And possibly my shortest post ever. Don’t sound too happy about that; I might take it personally.
I see hilarious posts out there where people highlight some of their crazy spam. This is not one of those posts.
My borderline-OCD tendencies mean that I cannot stand to have a full email in-box, hundreds of posts in my Google Reader, or un-moderated blog comments. Now, I said borderline, so that means I’m not OCD enough to completely stay on top of this issue. I’m just OCD enough to be bothered by it. Really, really bothered.
There are times when I have to clean out my blog-related email and start fresh. There are times when I have to click Mark All As Read in my reader. Those times make me sad – I know I’m missing some great stuff by doing that. The reality, however, is that a point of no return does exist. Once I fall too far behind, there is no catching up, and so I start over.
I also compulsively delete spam comments that I receive here on Wonder, Friend. Usually I am so eager to clean up my comments that I hit delete and never look back. That means I don’t remember to save some of the more hilarious spam. My goal is to start a file of the funnier ones, but for now I just have this one that arrived over the weekend:
Every time I read a really great blog post I do a few things:1.Share it with all the close friends.2.Bookmark it in all my favorite bookmarking websites.3.Make sure to come back to the website where I read the post.After reading this article Iām seriously thinking of going ahead and doing all three.
Isn’t that nice? This kind soul really loves Wonder, Friend. Or really hopes I click on the message so the sender can steal my soul. I prefer to believe it’s the former.
For the last week or so I have also been getting spam from none other than Christian Louboutin, the famed shoe designer. As flattering as it is to hear from Mr. Louboutin, I would prefer he send shoes instead of email. Okay? Size 7. Unless the shoe is narrow or the toe is really pointy, in which case I’ll take a 7.5. Thank you, Mr. Louboutin.
I wonder…
:: What’s your favorite spam comment ever?
:: How do you deal with the steady influx of electronic communication?
:: Do you ever hit delete on everything and start over?
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oh, yes i most certainly do just hit “delete” and start over. sometimes if a post is especially long and it doesn’t match my current mood (in other words, if i’m feeling extra bitchy and the the post is extra mushy) i will skim it, make sure i’m not missing something i want to comment on, and “mark as read”.
i’m pretty ocd about my inbox and reader as well… i can’t stand to have too many things in it at once, so i stay on top of my stuff. if a blog posts more than 3 consecutive posts a day i will most likely stop reading that blog. it’s about quality, not quantity.
i have a wordpress widget that puts the capcha at the bottom of my blog, and it really cuts down on the spam, so i don’t have any interesting spam comments to share.
Damn you, Missy!!! I’m not even kidding when I say I have that SAME spam comment just sitting in my spam folder because I wanted to write a post about it!
You suck. Way to ruin all my fun.
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I’ve been filing comments without responding or visiting back.
Not all of them, not every day, but I can’t keep up and it makes me feel SO GUILTY.
However, exploding inbox syndrome makes me feel like I’m drowning. So, it’s a survival tactic, you know?
I don’t understand the point of a lot of it. For instance:
“Dear sir, I love this web site. I tried to link to it (insert my very own URL) but was unsuccessful. Could you please have the webmaster look into this? -Melvin
Um, what is the point? Is there some guy in the world that wants to see how many times his inane message will be posted on blogs? I don’t get it.
I’m totally anal about my email inbox. I like there to be no scroll bar on the side. If there are so many messages I have to scroll, I start to twitch!
Oh, yes. I’m a deleter. And it feels soooo good. But I do enjoy reading a little spam every now and then. That feels good too. And then I delete it. That really is, however, a fabulous spam comment. I probably would have approved it. Cause I’m stupid that way.