You Have A Nice Blog
Any semi-regular blogger knows the kind of mail that trickles into their inbox via their blog’s handy Contact Us form.
I keep the form alive because occasionally I get some real feedback, even fan mail, as well as the odd work offer or request to advertise. But to be honest, about 70% is dross. Some is utterly unintelligible. Below are the categories I file them under, accompanied by some real-life examples of emails I received this very week:
1. Come again?
Example: googleÅÅÃûÌṩ<a
Response: Same to you, buster!
2. Dear insert name here
Example: Dear Webmaster, I visited your website and found it to be really nice. Link swap?
Response: Maybe if you’d bothered to actually read any of my posts, Webmaster.
3. Complainy pants wants money
Example: Blah blah need money to further my studies in Nigeria, spammy spam spam
Response: Certainly! Please see enclosed bank account details.
What are some examples of emails you receive via your blog?
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 am
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The funniest (and most enraging) email I have received went something like this:
“Hey, I don’t like your new layout. It sucks.
Come check out my awesome forum for webmasters: LINK.”
Of course I visited the site, and I almost wrote a post about how lame it was.
February 23rd, 2008 at 4:12 pmHehe, that’s a pretty rude email! Effective in terms of linkbaiting, but not for winning any friends
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:09 pmI’ve never told anybody about this until now:
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Hello Rhys.
Recently stumbled across this entry.
http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/2006/08/toes-drawers-and-the-laws-of-gravity.html
I’m not sure how to put this and I hope you won’t laugh or make fun - I have a foot fetish.
I have therefore been wondering whether you could send me some more photographs of your feet. You could even send me a pair of your dirty and smelly socks. I will pay postage and packing.
I’m also asking this of you because I understand that you are a Welsh speaker and, like me, you were born in the 1970s. I cannot speak Welsh and when I was younger I vehemently hated all Welsh speakers. I would like to have this opportunity not just to “honour” you and your feet - but also (through humiliation to you) apologise to all Welsh speaking people.
I’ll understand if you so no - but please don’t make fun or go public about this on your blog.
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I declined to respond. And as this isn’t my blog, I can go public with it.
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:32 pmIncidentally, I’m sure my sexy feet got in the way, I was born in the 80’s
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 pmBy the way, I encourage everybody to beat that
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 pmYep, I got a lot of these. Unfortunately, I am Czech speaking man so as my blog, so it is very easy to filter it. :))
BTW: You have a nice blog. Link swap?
February 24th, 2008 at 9:55 amA month or so ago I got a couple of e-mails to my regular e-mail address (so they had actually taken the trouble to track me down as my e-mail is nowhere on the site) from people offering me large amounts of money $5k to place an ad. on my site. I thought they must be nuts and probably evil so I never replied - they tried a couple of times then gave up ! I ain’t easy.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:33 amWell…There was this girl I met on an online forum. She kept sending me emails that she was being held in a hacienda by a Mexican bigshot, and wanted to run away. I never replied back, but I still wonder…
February 27th, 2008 at 1:57 pmTonda: Well, since you asked so nicely! My Czech’s a little rusty though.
Old Vic: Yep, 5K is nothing! Hold out for 10K!
Ling: That’s pretty intriguing. Did you do a Google search to see if her story appeared anywhere else?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 am