Spam as a comment?

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   arizonataylorposted 13 years ago

   I had a first yesterday.  Somebody left spam as a comment.  They were trying to sell clothing.  Is this common?  I denied the comment, so it wasn't a big deal.  It was pretty annoying though.

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      kschangposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Some are a bit more sophisticated. I review Android apps and they spam a link to some cellular warehouse.
      
      What I usually do is I deny the spam, then add a comment telling them it's denied because it's spam. Doubt they'll read it, but... heh   
      
      If the comment's actually useful then I may repost it but without the spam link.

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      iamalegendposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      i'm getting spam comments to.

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      dusy7969posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I haven't gotten what I would consider a spam comment yet. With that said, most of the comments I read are along the lines of thanks, good looking hub, which could easily be considered spam.

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   Rik Ravadoposted 13 years ago

   Yes I reckon about 20% 0f my comments are spam.  People often make vague comments like 'nice article' then leave a link to their own website.
   
   As you say just disallow!

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   wildernessposted 13 years ago

   Yep - happens all the time.  The links embedded in a signature I will generally accept, but others get denied.

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   kephriraposted 13 years ago

   I normally delete pretty much all comments that have links. What annoys me are the borderline ones where they have written a couple of sentences rather than just a couple of words, but it is still obviously just to promote their link and I can't instantly decide whether to delete it or not.

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   KristenGraceposted 13 years ago

   Yup. I get spam too.  Annoying.  Delete.

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   arizonataylorposted 13 years ago

   Mine was particularly odd.  First, it seemed to be in Italian.  Second, it didn't have a single link, but did contain clothing item names.  This was entirely off topic.

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      wildernessposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      And that one I would delete, no question.  Nor would it be the first time.

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   camloposted 13 years ago

   I've only had a couple. They've been really nice comments, except for the link. So, I've copied it, deleted the original, pasted, then cut out the link.

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   andyozposted 13 years ago

   I have never had a comment with a link, think all the comments I have had so far have been approved, sure I will get some sooner or later.

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   Richieb799posted 13 years ago

   I don't usually except comments with links, maybe comments with links embedded in the username but not usually.

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    ImChemistposted 13 years ago

    Yes , we have to save this site clear from spammers

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    Don Shipposted 13 years ago

    Lol. Just deny them. It's fun!

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