Fake commentators

I like to read blogs and comment. I comment a lot. And I also subscribe to follow-up comments, because I like to see what others said and what the blog owner will reply to my comment. So I get a lot of emails every day in my inbox. And sometimes I notice stuff like on the screen caps below. People who copy and paste one and the same comment to various blogs I also follow (call me blog detective, hehe). This guy managed to do that 3 times so far, maybe there'll be more. So check this: Manju's, Mel's and Toothfairy's blog:

No. 1
No. 2
No. 3

Now I wonder. You want to promote your blog, right? You want other bloggers to read your blog, follow you and comment, right? So why do you start with a fake flattery? You clearly didn't read any of these posts, because you use exactly the same comment over and over again and the whole point for you is to lure new readers to your blog. This is very hypocritical, don't you think?

I know Mel and Manju, they are very kind bloggers, who always respond back, so this post is partly written for them to not fall into a trap. And I wrote it also to illustrate this type of behavior, which is happening a lot lately (or maybe I'm noticing it now?). I don't know.

I'm all for promoting your blog. But the best way is to read the blog post and honestly comment on the topic. A good comment will be a better promotion than fake flattery and it will make the other blogger curious about you. So you don't need to link to your blog extra, the link is already in your name.

I'm not claiming that I'm always the perfect commentator. And I know all of you aren't as well. Sometimes we just browse through a post and comment something short. That's legitimate. Sometimes we drop a funny comment or a silly comment without really reading the whole post. Even that's ok. But these copy/paste fake flattering comments are just over the top. Now that's just my opinion.

What do you think?

Update: The person did leave a normal comment on Mel's latest post. Maybe he read my post or maybe he changed his tactics. I don't know, but as for now, he's... busted! :P