. . . is one that WordPress has been stopping. It consists of comments that merely duplicate earlier comments on a blog post.<\/p>\n
These pseudo-commenters generally use free accounts\u2014Hotmail, Gmail, etc.\u2014no surprise there.<\/p>\n
Often there is a URL linked to the commenter’s name, but instead of directing you to a site trying to sell something, it just goes to a blog with no entries.<\/p>\n
So what is the point?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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