I’m starting to get and be spam from few days back. Spam is a brand of canned cooked… Sorry, wrong spam. Here we go – irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients. But reality? Not so much, maybe because that description is referred to spam in general, but I’m going to talk about spam specifically for this platform, spam comment in my site or others.
When I tried to comment on my favorite blog, I can’t seem to add any comment, she said “Yuulye where did your comment vanish?”, and then I tried to add another comment, 2 or 3 times after that still no success, after a while I tried again and this time it worked! A few days passed she told me that my comments considered as spam by the system and she approved all of those! *annoyed*
Another case, I ask my friend to read my newest post, she seems insensitive until I need to ask (but she is cute). Well, she did visit my blog to read the post and then she commented, but I don’t get any notification. I tried asking her, “why didn’t you leave a comment?” “I did” she replied and I told her that there is no comment from her *sadface*.
I was thinking, my brain? I was wondering. A day later I saw her comment detected as spam. Why didn’t I check it before, I guess it needs two incidents to make me realize! After that I periodically try to check spam comment or comments for my site in general. But I still don’t know why some comments detected as spam.
Investigation
I search for this problem, I found a resource from WordPress.com support post titled Unwanted Comments and Comment Spam, there is a point in the article that says…
Are your comments incorrectly marked as spam? Please contact Akismet support and mention that Akismet is catching your comments by mistake.
So I went to the link…
β οΈ Want to get help even faster? Donβt forget that our Plus subscription includes priority email and chat support.
Okay, no thanks! Well it’s not really that important, really small number of comments that considered as spam and I can manually check it on the spam comment section. Boring? Let’s find something interesting.
But before that, additional info that your site using Akismet or not you can go to wp-admin, comment menu, spam list, if you have a spam, try checking the History. In the comment history you can see what happen to that comment.
There it is, my investigation, doesn’t really have any good outcome, but whatever…
Why it’s called Spam?
While some have suggested that this was because SPAM (as in the Hormel meat product) is sometimes satirized as βfake meatβ, thus spam messages are βfake messagesβ, this potential origin, while plausible enough on the surface, turns out to be not correct at all.
The real origin of the term comes from a 1970 Monty Pythonβs Flying Circus skit. In this skit, all the restaurantβs menu items devolve into SPAM. When the waitress repeats the word SPAM, a group of Vikings in the corner sing βSPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, lovely SPAM! Wonderful SPAM!β, drowning out other conversation, until they are finally told to shut it.
For short, I decided to understand spam as annoying message, in this post case unwanted comment. I’m bored, sorry if this is not as interesting as I expected…
My Question
I recently had some blogger awards, and for some of those I need to ask questions, one of my question is “What does comment mean to you?”. I cringe myself for asking that question when I read the answers. So now I’ll try to answer the question myself.
For me, comment section is a tool, a tool provided by WordPress to do something powerful, as powerful as a post, I believe. The platform also give me a hint! I just didn’t understand it soon enough…
But as always, I often make mistakes with this, sometimes I didn’t read the post but rushing to give a comment just by seeing the title and the comment turns out to be hurtful, inappropriate or irrelevant. Then I found a way to change that, of course to read the post before comment and the other one is be mindful. The poem from Winnie is super good!
Annoying
I actually didn’t get annoyed so easily, probably because the years I’ve spent living, but I have to make an exception.*wink* I just make the title a little bit dramatic to attract more readers, hahaha, sorry. Is the title click-bait enough?
So for you the one who accidentally read this post, don’t worry if you have anything to say to me or the blog, say it on any comment section, I would be very happy to receive it, and if your comment doesn’t appear in the place it supposed to be you can blame the Akismet not me, don’t bully me, I’m really a sensitive person…
when my friends enter this word “preet” , it will be detected as spam, he he
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Hahaha, How did you do that?
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i didnt do nothing
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you actually can list words, it’s in your site settings > discussions
but be careful because preet can be preettttyyyy cool!
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Very helpful and you’re quite funny too.
*i hope this doesn’t get spammed*
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Aww! Thank you so much π
No it’s not, the first timer comment on this blog will be pending, after that it will be automatically approved based on my blog settings π
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Oooowky πΉπΉ.
You’re welcome
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It has happened to me. I was baffled when some fellow bloggers told me that my comments were in their spam folders. And I thought they were too busy to reply. Anyway, thank you for linking me here. I learned something new today. Keep them going. And Iβm blushing from your comment ha ha ha. Thank you! π
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Your comment detected as spam π Akismet is not smarter than me it seems
Hahaha, I am happy to include yours here, it’s properly used right? I’m not really sure before you confirm π
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π. Yes, it’s properly used π
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Thank you ππ
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Youβre welcome! π
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I want make my comment as SPAM yeew
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I’m approving it π
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Click-bait ! Sure it was π(for me at least) and comment is indeed a powerful tool !
Very informative and dramatic too π thank u for sharing I faced same problem too
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Yes, one click-bait victim π
Thank you so much ngaoscn, is it your real name? for reading it, I’m really happy with your comment π
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π no it isn’t! You’re a stalker you’re supposed to know ππ thank you for sharing π we are here to share what we know !!
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My performances as stalker have dropped since few months ago, I even haven’t found the picture we’ve talked before π
Agree, I hope we can support each other ππ
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We sure will be supporting each other ππ»
Haha noona is my daughter with four legs and a wet nose π
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I knew that one, I thought you meant a human baby girl π
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Haha than I was the one who misunderstood it when you asked is noona a girl i said yes as she’s a female dog ππππ funny me
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ππ You’re funny, it’s okay, no problem π
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I thought it’s about the setting, but I don’t know, all that I knew is I got notification via email then I can accept it or decline it. Haha.
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Yes, there are some settings to discussion or comment, the one that considered as spam will not appear in any notification if I’m not mistaken, for me I disabled all email notifications so I’m not sure if there is any notification for spam
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Oh, I see. but don’t think about it too much. Hehe. π
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I try not to π
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Yeah, dude!
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Is this spam? Lol
I also find the same problem with the comment, in some case, i even
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No, this is not, I still don’t know how the akismet’s logic work…
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Yes, it’s very awkward..lol i actually haven’t finished typing the previous comment. Hhh
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Don’t worry, I know, as a sensitive person I think we are connected, hahaha
You probably need a new device for that, I think the problem is in your device or internet connection for the send button problem
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Lol. May be.
I don’t know, but it always happens in the same site, the premium one
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Oh yeah, the non blablabla.wordpress.com ones, I guess it’s because it’s not hosted in wordpress server (self hosted) or upgraded site, migration problem probably.
I hope your devices is still in good performance, sorry for the joke earlier
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Yes, may be that’s the reason.
I think it is.
Well, that’s okay
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I can’t even click the send bottom. And it is so annoying. Hope wordpress will improve this soon.
I am a sensitive person too anyway. Lol
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I loved approving all of the comments especially the comments by you β€β€β€β€
Anyhow, the post was informative ππ
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How was your exam today?
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Great….. I never thought I would fare so well πππ
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Great β€οΈ
From now on I’ll just make a comment and ask you to check the spam if there is no notification ππ
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Okay as you say and as long as you are commenting ππππ
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Well, probably, some day π€£π€
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It’s not surprising for you to love approving his comments, saideepti! The least Yuulye did is to immortalized you into a goddess!
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Yeah….. He is great β€β€
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Wow! You are such a lucky goddess, or perhaps he is a luckier lover?
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Well it’s true both ways….. We are great friends β€β€ππ
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I haven’t noticed it but thank for the information its very importantπ
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Hahaha, thank you so much ππ
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You’re welcome
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I check the spam box weekly…I feel happy when I find one or two comments there…
I think comments are the soul of any post…it is more important than (likes)…
Great post..keep writing…
Best wishes βΊπ»
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I check it everyday, I even approved some of the real spam comments with weird characters and links from unknown sites π
Couldn’t agree more, I’ll tell you a secret, when I like a post, it doesn’t mean I’ve read the post, I just wanted the person to notice that I’ve interacted with it…
Thank you sis, best wishes ππ»
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The majority of bloggers do the same thing in WordPress site. …only ur dear friends that will actually read your posts word by word..
For me my dear friends here are only four or five although my posts are more than 50 likes…
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Excellent thought! You summarize my blogging problem with few sentences!
Hahaha, the number is so little, same here π
But it makes me challenged to make better writing so people do not just pass πͺ
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Keep going ..
God bless your steps…ββΊ
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I am totally lost and with no emojis to empathize the concept……
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Hahaha don’t worry, me too sometimes don’t know what I was writing, you probably just tired like I was π Thank you so much π
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Very informative! I guess, we all have suffered form the “spam commenting!”.. Thanks for sharing! π
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Thank you so much π
I just experienced this, maybe because of the “traffic” getting bigger.
By the way, some times when I tried to comment on your posts, it’s like impossible to do it from wordpress reader, I need to open the link and make a comment from there…
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I knowwww! Don’t know what’s wrong!π
But please don’t give up on me.. Hopefully I will be able to figure out something!π
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Although I sometimes do give up, from now on I’ll not, because you’re so nice π
Hopefully it solves soon π
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Aww.. Thank you so much!π
Hopefully, it does.. π
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Don’t thank me yet, hahaha, sorry ππβ€οΈ
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π π π
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Lol I love your sarcasm! hahahaha oh and great post!
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Hahaha, I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to be sarcastic, because that was my real bad actions, sometimes I still do. Thank you so much Jessica, I can try to look up our previous conversation but I won’t, I want to test my memory π
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Lol ohhh no ! I dont mean “bad sarcastic” but definitely more of the hilarious kind! Good sense of humor!!π
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I’m flattered π Have a nice day Jessica π
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Thank you for this post ππ yesterday someone from Tumblr put some comments and that goes into spam section. And i took it so seriously and approved it also and replied it π thanku for this post this is valuable π
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Thank you for your kind words Priya, right? Yes I always check spam folder now, it’s so cool that you already have reader from Tumblr π
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hahaha. even i didnt know that. thanx to spam folder π π
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Hahaha, sure, thank you too ππ
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Thanks for the tip, turned out I had some comments to approve as well
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Glad that I can help, thank you for visiting π
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Whereβs the spam folder anyway? Lol I started blogging without even learning all the technicalities.π Just like I studied Engineering without even knowing itβs a 5-year course.π
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What platform do you use (mobile/web)? Me too, I just found out after clicking all the links π
Engineering? interesting, what specific major?
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I see…I use the mobile app. I majored in Electronics and Communications, but donβt ask me what I learned from itπ
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Site setting – publish – comment, there will be a drop down for spam, I use Android π
Don’t worry I know nothing about those π
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Thanks! I use IOS but maybe itβs the same. Iβll check it outπ
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I check my spam comments time to time to unspam genuine comments that gets spammed for some reason. It is a bit annoying! It was good to read a post about this topic, well written too! π
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Thank you so much π
yes, Akismet is not smart enough, he want to be paid I guess π
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Lol ππ
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Haha..So you remember how my invisible comment (spam) created a misunderstanding..πππ
Haha..Don’t worry I’m not that insensitive..ππ
I will always read n comment on your posts, no matter how late..π€π€π
These spams are really very annoying..
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Oops.. I was writing more, but accidentally pressed enter..π°ππ
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More emojis π
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Yes..ππ
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Hahaha, I’m sorry about that π
I know, you’re pretty sensitive I guess, it’s a promise then πππ
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Haha.. Don’t be sorry..ππ
Yup..ππ
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Great Yuulye !
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Thank you π
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Have nominated you for Lebster Award.
Please visit here To see your nomination
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Thank you so much, I will visit soon π
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Yaah ! Waiting for your Answer π
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Have nominated you for Lebster Award.
Please visit here To see your nomination
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I donβt think Iβve ever checked my spam folder, Iβll take a look and see who Iβve missed. Thanks
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My pleasure, hope this helps π
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Kind of you to share this post, Yuulye. I will check my Spam folder to see if Akismet is hiding any of your comments on my posts, cause I don’t think they are visible.
Has the comments of the goddess Choco ever entered into your Spam folder?
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Yes, once I think. How is it? is there any of my comment? I actually had difficulties sometimes when try commenting on your site from wordpress reader
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Yeah, a lot of people experience same, but your most recent comment on my yesterday’s post registered and refused to be Spammed!
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Hey yuulye,
I’ve nominated you for versatile blogger award
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Great post.I loved it!
Did you read my today’s post!
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Hey, I nominated you for the versatile blogger award if you would like to check it out here is a link to it https://nailaalexi.wordpress.com/2018/03/09/the-versatile-blogger-awardy/
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Hi Lexi, couldn’t find the post, sorry for late reply π
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It’s okay my blog got messed up anyway
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I’m sorry to hear that, hopefully the problems solved soon π
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Thanks I’ve tried it all but nothing seems to be working.
rn I’m working on getting my new one up and running
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That’s too bad. Let me know if it’s up π
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Okay, I’ll follow you from my new site
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this the poems about the girl?
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yes it is
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Hey1 can’t see u these days! Busy!
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Yeah, something like that, sorry π
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Its ok dear! you don’t need to be sorry! It happens with every body!
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It literally happens with me too! Sometimes!
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How many comments detected as spam? π
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15-20 lol! ππ»
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So many ππ
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Yah!ππ π
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Hey! I just wanted to let you know that I’ve nominated you for The Real Neat Blogger Award. You can check it out on my blog :
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Great post π
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Thank you π
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Hahaha Yuulye are too much with this click-bait post. When I originally typed your name it spell checked to Yuletide πΉπΉπΉ
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Hahaha, it’s super hard to get someone to read my post π
I don’t know that word π I tried to translate it, is it related to Christmas?
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I find hard to believe. I feel like everyone loves you! Yes, that word is Christmas related hahah π
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Well, I do hope so, thank you so much for visiting π
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Of course! π€
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Thanks for being a friend, you are very kind.
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You’re welcome π
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Thank “you”
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Iβve had similar issues with WP deleting comments, spamming regular commenters β¦ π
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Deleting? How did you know the comment was deleted, is it in the trash? Sorry I haven’t experienced about deleted comment π
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no it would just disappear as I posted it, vanish … nobody deleted it, just some glitch in the system π
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Oh that, I think I also experienced it, but it was when I commented on other blog π»
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me also π
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Good to know, I’ll probably report it to WordPress support if this keeps happening π
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Hahahahahaha π π
You are so dramatic! And I love reading your blogπππ.
Informative post by the wayπ.
En route to my spam list now.
Thankyou for sharing.
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You wouldn’t dare seeing my draft list, so ugly and dramatic posts, even me too embarrassed to read it myself π
I’m glad that you find my post informative, thank you very very much ππ
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I can imagine! π
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It was a pleasure reading.
You should publish some soon.π
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I hope I can publish some soon, there are just too many steps on my writing π
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Thank you for following my blog and I hope you like to cook. I look forward to reading yours.
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My pleasure π
Probably, sometimes, but I do love food! I look forward for checking out more of your posts π
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Ha, late to the party, I know. Just wanted to say, you don’t need to use click-bait laden blog titles (in my opinion) —I follow your blog, so I read your posts, regardless of title!! Your posts always make me smile. π
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Hahaha, no worries, you are very welcome here π
It’s really good to know that you read my posts, although I’m not confident that everyone do the same π
I’m really happy to read your words here π
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Well, of course I read them. I don’t just read a title and move on. If I go to someone’s blog, that means I’m going to read what they write. Otherwise, why bother?
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Very kind of you, I wish I could be more like you π
I’ll try not to do the click bait anymore, thank you so much π
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Hahaha. Well, if the click-bait title is your way of attracting new readers, then go for it! It’s your blog–do what you want.
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I honestly don’t know what I’m doing, but I sure hope that my content is not disappointing π
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Glad you shared this, because I was experiencing that same thing while trying to comment on posts and stuff like that! But its all good now! I’m FREE to comment again! ππ
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Weee, free like a bird π¦π
How many comments in your spam folder?
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Woohooo!!!!
There were like 25 when I lasted checked it!
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Hahaha, so many π and you know what, your this very comment, entered my spam folder π
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Really? No. Way. π«π«π«
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I’m sorry I really don’t know what caused this, but don’t worry if you commented in my blog, I regularly checking spam π
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Hmm there WordPress goes all over again! Hmm…oh ok cool very good! I do the same..well sometimes!
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It’s actually called Akismet thirdparty from wordpress, CMIIW. Good! I don’t have to worry about commenting on your blog then π
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Oh ok I see. Lol you always be on my blog anyways! You don’t have to comment if you don’t want to! βΊ no worries!
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Ok π I added new comment on your post titled Food art π
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Lololol you didn’t had to you know! π
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I know, sorry about that π
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Lolol no problem my friend! βΊ
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You’ve a great blog! Thanks for following me. That brought me to yours and your posts are informative and funny!
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Hahaha, thank you very much, I am super happy that I could find someone like you, a kind blogger π
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To new friendships! π
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Cheers π·π
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Same happened with me. I was like Why god why me? Why do such things happen to good people π
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Hahaha, life does sometimes feel unfair, I hope that it gets better π
Thank you so much for the comment, it does make me happy π
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You’re welcome π
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Lately, Akismet is acting strange. Some legitimate comments are marked as spam while some obviously spam comments pass through its filter undetected. That’s the reason I turned on comment moderation.
Anyway, I receive around 50 spam comments per day so it’s difficult for me to find the real comments that were mixed up with the spams…
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What is your Akismet and WordPress plan? It seems that you have a really big traffic and numbers for your site.
I think that Akismet is working stable for mine, just really small number on spam.
Thank you so much for the comment π
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Mine is Personal Plan and I use the free version of Akismet. The majority of my traffic comes from search engine. So, I think that’s why I have been getting the attention of those unsavory people…
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Did you do upgrade? If you did is it messing with the blog properties – like, comment, follow, links? I’m wanting to upgrade probably in the future.
That’s so awesome. I tried to grow blog based for search engine but it always stuck discontinue.
I usually approved the unsavory people comment for my post with low number of comment π
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I was happy to read this. Found it interesting. I’m getting SPAMMED/TROLLED now by WordPress and E-Mail.
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Thank you so much π
Me too, keep getting the spam recently π
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Reblogged this on WELCOME TO CRYSTAL'S SITE(ORIGINALLY COUNTRY LIVING).
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Again, Thank you very much, I get 4 referrers from your site already ππ
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Reblogged this at http://daisymae2017.wordpress.com
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I learned stuff today, and you didn’t even mention the real spam that is so cleverly worded that you think it is a real comment. I better check up on the possible spam being held, just in case it is from someone.
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Hahaha, I’m glad to know that!
Yes, I do check my spam folder regularly, my blogger friends experience this also I think π
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Oh great!
I had been battling this problem for days too now!
Such a delight to have read this post, even if incidentally!
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I’m glad to read your comment, thank you π
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Thank you for sharing. I didn’t know that you could lose comments to the nasty spam monster
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Have you tried checking your spam?
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No never but I will do. I have only been blogging a very short time
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Yep, I don’t think I get spam in my early time π
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I am not worth the spam spam spam π
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Hahaha, it’s not a good thing I guess, spam. You will get it soon, I believe π
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Ha ha you’re so funny. π
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Sometimes I’m trying too hard to be funny, when I did I hope you’d remind me π
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I think you will be just perfect π
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Ahahaha, thank you so much π
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You are welcome π
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