GREAT SPAMS OF THE INTERNET

All spam is equal, but some spam is more equal than others. Take for instance these three specimens caught by the practical (if not perfect) Akismet spam filter at Blog P.I.:


Specimen #1
Hi! No it's not unless that site linked to me! Otherwise it's considered trackback abuse! And if you really want to get down to it, this is actually a sping! But it caught my eye for at least being marginally conversant in the terminology of the web. I also like that if you follow the link, it delivers you to a 404 page -- with advertising. Best of all, the emoticon seems to have a drooling problem.


Specimen #2
This may be the first argumentative spam I've seen. What's more, it begins in media res, as if we'd been having some kind of debate and I had accused "Joshua" of being a spaz. But I do not understand why that is good news, nor do I know what that has to do with Celtic gold rings. I suggest spamming Larry Bird.


Specimen #3
I haven't studied Japanese since college, and I can't quite figure out what this is saying (fluent readers will notice I've cropped some text out of the image) but I recall enough Nihongo to tell that it's something dirty.

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P.S. — I've been doing this "Great Spams" thing for years now, and it's long past due that I provide links to earlier entries. Ahem. Previously in the "Great Spams" series:

I have been spamed · Sie haben spam! · Christian Bill Removers · The Internet Explosion will only happen once · Cost you your job · Jessica24 · Wild Chsristy · Yanta kai · Art Vandelay · Gold Dust · Great Spams of eBay · Philomena Chungu · The Spammies · William Morrison · Do Not Judge Strictly

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