Blog comment spam
For the third time, I was hit by blog comment spamming.
No, I'm not going to tell you which idiot it was this time. I've had the distinct feeling that it isn't the spam itself that's important. It's the buzz that the spam creates; I believe that the spammers know the spam will be noticed and deleted. The spammer also knows that someone will comment on this, and even possibly quote the spam, with links and all – effectively moving the spam from some old, and little-viewed entry in your blog to your front page where it will reside in all it's glory for days.
So, don't comment on blog spam, just silently delete it. If you still hate it enough to comment on it, don't quote it, don't say *who* spammed you.
Comments
Comment from Ethan on 2003-05-08 11:27
What is blog spam. I just set up a blog site recently and allow comments. Are these robots that post comments, and is there a way to block these robots?
Comment from Arve on 2003-05-08 17:09
It may or may not be automated. I consider blog spam to be any off-topic comment posted solely for the purpose of advertising one’s own service.
Comment from Jarle on 2003-05-09 17:08
So if I comment “Me too/AOL”, and leave it at that. I am spamming?
BTW: Dave Winer writes about comments spam today, but his Radio blog software seems to be messed up ;-) so there is no way to link directly to it.
Oh well, back to enjoying the sun and 4 Mbit/s (thanks Nextgentel ;-)
Comment from Arve on 2003-05-09 17:41
No, I don’t think an “AOL/Mee too”-comment qualifies as spam. That might be considered “on-topic”. If someone, like the last blogspam that hit me, just posts an URL not in any way related to my original blog entry, I consider it spam.
Comment from David Beckemeyer on 2003-09-02 20:25
I’ve put the following hack on my blog to thwart robots trying to post spam: http://www.toyz.org/mrblog/archives/00000059.html
It requires that posters have a graphical browser and it excludes blind and text-only users in this form, but I’m experimenting with it, such as it is, and seeking feedback. I’m curious if others might want to try the code which I can make available.
Comment from On-Vacation on 2003-09-13 03:50
I’ve been browsing around pages on blog comment spam and this is the first one I’ve seen with a linked to “Comment Posting Policy”. I think that’s a great idea and may steal it. :)
Comment from mysurface on 2006-05-06 08:28
I get the comment spam at my blog too. But i only get it at saturday and sunday. Some idiot manually cut and paste these spam to my comment area.
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