So, you know that post I made yesterday about having a job interview? It’s just below this one, scroll down a little. Well I got a couple of comments on it from some spambots (pretending to be natural and not come across as spambots). Here, read the first one:
I really can’t understand some points of this post, but I guess I just need to learn a bit more about this, because it definitely sounds interesting and kind of though-provoking! By the way, how did you first get involved with this?
Well.
He cannot understand some points of this 26 word post. The general point, that I had an interview, was even reflected in the title. Clearly he needs to learn more about interviews. Oh yes, he suggests that next. Reputable companies do sound interesting, don’t they? And I guess keeping your fingers crossed is kind of thought-provoking. And after all that, as an aside, a parting comment, he asks how did I first get involved in wanting a job. I would’ve thought that was obvious.
The second one, on the same 26 word post:
Hey this is a great story. I’m going to email this to my friends. I stumbled on this while googling for some music lyrics, I’ll be sure to come back. thanks for sharing.
I’m sure his friends will be enthralled by my “great story”. What lyrics must he have been googling for to find a post about someone having a job interview?
Spambots, eh?
Hehe, I’m a spambot, can’t you tell? I’m confused as to why they would make bots to spam with such benign comments though. Surely, they’d want to advertise outrageously or the like.
I guess something you wrote in your post must have provoked them! Run, run while you still can!
So yes, basically, I wonder how you got involved in this? Very interesting. I’ll be sure to e-mail it to all my… um… friends… yeah.
Hi, spambot.
I refuse to run! I will stand and fight them ’til I die!
Ah, I forgot to say – I had removed all the links from their comments, I guess they hope other people aren’t as thorough as me. They are very clever – they post messages that look normal when you skim read them, it’s only when you look at the URLs for the sites they are linking to that you realise they are all for tramadol or porn sites.
Bloody things. The spam filter on WordPress is usually pretty decent, I very rarely have to manually delete any comments but those two were bloody obvious. I’m always surprised how some manage to slip through.
You found me via TrueAchievements, am I right? Thanks for the message 🙂