webnauts said
"Ladies and gentlemen I would like to apologize for taking your valuable time to read my crappy posts."

John you are funny.
If it is any compensation. I agree it would be unethical if an SEO used this practise on a customers website, without advising them. (properly)

That is about my only concession on this topic.

I suspect you only suggested you were wasting our time because you knew somebody would stand up and say. . "Your posts are never a waste of time Mate"... I am happy to do this.

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