What to do about these comments?

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   Randy Godwinposted 14 years ago

   Occasionally I receive comments from someone who has a link in their name which usually takes you to a commercial site of some sort.  I just received one which, when clicked on, gives a warning that it may be a trick of some sort.
   
   What is the best thing to do in this case, or should we always deny these type comments?

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      pinkyleeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      report and deny

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      William R. Wilsonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Deny, mark as spam, delete forever. Spammers deserve nose parasites.

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         Ken R. Abellposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I'm with William on this one.
         
         Had to reply because I'd never heard of nose parasites before, but I think they'd be a fine addition for any & all spammers.

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            ThoughtfulSpotposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I say we make t-shirts.
            
            "Give Spammers Nose Parasites"
            
            
            
            OP - Definitely report and delete

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      pylos26posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      those types of comments are about the only ones i would deny randy...pylos

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         Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Me too, Pylos.  I've never deleted any other comments, even those which are critical to my hubs.  I had rather give my reasons for stating things as I do or learn by my mistakes.

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      sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Do you have a gun? Stupid question! Pinko's don't have guns!

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         Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Wow sneako, don't you ever get tired of being wrong?  I have 5 shotguns, 4 rifles, 3 pistols and this isn't counting my antique weapons or those belonging to my wife. 
         
         I probably have almost as many firearms as you have wives!  LOL

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            habeeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Sneako, I can vouch for Randy's guns - he has a big one, too. I've seen it.
            
            Does that make him a 2nd Amendment pinko?? lol

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      tony0724posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I immediately hit the delete forever button !

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      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      If the site is an OK site, I always accept those comments.  After all, I go to other people's blogs and leave comments with a link in my name to my HubPage - so what goes around, comes around.
      
      However, if the site is dubious in any way, I spam the comment.

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   William R. Wilsonposted 14 years ago

   http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi … ne.0010057

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   Randy Godwinposted 14 years ago

   Thanks everyone!  I figured as much!

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   earnestshubposted 14 years ago

   I have been deleting them unless they are from a fellow hubber leading to a related hub.
   Maybe I should report the ones I delete.

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      Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yo Earnest!  What happens when the comments are reported?

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         earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Not sure what happens on hubpages Randy.
         
         I always assumed that 3 huge guys in a black van go to their houses and rough em up!

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            Randy Godwinposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Down here they show up in a pick-up truck!

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         habeeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Randy, I can't believe you're using "yo" when you got onto poor Steven for doing so! Naughty!

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   PackSecureposted 14 years ago

   I would delete them.

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   Research Analystposted 14 years ago

   mark them as spam and delete them

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      agvulpesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with you that is all you need to do if the link is in a comment. I believe that HubPages would automatically put the link in their 'little black book' of 'bad sites' !

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   wyanjenposted 14 years ago

   Remember Detroit's own Alan Ralsky? The Godfather of Spam, the original master spammer...
   
   He was the victim of an analog DNS attack.
   
   He mentioned in an interview with the Detroit News that he had recently bought a house in a suburban area. Oooops.
   Somebody figured out his address and posted it on line.
   
   The US Postal service was suddenly very busy in the West Bloomfield area... people nationwide signed him up for every mailing list, free catalog, and information request they could find. He was getting hundreds of pounds of junk mail a day - they were literally delivering his mail to him with a truck. He couldn't find his real mail in all the mess.
   
   Revenge on the spammer:
   Internet vigilanteism at its finest.
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ralsky
   
   He's still serving his time by the way, but I don't know which prison. Maybe I can find his address 

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