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Harsh Criticism Spam?

by thunderbird
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I always check for duplicates of comments on the web before approving them, but a harsh criticism that has word for word duplicates on the web is new to me. Here's the withering critical comment:
"I wish I could say I liked this post, but I don't. After looking at other blogs on the subject, I think this is wrong."
#criticism #harsh #spam
  • Profile picture of the author sethczerepak
    Just delete it, negativity is like cancer....it spreads.
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  • Profile picture of the author Benjamin Ehinger
    Some people just cannot help but be negative. I would delete it and forget about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    I always delete duplicate comments. I agree that negativity is bad. I have no problems with constructive feedback. That comment was definitely not constructive -- it didn't specify what was wrong. More weirdly, that particular negative comment seems to have been randomly sent out to a whole bunch of blogs, like a stray ricocheting bullet, so it is unlikely that the sender even read the blog post in question.
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    • Profile picture of the author ExRat
      Hi,

      Some people are digital vandals - it gives them a cheap thrill spreading anonymous anxiety - pity them, but don't spend too long on it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

      I always delete duplicate comments. I agree that negativity is bad. I have no problems with constructive feedback. That comment was definitely not constructive -- it didn't specify what was wrong. More weirdly, that particular negative comment seems to have been randomly sent out to a whole bunch of blogs, like a stray ricocheting bullet, so it is unlikely that the sender even read the blog post in question.
      It's just comment spam and probably completely random. I've gotten similar "comments" on pages on my blog. How can a photo be wrong, for example?

      Of course, it's easier for me to spot these things. Some of my blog posts are a bit nonsensical, so it's pretty obvious when someone "disagrees" with something I've said when I haven't said anything, or they "disagree" with my opinion when I haven't given one, or they think a photo is "wrong" and so on.

      They probably just think a negative statement is going to get their comment noticed. For me, it just makes it a little easier to spot.

      That is, of course, only for those rare ones that sneak past Akismet.
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  • Profile picture of the author richdirtygirl
    Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

    I always check for duplicates of comments on the web before approving them, but a harsh criticism that has word for word duplicates on the web is new to me. Here's the withering critical comment:
    "I wish I could say I liked this post, but I don't. After looking at other blogs on the subject, I think this is wrong."
    there is a blog we use for testing, I receive all type of comments there... even when it is again a default blog with only one post.

    I wouldn't be surprised if soon enough they start promoting a product:

    51% of increase in comment approval by switching from nice comments to bad ones in your automatic bots.

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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Yep ... it's random comment spam. I've gotten the same thing.
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  • Profile picture of the author BradCarroll
    I don't get it...seems like people would want to leave a comment that's a little more likely to stick! But hell I guess anything is worth testing...
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    I just got this in response to a blog post on "Equine Parasites" (exact same comment appears on numerous blogs):

    "Thanks for posting this article. I'm definitely frustrated with struggling to search out relevant and brilliant commentary on this subject. Everybody now goes to the very far extremes to either drive home their viewpoint that either: everyone else in the planet is wrong, or two that everyone but them does not really understand the situation. Many thanks for your succinct, applicable insight."
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