GregHowley.com

Commenting re-Enabled

July 29, 2008 - -

I added a quick little script that may briefly stymie the comment spammer(s). If they're determined, they'll figure stuff out and be back, and at that time I'll likely have to code up some kind of Turing test. But right now, I'd just really rather not spend the time on that.

If you're interested to learn exactly what I did, email me.

Comments on Commenting re-Enabled
 
Comment Wed, July 30 - 10:09 AM by Greg
Give up??!? You mean allow spammers to have their way with my site? I'd rather pull the site down. No - I will not give up.
 
Comment Wed, July 30 - 6:44 AM by The Dock
Being blog and website illiterate as I am, I have to agree with Doomengine at least on a philosophical sense (as is obvious my technical skills are lacking) it makes sense that if certain spammers have put a bullseye on your blog, that sooner or later they will make another assault. One that is obviously more concerted than the last. Then again I am speaking from an area of general ignorance so I would not be surprised if I am way off the mark. It just irks me that people spend so much time and energy on such annoying maliciousness. I mean this stuff is enough to make St. Francis kick babies.

 
Comment Tue, July 29 - 4:36 PM by Frank
I was going to send you a fantastic offer for a free Xbox and discounted Viagra, but I didn't want to push my luck.
 
Comment Tue, July 29 - 7:01 PM by PMD
Give up... This isn't a one man battle. When you plug a hole, you just train the spammers to make a better bot.

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I am now convinced the first fully self aware machine will be a spammer.
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You are big enough where your blog should be able to police itself. At the very least; and I say this with a heavy heart... lock the front door and start requiring a password (Harder than it sounds, I know). You may even consider giving some of your most trusted regulars some sort of admin where they can flag messages for temporary removal pending your review.
 
Comment Wed, July 30 - 6:49 PM by pmd
No, I mean give up the one man battle and spend less time being a human spam filter. Now read the second half of my post again.