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Comments Back UP!
By JLP | December 20, 2006
Well, comments are back up. It is amazing how much YOUR comments add to this blog!
Take a wild guess what was causing the problem. S-P-A-M! Loads and loads of computer-generated spam! If this happens again, I’m going to have to institute some sort of change. I’m not sure what, but I’ll have to do something. I might try some sort of verification step or something like that. I hate those things but if they stop computer-generated spam I might go for it.
Topics: Blogging | 5 Comments »
December 20th, 2006 at 9:55 am
I’ve got a spam catcher plug-in, it’s pretty good and it lets me flush the caught spam when I want to. Maybe that’s an option to consider even though I’m sure you’ve already got one.
December 20th, 2006 at 10:23 am
I just don’t get it – what benefit is comment spam if you send so much that nobody ever gets to see it?
December 20th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Independent George (did you get your name from Seinfeld?),
I think spammers have two main goals:
1. get traffic to their websites
2. cause as much havoc as possible
I agree, it makes absolutely no sense.
December 20th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
An image verifier works prety well. Also, requiring people to register before they can post (which is a nice option in WordPress) should cut it down quite a bit as well.
December 20th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
Glad to see comments are back up. Now if Yahoo would just show the RSS for your blog. Has been showing “No New Updates for 3 Days” for weeks now. I just click through to your home page, but the headlines via RSS was a nice feature. Not sure why Yahoo does this sometimes.