Who the hell is “Piter Kokoniz, from Latvia”, and why would he want to post the same comment on over 924,000 blogs when he’s clearly not trying to sell anything?
The weird bit is that PK has a stalker called Raiul Baztepo, who frequently comments yes there is a pattern here, on the same blog posts, and they both use forms of words that are so bland as to be suitable to just about any theme, and be unremarkable at the same time. A study in blandness, you might think. Yet there is a sort of vulnerable appeal in their form of words that is beguiling enough that the spammers often receive kind, welcoming replies to their comments.
I think it says something good about human nature that blog authors show such compassion and respect for their visiting commenters.
Here’s Piter’s schtick:
Hi !
I am Piter Kokoniz. Just want to tell, that your posts are really interesting
And want to ask you: what was the reasson for you to start this blog?
Sorry for my bad english:)
Thank you!
Piter Kokoniz, from Latvia
Raiul Baztepo comments:
Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I´v just started to learn this language
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo
They are no slouches, these two. Piter has racked up 924,000 comments, and Raiul is trailing along behind him with a score of only 11,500.
And people respond to their bland blandishments, too. Is this perhaps the point of the spamming? Are these two (presumably completely fictitious people) trying to collect thousands of sympathetic blog owners URLs? And how could they possibly profit from the bloggers responses?
Carry on reading this article: ->>
Some people take them really seriously.
Others are more casual:
Whoops! You were almost exposed there, Raiul!
It looks as if ‘Anarchore’ is joining in with his own brand of spam here! (see his remark in the previous comment box image.)
At last the two arch-spammers are managing to live side by side.
Does anyone have any idea about Piter and Raiul’s motivations, here?
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Hello! ^_^
Very interesting post! Thank you for interesting resource. See you! Must try catch up to Piter and Raiul. Full time job.
Seriously Michael, this was a fascinating post; only in Articles and Texticles! I’ve never been honoured with a vistit by these guys.
cheers, Clive from Canada
Thanks Clive! I was wondering if readers might think I had fallen off my trolley, writing about a couple of spammers. Your implicit approval means it’s not such a daft notion after all. (Unless, of course, it’s you who have fallen off your trolley!)
Hi
Just checking to see how many people had enjoyed this post. Truly a wonderful resource, and thanks for the safety tips about the trolleys. Pliz excuse my green writing.
Hip hip hooray :^) :0 ;>)
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