Many people could relate to my note on bad interpals messages (from several years ago). I've decided to begin documenting some of the worst messages I've received on interpals recently.
It might be unrealistic to hope that this will change anything. But I hope it will provide some examples of precisely what kinds of messages are not acceptable to send.

Bad Messages - Hall of Fame (Part 1)

 

Aside from giving me waaaay too much (copypasta) information about himself, this one ends in the strangest request I have ever heard. 

 

Next, this message COULD have been okay. If it wasn't so obvious that a) he saw my name but didn't bother to spell it right :( and b) clearly didn't look to see that I have intermediate French skills >< 

 

Luckily, this guy's got my name (and the spelling) right :)

I've never seen a pink message like this before so I'm super excited that interpals is trying something new. Of course, I've probably already blocked the majority of the countries most likely to send spam or scam messages. But hey, kudos to interpals :)

Unfortunately, this guy did not read the first sentence in my profile either.

To be continued!