Spammy Spam

Dear Internets,

I've been getting a lot of spam comments lately, so I'm switching back to using word verification for a while. I hope this won't be too annoying for anyone.

XOXO,
Jane

Wordpress is an a**hole

Dear Internets,

Wordpress/Aksimet* has figured out my trick to getting around their spam filters (using a different browser to leave comments on Wordpress blogs), and has once again started blocking my comments.

(Dear Wordpress,
I am not a spammer. YOU, however, ARE an arsehole.
-Jane)

A lot of bloggers have un-spammed my comments, but apparently not enough to make a difference to Wordpress spam filters. When I email bloggers to let them know Wordpress is eating my comments (regularly, in the manner of an annoying gnat), a lot of them can't find my comments in their spam folders anyway.

Apparently, I'm not the only person this has happened to. I did write Aksimet like that guy did and ask them to un-blacklist me, but I'm not sure they'll care enough to respond (even though I'M NOT THE ONE WHO DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY!).

Ahem. Sorry about that. Anyhoodles**, this was mostly a rant, but also an explanation for my absence in many of your comments sections. Alas, Wordpress/Aksimet seem committed to suppressing my brilliant wit.***

I still love you anyway, Internets. I'm just gonna have to love some of you through telepathy****.

Love,
Jane

*Some people get kind of annoyed by Blogger blogs with word verification or comment moderation. If you are one of these people, and you have a Wordpress blog, you are living in a glass house (etc.).
**My Firefox spell checker recognizes "anyhoodles" but not "bloggers." I hope I didn't break it...
***I will not throw myself under a bus over this, don't worry...
****Wow, that unintentionally sounded kinda dirty.

Holy Spam, Batman

Dear Internets,

If you have a Wordpress blog, would you mind checking to see if there are comments from me in your spam folder?

For some reason, Wordpress thinks I'm a spammer. When my comments go marked as spam for a long time, Wordpress's spam filter becomes more and more smugly convinced that I really am trying to direct traffic to "my very happy blog in Russia, please to comeent we can share links and identities, yes?" I'm hoping to re-train it to believe that I'm not trying to sell pr0nz or c-i-al-i-$ so that I can comment on some of the (very lovely) blogs out there that are hosted by Wordpress.

Also, if you have marked me as spam because you'd rather I not comment on your blog, please send me an email at distractible jane at gmail dot com (no spaces). I won't get insulted, I promise; I just don't want to be blacklisted anymore.

Love always,
Jane

We be spammin'

Dear Wordpress,

Any time I try to leave a comment on a blog using Firefox, you send it to spam. That's just not nice.

Stop thinking I'm a spammer!

Love,
Jane

P.S. If you have a Wordpress blog, and wonder why dear ol' Jane never leaves you a comment, check your spam folder. XOXO