Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam (Gabrielle)
April 26, 2006 by Gabrielle
 I like Blogpeoria. I like it a lot. It is easy to use, I think the dashboard blue is pretty and the administrator is a nice man. But, alas, it doesn’t have word verification. Word verification is when you have to type the letters you see in order to leave a comment. Of course the letters never spell anything remotely like a word, but it was such a handy thing I never griped about that. Blogpeoria does not have word verification. And for the past week or so this blog has been getting an outrageous amount of spam comments. We got seventeen last night, at least thirteen the day before, and more the day before that. Most of them go to moderation, but some of them slip past the filters and get to where people can actually read them. I suppose I should feel flattered that so many people want to spam our blog, but I am currently finding it a nuisance. So, I am going to turn on the filter that will keep everyone out until either Raquel or I have approved one of your comments. If we decide we like you we will approve a comment and from then on you won’t have to worry about being shipped to moderation. If we haven’t been bribed heavily enough who knows, you could be stuck there for a while. So please, comment early, comment often.
Ooh! Ooh! I can bribe you!
I bit the bullet and did the same with my blog. It’s a bummer, but hopefully it’ll keep out the spambots.
Down with spambots! Shouldn’t the government do something about them? We pay our taxes! And while they’re at it they can prevent hurricanes and tornados! [this last part, for those who don't know me is tongue in cheek. Obviously while the government can prevent hurricanes it can do nothing about spambots]
[and just in case anybody *really* doesn't know me, that last part was a joke too]
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…just kidding.