Dear Spammer Dude
My blog comment spam problems aren’t nearly bad as they used to be, due to an anti-spam WordPress Plugin I raved about previously. But I still have to scan pending comments for spam, and certain things are a dead give away:
Dear Spammer Dude (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Spammers, don’t call me a “dude.”
I’m a gal, so that sounds rather rude.
My pic makes this clear,
So your “dude” usage, dear,
Proves your post should be promptly eschewed.
Tags: Blog Humor, Blogging Advice, Computer Verse, Spam, Technology Limerick
Mad most spam is sent by spam bots, automated critters that looks for key phrases and words in a post relevant to what they want to spam. Since they are not human the best way to eliminate the problem is with a Captcha (the spam prevention that makes a person enter the letters and numbers in the box). I went for 20-30 spam a day to 0 on the first day I installed it! hope this helps.
Thanks, Amanda. Believe it or not, I once wrote a limerick about Captcha: Captured By Captcha.
Dear spammers,you may think me a prude.
But I don’t like women being called a dude.
It is certainly a bit thick
To offer her drugs to enhance her dick
If she had one , you would have been screwed.
Here’s my response in verse to a certain type of scam-spam:
Dear client, I sadly must say
That I won’t be your lawyer today.
Those sums to collect
Must have a defect–
We’ll wire–check bounces–we’ll pay.
Dear Spammers, don’t call me a “dude.”
It’s not that I’m being a prude
Please, don’t get me wrong
If I had a schlong…
You’d all be screwed, blued, and tatooed!