During the last few weeks with my old host I amassed an insane number of spam comments. Hundred of them per day grabbed hold of my moderation queue with a vigor that would not budge despite layers of various and sundry spam-blockers and the most judicious application of the “IP ban” button.
The old host intimated that hacking could have been the reason for my inexplicable overages. Perhaps the excessive spam should have been a warning?
In any case, I eventually came to accept the presence of comment spam into my life — nay, I even came to embrace it. I mean really, how could you do anything but when each day brought wave after wave of such charming little missives as these:
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Only wished to drop you actually a line to allow you know you have quite a few authentic fans in existence. –That I do, and I am thankful for them every day.
Is it possible for me personally to follow anyone in MySpace? –Yes you can, but you really shouldn’t.
Cam girls: Why are they so hot and all from Russia? –They are?
Well, it seems as if you have got the legitimate core of the position in the current situation. While others appear to have neglected the all important thought of it, what was put forward prefatorial is illuminated in addition to being on the nose. I am avoiding supposing that I concur on every one of the details; all the same, you have rendered me cause to pause and think of numerous of the tips that I conceived that I held as truehearted beliefs in that attentiveness….(three more lines of blah blah blah edited out)…Strongly said, and time for someone like myself to think a some more on a couple of some of most important points. All At Once it is clear it is clear that you have have added a Little More Thought to the World. –And so have you my friend. So have you.
I’m not drawing any conclusions yet, but I will note that in the short time I’ve been at this host not a single spammy message has sullied the comments. Is it too soon to hope that I’ve outrun the invaders?
