Those of you subscribed to comment threads may have already noticed this. Hell, all of you may have noticed this because it’s been so pronounced, but either Akismet has glitched or someone has figured out how to get reams of spam past it.
I hate spam. I don’t want it on my blog. I don’t, however, want to feel that removing those comments requires my constant vigilance. For the duration, I’ve turned on first-comment-approval moderation. I don’t like that either, as it messes with the flow of discussion in comments, but…yeah, bleah all around.
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December 3, 2012 at 6:52 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That’s probably the best thing to do for now. Sorry you’re dealing with it. But kudos to you for dealing with it. I know professional, money-making, even IT-oriented sites that fail to deal with spam in any adequate way whatsoever.
Have a five-pack of intarnets.
Rodney Nelson
December 3, 2012 at 8:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
First comment moderation is a reasonable anti-spam action. No complaints from me.
Martha
December 3, 2012 at 10:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Spam and EvoPsych fanboys in the same day? That’s cruel & unusual!
Stephanie Zvan
December 3, 2012 at 10:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well, the spam started around Friday. It was much worse yesterday, though, and I was damned if I was going to deal with both at the same time.
Stevarious, Public Health Problem
December 4, 2012 at 12:17 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yeah I’m getting floods of it in my inbox from the blogs on here that do not use this feature.