Post 2.0
OK, this is a new one.
I had written my post “Susie 2.0″ a few weeks back, talking about erasing and reinstalling OS X on my iBook. I then received an anonymous comment of a rather lengthy and unusual nature.
I used to get a ton of comment spam, the usual crap about porn, \/!@6r@, and the rest. Thankfully, Blogger offered a CAPTCHA word-verification option for comments, haven’t had any problems since. Until this one.
I’d love to post the entire body, but it seriously goes on for pages and pages. Pages of… are you ready… Women’s track and field throw teams.
Women’s track and field throw teams.
3/13/07
Katie Richardson, Fresno State Montague, Calif. 6-0
Dia Matthews 6′ 0″ Fresno, California
Sarah Reed Florida State. Punta Gorda, FL.3/15/07
Nicole Sauer University of Wisconsin 5-9 East Greenwich, R.I.3/16/07
Stephanie Robbins CSUChico Torrance, CA
Jennifer Sturm CSUChico Manawa, WI3/17/07
Sarah Robles University of Alabama San Jancito, Calif.
…and on, and on, and on. Hundreds of lines.
Has anyone out there seen this before?
…
So here’s where my little conspiratorial mind starts to have fun.
Why would someone post a list like this?
Say someone wanted to hide a message, a code of some kind. But they didn’t want to send it to the intended recipient in a way easily traced, or that could present a link between the sender and recipient. Perhaps they had a prearranged topic, nice and innocent sounding (like sports statistics) that they would keep an eye out for around the blogosphere. Stuff that would get posted to some unknown personal vanity blog that nobody has any reason to pay attention to, and would hopefully just get left there by a confused but unconcerned blogger.
It’s a little “Mission Impossible”, but hey, what would life be without a little fun and mystery?
(if you’re curious, I kept a copy of the whole thing)
And yes, I know it’s far more likely that Blogger just had a little hiccup and accidentally posted a message intended for another person’s blog… but what’s the fun in that?
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