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Blog comment spam

I just deleted probably the 200th comment spam I've received on my blog here. And I had finally reached the boiling point.

So I looked up the latest spammer's domain at whois.sc, picked up the phone, and gave him a piece of my mind.

He was calm, but confused, and didn't know what I was talking about. Apparently (and I believe the fella), he had hired someone to do 'marketing' for him. I explained to him why the practice of blog spamming is evil and also explained to him why it would suck for me to 'just turn 'em off' (the comments).

I suppose it's pretty slow-going, teaching one spamming company at a time. But maybe I've done some good.

(And yes, I know that, especially with the coming of MT 3.0, there are various options involving queued comments, registration, etc. But I shouldn't have to constantly stay one step ahead of the spammers just to allow others to participate in the community here.)

- Blathered by Adam on Monday, May 3, 2004 at 20:16 [ Permalink ]
- Filed under geekery
- Commented on by no one yet. Bummer. Please leave a comment below so this entry is less lonely.

Comment from Dante [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Thanks for the call. We have taken care of the problem. - Posted on Monday, May 3, 2004 at 20:25 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Raphael [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	whois.sc is a neat site. I was looking for a nice website to lookup domain registration details and this one seems very nice. - Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 22:35 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Lauren [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Have you considered wordpress.org? It has comments moderation. I got so sick of being spammed that I converted from b2 to wordpress. - Posted on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 21:50 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Yep, I’ve definitely considered it, but in the end, I decided that it’d take too much work to do a good conversion of this current blog over to WP… templates, plugins, and all. For my upcoming blogs, I AM considering WP… along with MT 3.0, and ExpressionEngine. With that said, though, I don’t really like the idea of moderated comments all that much. Not that I get a real flood of fascinating comments currently, but I’m loathe to put a delay into my blog’s community feedback system, especially when I’m traveling! Anyway, Lauren, thanks for the note - Posted on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 22:13 [ Permalink to this comment ]
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Comment from emma Geramny [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	We have taken care of the problem too!!! ——————— <a >????? ???????</a> - Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 5:46 [ Permalink to this comment ]

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Comment from Dante [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Thanks for the call. We have taken care of the problem. - Posted on Monday, May 3, 2004 at 20:25 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Raphael [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	whois.sc is a neat site. I was looking for a nice website to lookup domain registration details and this one seems very nice. - Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 22:35 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from Lauren [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Have you considered wordpress.org? It has comments moderation. I got so sick of being spammed that I converted from b2 to wordpress. - Posted on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 21:50 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from member Adam San Francisco [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Yep, I’ve definitely considered it, but in the end, I decided that it’d take too much work to do a good conversion of this current blog over to WP… templates, plugins, and all. For my upcoming blogs, I AM considering WP… along with MT 3.0, and ExpressionEngine. With that said, though, I don’t really like the idea of moderated comments all that much. Not that I get a real flood of fascinating comments currently, but I’m loathe to put a delay into my blog’s community feedback system, especially when I’m traveling! Anyway, Lauren, thanks for the note - Posted on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 22:13 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from depression http://www.depression-care.org/ [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	Depression, The Great Depression,Depression ended at different timesSymptoms Of Depression,Learn about thatsPostpartum Depression,nformation and resources about mental health issues information aboutManic Depression,including mania symptomsDepression Medication,medicin for depression on googleDepression Treatment,fist add treatment & moreDepression Medicine,medicin on googleGreat Depression,solution for depressionAnxiety Depression,idea of co-occurring anxiety Help Depression,all solution on msnDepression And Suicide Poems,collection of Sad Poems Depression Glass,see the colorful pieces Clinical Depression,many causes for on yahoo Depression Test,measures your motivation level Depression Treatment Centers, center on yahoo Natural Depression Treatment,Major Depressionn,Special AssignmentManic Depression Test,Anti Depression Medication,for your compactible - Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 at 19:00 [ Permalink to this comment ]
Comment from emma Geramny [ BLADAM Profile \| URL ]	We have taken care of the problem too!!! ——————— <a >????? ???????</a> - Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 5:46 [ Permalink to this comment ]