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August 16, 2004
The Problem With Blogs
Fuck you, Spam! And I don?t mean the tasty treat.
I enjoy having a blog. To me it is an online journal; a place where I can record my thoughts and show them to the world, yet no one will ever see them. There are no rules or forms or styles to follow in a blog; I could care less about the structure or subject. The main importance is that I'm exercising. However, I was still intrigued when I noticed people have been trying to post to my entries. After all these months maybe more than two people actually check my website!
Alas, it is not to be.
Upon opening the first message, I found out that someone named Trotinela wanted to post 'bag poola bey' to one of my blogs. I'm all for comments, but that one didn't make any sense. I'm not familiar with many languages, but I'm fairly certain that wasn't one. I looked at the URL identified in the request. I didn't have to click on any links. A variation of the ever popular 'penis enlargement' fad was in the title of the URL.
At first I was shocked. I don't have a penis, at least not biologically, so naturally it never occurred to me that the companies offering this service would approach me. They could be assuming that I desired the information, but seeing as how I've never made any such request, that endeavor would also be a waste of their time. I am perfectly satisfied with the size of the penis to which I have access. Could they just be trying to get some free advertising on my personal page? No, it could not be! Distasteful marketing ploys had surly not sunk so low.
Trotinela sent me two more messages touting the penis enlargement miracle treatment. Since I don't respond to gibberish, I denied all of Trotinela's requests to post anything to my personal page.
Over the past week I've gotten messages from various Internet browsers, all claiming that they like my sight; a few quoted someone else with some kind of philosophical question. Their names are sometimes not names, such as 'grzh', who wanted to let me in on something called a 'milf-rider'. Call me naive, but I don't know what a 'milf-rider' is, and if the word 'milf' is an acronym for something like I think it is, why send that kind of trash to me? Then there is 'bob', who is one tenacious motherfucker. He's sent me four requests in the past week, not one of which I will allow post to my site, if I can prevent it. Three of them were about increasing the number of potency of one's sperm. However, the idea of increasing the number of potency of my sperm seemed too difficult a task for me to be interested.
I guess websites for men are always about increasing the power and nobility of their gender, and what better way to do that than get a girl pregnant with the biggest dick possible! It's probably the same asshole that played 'grzh', and even Trotinela. I bet if I tried to send mail to any of them, their email addresses would appear invalid. And Hotmail and the others claim that they do not allow their accounts to be used for spam. . . . However, I dare not click on any links or respond, because then I'll be on their list forever, whatever aliases and addresses they chose.
The last message I received was for pain relief. I suppose for relieving all those damn headaches that these spammers continue to beget. Once I figure out how to deny the request and delete the comment, I'll be able to rest. It's really pathetic, and disturbing. My sacred ground has been violated with the Internet's version of telemarketers.
I have been petitioned to know about penis enlargement, milf-riding, getting more sperm, and pain relief. All of these are topics I have no interest learning about, and if I have an interest, I would probably first consult my doctor. If there are any more pain-relieving, penis-enlarging, sperm-producing, gushing-porn producers out there, be warned: My web-host-er seems to have some sort of filter against your spam. I will forever deny any requests to post anything to my page. When I got a blog, I never intended it to be used as a vehicle for commercial promotion, for anyone other than myself. I'm not saying there aren't links that will appear on my site (like MoveOn.org check them out!), but I intend to be very selective about the ones I feel worthy to be mentioned.
So whine all you want, "Please, please, let me post a 'comment' on your blog!"
I will only reply, "Fuck you, bite me, and go buy your own ad space."
Posted by mary at 1:00 PM | Comments (2)