January 25, 2010

Commenting by Anons.

I have been inundated with stupid anonymous spam comments over the past few days, including about 50+ today. I already moderate comments on posts more than two weeks old, but this is getting ridiculous. anon comment It’s such a waste of my time to have to reject these spammers, and so for a little while, I am going to turn on word verification and see if that will stop it. So sorry about this.

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13 comments:

  1. 72 and sunnyJanuary 25, 2010 at 4:59 PM

    crap,crap crap. I think I'm going to have to do the same.

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  2. La Maison FouJanuary 25, 2010 at 5:09 PM

    That is too bad; hopefully that will fix it!
    Leslie

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  3. Chic ColesJanuary 25, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    That is so frustrating! I am sorry that keeps happening!

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  4. Pigtown*DesignJanuary 25, 2010 at 6:05 PM

    Between the time I left the office and then checked my e-mail not even an hour later, I had five more spam e-mails. Jerks!

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  5. preppyplayerJanuary 25, 2010 at 6:26 PM

    I never get it and now I realize it must be because of the word verification...

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  6. LinzJanuary 25, 2010 at 6:50 PM

    do whatcha gotta do to block out the annoying spams. my blog isn't popular enough for spammers to hit it, but if it ever does get popular, i'm afraid people will have to go through hurdles to make comments on a post due to spammers. :(

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  7. Acanthus and AcornJanuary 25, 2010 at 6:59 PM

    Ok, just when I was considering getting rid of this feature...thanks so much for posting this. Most bloggers have this, and I personally don't mind the little extra step :)

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  8. soodie ::January 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    hey, i think i've been getting similar ones -- as if they deliberately try to make a poem out of nonsense. for a while, i was getting some with the theme of 'jaws'. but i am still getting the mail-order bride ones...

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  9. cotedetexasJanuary 25, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    i get them too - a lot. and a lot in chinese! i just ignore them. to moderate would be such a pain. soooo - i see you have those word verification letters now. or maybe you always did and I didn't notice. i hate those!!! hahah!!!!!

    what about the email spammers - about the people asking for money. the newest ones are from friend's email - help - I'm stranded in the london airport and need cash! those are really scary.

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  10. Mrs. BlandingsJanuary 25, 2010 at 7:34 PM

    I turned mine on for a while then off. They came back. I've been living with it, but will likely turn it back on. So annoying.

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  11. UnknownJanuary 25, 2010 at 10:32 PM

    i went to word verification AND registered users only a while back for this very reason- dozens of spam emails everyday. yes, the number of my comments are down a bit, but i can live with that.

    an added bonus is that many of the trolls who haunted my blog no longer do so- i'd imagine because they'd have to sign out of their *real* accounts and into a fake one. too much hassle for even the most bored of bloggers!

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  12. Linda MerrillJanuary 25, 2010 at 10:32 PM

    I get these on my blogs and on SRT so have comment moderation on posts older than 7 days. Such a pain!

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  13. ArchitectDesign™January 27, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    I have word verification and still have been getting about 15+ of these a day. SO FRUSTRATING. I'm thinking of not allowing anonymous comments....

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