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do you guys ever read the spam comments you get?

some just make me shake my head. do any of these things actually fool people? i mean, are there THAT many bloggers who are both stupid and starved for any kind of attention that this sort of thing is actually profitable?

a recent comment:

Do you mind if I quote a couple of your articles as long as I provide credit and sources back to 
your site? My blog site is in the very same 
area of interest as yours and my users would truly benefit from a lot of the information you provide here.
Please let me know if this okay with you. Thank you!
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let's break this down, shall we?

Do you mind if I quote a couple of your articles as long as I provide credit and sources back to 
your site?

no, that'll be fine. i have no objection to you quoting my material properly cited and linked.

My blog site is in the very same area of interest as yours

really? that's odd, because my blog is mostly about my life and thoughts. is your site about my life and thoughts too? because maybe we should get together or something...

and my users would truly benefit from a lot of the information you provide here.

well, if you think so. because although i DO provide a few recipes and some links to interesting things, most of what i post here isn't really of much benefit, especially to people looking to buy cigarettes on the cheap.

Please let me know if this okay with you.

i imagine it would be nice for you to know you have a live link and a gullible mark, so sure, i'll get right back to you.

Also see my site :: winston cigarettes 

of course i will visit your site! it is clear from your comments that we have a lot in common and i'm sure we're going to be great friends. i bet even the many users of your site will come here and read my words regularly because after all why wouldn't people looking to buy cheap cigarettes from a fly-by-night website enjoy stories of my mountain biking adventures and photos of geese i might have met?

UPDATE:

this afternoon i got a comment on this here post and wanted to share it with you:

Very good blog! Do you have any tips for aspiring
writers? I'm hoping to start my own website soon but I'm a little
lost on everything. Would you propose starting with a free platform like Wordpress or
go for a paid option? There are so many options out
there that I'm totally overwhelmed .. Any ideas? Many thanks!
Here is my blog ; winston cigarettes (link removed)