Having an open comment system and blogging about Malaysia (the good, the bad and the ugly) is like having a time bomb implanted in your body. You have no idea when the time will run out and you will end up in a million and one pieces scattered all around the place within a 50 meters radius.
Ok, I may have exaggerated the whole scenario a little. Ok, maybe a lot.
On a serious note, the risk of someone leaving a seditious comment in your blog that may bring you trouble is real. There is no way of telling when that freakin’ idiot will come along. If he does and you are not prepared…buh-bye.
Just a while ago, I was shocked when I received the longest comment that I have ever seen. I thought it was spam at first but spam comments are never that long. Then I thought I just had myself a die hard fan who loved what I wrote thus replying in a longwinded comment. However, I realized that cows had more chance climbing a tree than me having a fan.
Anyway, I checked with Microsoft Word and the comment was 3,564 words long. I don’t think I will read a post/article with 3,000 words (unless it’s darn interesting), let alone a seditious comment. I didn’t fully read the entire comment. I just scanned the post and notice that it was about some “ultra-sensitive-no-one-should-ever-discuss-or-bring-up” kind of issues.
I did a last minute search before posting this up and found that the comment I received was once published in Malaysia Today. Most part of the comment is the same but there are some additions here and there. I have no idea who is behind this but leaving a link to the source would have been enough. However, I have no idea what is the connection between the comment and my post about the Malaysian minister planning to sue YouTube.
Such a waste of my time.
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I can guess what the comment is…I got the same one, found it on about 10-12 other blogs.
It’s just randomly pasted on blog posts regarding Malaysia and anything that can possibly be related to inequality and racism.
where issit
On 13th June this year, “thebomb” commented on my blog post about the coconut tree miracle at Ulu Patikang, Keningau, Sabah. It was very long but I never bothered to check the number of words until I came across your post. Just now I checked, and the word count is 11,523. Goodness gracious.
If you care to have a look:
http://bengodomon.com/2007/06/08/coconut-trees-miracle-at-patikang-ulu-keningau
@ShaolinTiger
Yeah, I saw it on some other blogs as well. He found my post from search engine. I can’t tell out here what the search term was or I might get myself in trouble. LOL.
@Freethinker
Where is the comment in my blog or where? I removed the comment in my blog. I provided a link to Malaysia Today (above), where the original post is at.
@Ben
That comment doesn’t seem like want to end. LOL. I guess it was copied from a few dozen sources. *sigh* weird people.
Wow… In a way, that’s a form of spam.
Anyway, hard to limit the length of text for a comment too ‘coz that will just turn people off.
@Angie Tan
Yes, a very long and irritating spam comment