My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
Ok…it’s time for me to vent about SPAM.
(and I’m not talking about the food…I mean the OTHER spam)
Lately on both my blogs, I’ve been receiving an overly decent amount of spam comments.
And spam really PISSES me off.
It’s like an unwelcome intrusion into my home.
And this is WHY I use comment moderation.
Yes, responding to comments this way DOES takes more time, but to me…it’s well worth it.
Because by using comment moderation, I’m able to hand-filter each spam comment BEFORE it can ever be published.
When I first started blogging, I tried using word verification, but not only does it NOT always filter out spam, I also found that it technically doesn’t work properly and can be somewhat of a hassle for the sincere commenter.
I know that many of you do use word verification and I totally respect your choice - I just don’t care for this feature on my own blogs.
Anyway…last week, some genius-ass person attempted to leave FOUR spam comments here.
He quickly went through my last four posts and left nonsensical comments.
And what’s really interesting, is that after you’ve been blogging for a while, you can immediately tell WHICH comments are spam.
What I usually find, is that spammers will leave either one or two words, such as:
ENJOYED!
OUTRAGEOUS!
AGREE!
AMUSING!
I mean, come on….these are not comments, they’re idiotic crossword puzzle words.
And then some spammers will even try to be very complimentary, and say things like:
AWESOME BLOG!
LOVE YOUR WEB DESIGN!
GREAT WRITER!
YOU ROCK!
And I feel like saying, “Yea…and thanks for your glorious attempt to WACK me off today, but no thank you.”
…DELETE!
A TRUE legitimate first-time commenter will usually introduce themselves and leave a sentence or two; sharing something specific about my blog post - their comment will have a “personal feel” to it.
Now I’m realistic enough to know that spam WILL continue. And as filtering devices become better at detecting spam, spammers will become better at finding ways THROUGH it.
HOWEVER….I will do everything in my power to stop it from actually being published on my blogs.
I love the Internet and thoroughly enjoy blogging, but I also realize that it’s become a powerful medium for business owners to self-promote themselves, by depositing their links.
And quite frankly…I won’t tolerate it.
So for those FUTURE spammers, I would like to end this post with one sentence…
"I don't think so….TURKEY’S!”
Wishing you a Spam-free weekend, everyone!
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