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This Spam is Out of Control!

21 Sunday Jan 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts

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I’m wondering if all of you are experiencing the same thing I am.  There were an abundance of new followers, each with an Outlook email address (red flag).  Well, don’t get your hopes up.  they’re mostly spammers.

I have been in touch with WordPress, who assures me their engineers are working on the problem.  Uh huh…meantime, I have already sent 6-7 comments to spam, and this is just today.  It’s been going on for 3 days.

Should you experience this yourself, might do some good to email WP with the info (email & IP show in your comment section).  Perhaps it might speed things up a bit.  All I know is I do not have the time to keep deleting or marking them as spam.

Sorry, rant over…

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday   ❤

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The Joys of Spam ~ Amusing Comments

26 Thursday Oct 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in creative writing, My Thoughts

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#creativewriting, akismet, amusement, amusing, comments, content, dorindaduclos.com, dreaming, funny, haha, laughter, Night Owl Poetry, spam, WordPress, writing


Ah, Spam, don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it (sorry, Shakespeare).

No, I’m not talking about that disgusting canned stuff that campers (like my husband) keep in case of an emergency (no emergency could get me to eat that). I’m speaking of the delightful fun of checking our spam comments. You see, the need to do so arises because some of our followers wind up in there (tsk tsk Akismet). We can only hope they realize we are not ignoring them. So without further ado….

Apparently I have a great deal of knowledge pertaining to dreaming. This from someone who seldom sleeps, if dreams. I’m amused. I also use green seaweed in my salad. That could attribute to the fresh content, but no, appears I don’t have that either. Maybe purchasing generic Cialis or Viagra would perk up my blog. That should get a rise out of it, don’t ya think? And who knew? I totally missed the donation button option because so many people claim they would definitely donate to my blog. To think, I could be a millionaire without writing a word! And last but certainly not least, if I ever give up writing (not a chance) I can always become a porn star. 😉

And so ends this entry on the most ludicrous things you can find when sifting through spam. Hope this gave you a giggle as I certainly had a good time, especially wondering what these people do in real life!!

To all of you, thank you so very much for your wonderful comments.  I love them all, and you, too!!  ❤

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A Quick Note (regarding WP spam filter)

23 Saturday Sep 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts

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Just a quick note, to my friends, far and near

Please don’t think I ignore those I hold dear

Your comments always mean to the world to me

I try to reply back, as long as I can see

The black of your text, saying hi or whatever

But WordPress, again, is squashing my endeavor

I have found you scattered, in the spam, on my blog

Good thing I keep checking, that silly ole log

So forgive me, for taking so long to respond

I’ve finally saved you from drowning, in the WP pond

 

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SPAM It, WordPress!! – An Open Letter

18 Tuesday Oct 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, bloggers, blogging, comments, dorindaduclos.com, family, Night Owl Poetry, open letter, poems, spam, WordPress

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Oh my dearest WordPress

Stop messing with my fam

I like to read their comments

You keep sending them to spam!

Their words, for me, inspire

When I don’t see them, what to do?

It’s likely you already know

I blame it all on you

See, our dear friend Ritu crowned us

She calls us One Big Blogily

Stop hiding those who matter

 

Sincerely, your WordPress family

 

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Dearest WordPress (Part 3)

14 Thursday Jan 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Blogging, Poetry

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#poetry, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, problems, reader, spam, stats, visitors, WordPress

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This will be my third time, yes
Count them, one, two, three
That I am asking you to fix
The problems that we see

The reader’s still a mess
Now the stats are jumbled, too
Maintenance comes at awkward times
So what are we to do?

Friends are disappearing
Yes, it’s really quite insane
To have to seek them out once more
And follow them again

Likes become unlikings
And our visitors, absentee
Spam is taking over
Where the comments used to be

We really love you dearly
We know you love us, too
So kindly straighten up the site
Before we bid adieu

See, we’re the ones who make you rock
But your changes really suck
Just make the bad ones go away
Before we don’t give a….

……….hoot



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