjoy the ones that say they don't agree with everything I said, but I made a good point, especially when such a comment appears on a post that was just a photo or a joke or something else that you really wouldn't agree or disagree with.

      Sometimes, spammers just make it too easy for me to identify them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Elmer Hurlstone
    Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

    Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.

    As soon as I see a comment like that on my blogs, alarm bells go off. I just don't trust flattery. And, just as I suspected, the exact same praise, word for word, appears on a hundred other blogs.
    And, just as I was about to put on my "big-time-writer" hat, you come along and dash my hopes into the ground.

    So, I guess I'm not that special after all?

    Nutz!

    Elmer
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  • Profile picture of the author IMChick
    Sigh, look what I'm missing after I locked down the blog comments section! Comment management seems like too big of a hassle for very little return. If someone really wants to contact me, there's a contact address somewhere that opens up into my circular file.
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  • Profile picture of the author ShaneRQR
    I sometimes get human-seeming comments like that as well. However, if you check the links, you'll find that in almost 100% of the cases, every comment that does not directly relate to or refer to something you wrote in that particular article is actually a spam comment.

    Humans almost always refer to specific content. Bots make general statements (sometimes even eloquently).
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