Recently I came across a collection of comments online that were are evidently part of a comment generation script. Fascinated by this, I wrote some code to select the random words / phrases and piece them together into their intended stupid sentences.

As an example of how this works, have a look at the following line:

Woah! I’m really (loving\enjoying\digging) the theme of this (site\website\blog).

By running a script that randomly selects a word from each set of brackets and then replaces each set of brackets and their content with their respectively selected word, nine different (though similar) sentences can be produced from the single line. The combinations are shown below:

Woah! I’m really loving the theme of this site.
Woah! I’m really loving the theme of this website.
Woah! I’m really loving the theme of this blog.

Woah! I’m really enjoying the theme of this site.
Woah! I’m really enjoying the theme of this website.
Woah! I’m really enjoying the theme of this blog.

Woah! I’m really digging the theme of this site.
Woah! I’m really digging the theme of this website.
Woah! I’m really digging the theme of this blog.

Obviously, the more word options and brace sets per line, the more combinations that can be produced. The posts below are randomly generated from lines in this way:

1.
"Hello there, I do believe your web site could possibly be having web browser compatibility issues. Whenever I take a look at your blog in Safari, it looks fine however, if opening in Internet Explorer, it's got some overlapping issues. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Besides that, fantastic blog!"
2.
"Way cool! Some very valid points! I appreciate you penning this write-up and also the rest of the website is very good."
3.
"Hi, I do believe this is a great website. I stumbledupon it ;) I may return yet again since I book-marked it. Money and freedom is the greatest way to change, may you be rich and continue to help other people."
4.
"Its like you learn my mind! You appear to grasp a lot about this,such as you wrote the guide in it or something. I think that you could do with a few percent to drive the message home a little bit, however other than that, this is fantastic blog. A great read. I will definitely be back."
5.
"Hello there, simply become alert to your blog through Google, and found that it's really informative. I am gonna watch out for brussels. I'll appreciate for those who proceed this in future. Numerous folks will probably be benefited out of your writing. Cheers!"

This is not intended as a how-to guide on how to be a spammer, but rather to inform on the sneaky way the comments are generated.

Note that all the comments are positive and complimentary / congratulatory with the hope of the recipient believing they are hand-typed, feeling flattered and allowing the comments to appear on their blog. Usually they are posted with a back-link to the spammer’s website which is the whole purpose.