Comments on: The Nutritional Value of Spam

By: nonlineargirl

nonlineargirl — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:10:29 +0000

I recently got rid of captcha after reading various people complaining about it. (I also don’t use comment moderation.) So far the spam impact has been pretty minimal. Granted I have a low traffic blog, but I originally activated captcha because I was getting a bunch of spam comments. Since dumping captcha a month ago I have gotten 2 spam comments, both deleted. Seems like a reasonable price to pay to make my blog more accessible.

By: Billy

Billy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:12:07 +0000

Thanks for this post!
I had not so long ago a comment from a “new” reader saying something about what a nice blog. I didn’t like the fact that she added a link in the comment (to some maternity clothes shop or something), but as I don’t like deleting comments (somebody took the effort to come and read and comment, how dare I delet!?), I left it [didn't even think about it as spam]. It was a bit weird when I saw this “reader” leave an exact same comment on another blog I read.
Reading this post, I think I will delete that comment!

I agree on how annoying it is when bloggers use both comment moderation and captcha.
And might I add, I do like to follow up with comments on a post I read [what other people/the blog owner had to say], but once I read it I tick it off my reader, and never really come back again. Most blogs have an option to get updates on comments through mail, but some (cough cough like yours) don’t.

By: g$

g$ — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:23:06 +0000

Whew, SPAM and Sperm are so close together in my fleeting iphone reader brain, I was dumbfounded when I clicked over and found a whole different subject than I had originally thought.

By: Trish

Trish — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:17:17 +0000

This is very interesting information! Thanks. I have been getting more spam than usual lately (and even left one up this week simply because it amused me) and I sort of wondered why..
I wonder now if maybe my “Fine*” post (which got a lot of attention, thanks, in part, to you!) got me some spammer attention as well.
hmm.. Very interesting. I always knew this was an educational blog!

By: Miss Tori

Miss Tori — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:56:50 +0000

I’m less likely to read blogs (and therefore comment) if I have to actually click on it from my reader to read the whole thing.

As far as the spamming goes, I have the word verification on, and like another commentor said, I have comments on posts older than 2 weeks e-mailed to me prior to them posting.

I’m not too concerned about getting tons of followers. I’d rather have fewer followers that really care and WANTS to read my blog, then 100s of followers who could care less, but follow just because everyone else is.

By: Mr. J

Mr. J — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:36:06 +0000

Good to know. I got here from DCBlogs, not by searching for Hot Infertile Jewish Girls. I think I’ll go buy that domain now…

By: Kimbosue

Kimbosue — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:24:19 +0000

never knew that was what those spam comments were about. I never got any with Blogger, but I get a few every week with WP. I do need to comment more since I’m not really posting about my infertilty issues anymore, no one is googling me :0(

By: brad

brad — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:08:23 +0000

Suh. weet. I’ve just been letting the spam gather some weeks. I’ll make sure I get rid of it more regularly. Thanks.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:21:53 +0000

I’ve always wondered – now I know! Stirrup Queens: Fun AND Educational.

I had a spammer leave comments on about 8 different posts all at least a year old. I went through and deleted them and two days later they were all back, all on the exact same posts. It was frustrating as I was within days of delivering my baby (and at that point, everything frustrated me). Then I went back and re-read the posts and saw that they were from my last miscarriage before I got pregnant for good. It was very weird.

By: The Steadfast Warrior

The Steadfast Warrior — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:17:19 +0000

Huh! The things you learn!

I moderate comments on posts older than a week and all comments are emailed to me so if anything wierd shows up, I can go delete it. I had a couple run ins with comment spam and am grateful I figured out how to step a couple steps in front of them.