Spammers, spammers everywhere!
I wish you’d go away -
I have no time to play right now,
not even for the day!
~
If your goal is for attention,
there are better ways.
If your goal is for some coinage,
greedy seldom pays.
~
If a scheme is to your liking,
there are pyramids to climb.
Until you learn some manners,
you should stay off mine.
~
This world is full of hardship -
in effort, you will find,
a strategy comes naturally,
when you use your mind.
~
To be successful in the end,
you’ll need to figure out,
how to connect with people,
even when in doubt.
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If you’re wondering if your efforts may be “spammy,” please read the following article:
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I love the line greedy seldom pays
This was a great read. Maybe you should do like me: Give them a hard time by responding with inane comments. Have you checked my examples on Vocal?
Haha. This is great. Give 'em heck.
They play the numbers, play on the fact that people are inherently nice and a certain percentage will actually read their posts despite their bad manners. I certainly sympathize with someone (who at least seems to have read our writing and made a sincere comment) desperately trying to get noticed, but often I check them out and find that they either use AI to write a ton of things or are just still developing their skills or I just don't like the content of what they post. When they clearly spam without even making a sincere comment, I definitely don't read them or even check them out.😎Pernoste
I take it I should not link bomb your poem in this comment. (I wouldn't anyway unless there was something specific that needed referencing, like a demonstration of just how awful I can be..., nah, not even that. Love the poem, KJ, & resonate with it thoroughly.
Exactlyyyyyyy! They should learn how to connect with people!