Spammers have embraced the art of the suck-up. Whereas a few years ago, spam in the comments here mostly consisted of links to Nike shoe sales and the occasional XXX link, today’s version is much more sophisticated. Another blogger has termed these “affirmation spam,” and that just about says it all. In a twisted version of your grandmother’s advice to “catch more flies with honey than with vinegar,” spam comments now begin with the most enthusiastic opening lines. “Gosh!” I think. “Why don’t my regular commenters ever gush like this:”
“Wow! Fantastic blog layout!”
“This piece of writing is truly remarkable.”
“Excellent content provided!”
“The overall look of your site is wonderful, as well as the content!”
Heh. Too bad these lines are followed by such phrases as “I urgently need info about retina-a dosage.” And “related with viagra price and all related info.” The commenters’ log-ins use revealing monikers: “cheap vacation packages,” “retina dosage,” “viagra price,” etc.
Crap. Spammed again.
Nailing Jello to the Wall 
This is great content! I love affirmation spam. It has less sodium than plain old spam.
I’m also noticing some “likes” without comment on WordPress. I suspect it’s another way to get a link out there.
I’ll have some mustard to go with that.
Spam, spam, spam, spam!
Yep, I’ve gotten some of those, particularly on older posts for some reason. I’ll suddenly notice I have an additional comment and it turns out to be one of those!
gosh, you are fabulous! and i have nothing to sell you!