Comment spam for Dean?

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on September 17, 2003). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Well, this is a shame. It appears that ‘Laura in DC’ has recently started a new pro-Dean weblog (at http://deangrassroots.blogspot.com/ ), and is so excited about it that she feels that spamming weblog comments is the best way to get the word out.

Earlier today, I saw her comment to this BackupBrain post and gave her the benefit of the doubt — maybe she was just being a little pushy. Then, not long ago, I found an identical comment on this Esoterically.net post.

‘Laura in DC’, if you happen to find this — we’re glad you support Dean. We’re glad that you’re excited about him, your weblog, and whatever else in life you might be excited about. But spamming comment threads is just going to piss people off and cause problems for you in the long run. If you’ve got a good site, people will find it. Trust in links and Google, but please — ditch the spam.

Update:

Laura stopped by John P. Hoke’s Asylum too. Damn, now I’m starting to feel left out. ;)

Update:

I just checked back to Laura’s site, and realized that she issued an apology on the 19th — just a case of a “newbie” getting a little over-excited. In the long run, not that big of a deal.

3 thoughts on “Comment spam for Dean?”

  1. Ahhh… but we the spammed love you anyway :)

    Bleh – at times like this I wish I had a policy to delete comments, but I would rather let the spam stand for itself

    I guess she never heard of netiquite… pro-Dean does not mean that netiquite goes out the door

    feh

    -John

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