Comment Spam: Fighting Back
Scott called me on my comment spam whining, so I've followed his advice and installed MTBlackList and MTCloseComments in order to put the automatic hurt on would-be CSers. I'm relying on Scott's recommendation to make this blog a lean, mean spam-free machine, and he's never yet steered me wrong (well, there was that one time about the Rangers and the World Series, but...no hard feelings). So, henceforth, "comments on" will be the default and we'll see what the bad guys have to say about it.
On the other hand...
This was the last spam I received before I closed the remaining post holes:
I can't help but blame Scott. Dang, the style is even his. Wonder if Drudge knows about this?
Ah ha! So you're not even denying your complicity, instead choosing to divert attention to the spam itself. Very sneaky. I saw a similar tactic on "CSI Miami," so you'll have to do better than that.
Posted by: Eric at August 10, 2004 05:35 PMHeh...I do all my poker spamming on my own blog. Wanna play?
Posted by: Scott Chaffin at August 11, 2004 11:07 AMAbout the publisher
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Oh, that one -- nuked it already. Watch for the newly popular owns1.net subdomains. Or stick it in your blacklist now and laugh at their pitiful attempts.
Posted by: Scott Chaffin at August 10, 2004 05:29 PM