I Can't Possibly Be Wrong All the Time

Okay, like most people who blog, I get delighted when I get comments. I am rarely delighted however when a spam comment makes it through WordPress’ otherwise excellent spam filter. A few days ago, I was delighted.

My email let me know that my blog post Defending Magic in Game of Thrones had a comment waiting for moderation. Right on. It’s a great post! (I might be biased.) But I was unprepared for the effusive praise in the comment.

Sadly, it was from a spammer. Pretty obviously. I’ve seen similar bits in the spam folder of my blog, all designed to flatter the blogger into approving the comment in the hopes that it’d get approved and expose the thread to a flood of unmoderated spam.

(Checking out my blog’s spam folder taught me how *not* to leave a comment when visiting a blog I liked.)

But this spam comment was pretty over the top, so with no further ado, here is the comment awating moderation:

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Hey, I can’t argue with this! Very wonderful info CAN be found on web site! It does have “bands of superb information!” And I humbly submit that the Defending Magic in Game of Thrones article is a “Master Peace!”

(They should also check out my article on Religion in Game of Thrones. Seven Hells!)

Clearly, this spammer is my number one fan. Rather than sending one of their stock bogus complimentary comments, they sent over two dozen in one mega-comment.

So sincere was the praise, it overwhelmed the WordPress gaussian distribution spam filter.

That’s love, man.

I’m touched and now have got the warm fuzzies.

Thanks, you.

I’m still not approving the comment. But keep coming back. I’ll continue “putting up.” And thanks for being a fan of my Game of Thrones stuff.

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Image from Shakespeare in Love, obviously.

I make some claims to the text here, but obviously not to the featured comment from Robocop Hack who apparently resides at

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and is associated with the email address

dollycooksey at animail dot net

I have to give them full credit for their wonderful spam -filter-evading love letter to me. Bravo!

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