As the current manager of the ALSC Blog, I attempt to check the comment queue at least three times a day. I am always delighted when a real comment is among the spam. Just moments ago, I went through 180 spam comments, mostly referencing fashion. (At least, for the time being, Paris Hilton seems to have moved by the wayside.) There was one comment, from Houston, the reference address screams “Spam!” but the text itself is thought-provoking. It is:
“Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn?t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.”
While there is no source cited in the message, according to QuotationsPage, the phrase was penned by Hugh Elliott on the 2/14/03 post of his blog, Standing Room Only. I suppose it looks enough like a real comment to get approved as non-spam. I guess, in a way, it did.
sharon senser mckellar
is it possible for us to add work verification to this blog? you know what i mean, right? the little thing that pops up with a weird looking slightly scrambled word and in order to leave a comment a person must also type in the letters from that word. this is meant to curb spam, and in my experience it works quite well!
Mary
Teresa —
I love this comment! Thanks for pulling it out of the spam and sharing it. And thanks also for the great job you do with this blog. I’m probably like the majority who read this blog faithfully and appreciatively, but seldom comment. So, for all those times I neglected to express my thanks for your ongoing blog work, “Thank you!”
Teresa Walls Post author
Sharon: Thanks for your great suggestion to add a captcha! I bet there is a way to add it here. If I am able to add one and someone notices that it is causing them problems, please email me at alscblog@gmail.com. I would rather bulk moderate comments than make it problematic for someone to add a real comment.
Mary: Thank you for your kind words. I hope it didn’t seem like I was fishing for compliments (appreciated though, they are). I do love to read comments from ALSC Blog readers. Comments truly add to the sense of community.