{"id":1744,"date":"2003-09-17T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2003-09-18T02:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/17\/comment-spam-for-dean\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T00:08:09","slug":"comment-spam-for-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/17\/comment-spam-for-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment spam for Dean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13330,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.backupbrain.com\\\/2003_09_14_archive.html#a003533&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20080820174056\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.backupbrain.com\\\/2003_09_14_archive.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 09:24:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 09:24:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13331,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.esoterically.net\\\/log\\\/archives\\\/000974.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050223223431\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.esoterically.net:80\\\/log\\\/archives\\\/000974.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/easy-energy.biz&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13332,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/john.hoke.org\\\/archives\\\/2003\\\/09\\\/now_things_get_interesting.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13232,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/deangrassroots.blogspot.com\\\/2003_09_01_deangrassroots_archive.html#10639960915410228&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20061027221402\\\/http:\\\/\\\/deangrassroots.blogspot.com\\\/2003_09_01_deangrassroots_archive.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 08:29:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 08:29:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Well, this is a shame. It appears that &#8216;Laura in DC&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, I saw her comment to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupbrain.com\/2003_09_14_archive.html#a003533\" title=\"If you search Google...\">this BackupBrain post<\/a> and gave her the benefit of the doubt &#8212; maybe she was just being a little pushy. Then, not long ago, I found an identical comment on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esoterically.net\/log\/archives\/000974.html\" title=\"Too Young to Vote?\">this Esoterically.net post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Laura in DC&#8217;, if you happen to find this &#8212; we&#8217;re glad you support Dean. We&#8217;re glad that you&#8217;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&#8217;ve got a good site, people will find it. Trust in links and Google, but please &#8212; ditch the spam.<\/p>\n<p>Update:<\/p>\n<p>Laura stopped by <a href=\"http:\/\/john.hoke.org\/archives\/2003\/09\/now_things_get_interesting.php\" title=\"John P. Hoke's Asylum: Now things get interesting\">John P. Hoke&#8217;s Asylum<\/a> too. Damn, now I&#8217;m starting to feel left out. ;)<\/p>\n<p>Update:<\/p>\n<p>I just checked back to Laura&#8217;s site, and realized that she <a href=\"http:\/\/deangrassroots.blogspot.com\/2003_09_01_deangrassroots_archive.html#10639960915410228\" title=\"Mousepads, Shoe Leather, and Hope: I want to apologize for everyone...\">issued an apology on the 19th<\/a> &#8212; just a case of a &#8220;newbie&#8221; getting a little over-excited. In the long run, not that big of a deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is a shame. 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